First human to be "infected" with computer virus

[SomeBoredGuy]

Source [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10158517.stm]

Okay, so it did technically only happen in a science lab and the type of chip he's using hasn't really been made available to the public as far as I know, but what do you think the implications of this are? What are your thoughts on the subject?

 

[Estocavio]

I think he might have been on a foreign server and lagged out - Anyhow, he respawned.

 

[RMcD94]

How can you get infected with a computer virus? It's just 1s and 0s. It'd have to be the matter/energy which made the virus up which infected him, not the actual virus.

Edit: I had a huge argument with my friend about what was better, fingerprints or microchips for security. I want one of those so my door opens automatically when I come close.

 

[khaimera]

Its like the scene in How High. "I hope you get a virus, you and your computer". I love that movie.

 

[Daipire]

Did they try Control Alt Delete?

EDIT: Or, in human terms, shoulder earlobe nipple

 

[archvile93]

Darn I was hoping hoping you meant a virus jumped from infecting computers to infecting biological materials.

 

[HippySecond]

It's ok, he had another guy

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Ah, another one of those stories. The ones that have headlines that make you go 'Wow, awesome!' then you see they've bent the truth so much it's like a fucking double helix.

 

[Cabisco]

Did he preform an illegal operation and get shut down? Did they have to do a system restore on him? Did he blue screen?

I think he might have been on a foreign server and lagged out - Anyhow, he respawned.

Did they try Control Alt Delete?

EDIT: Or, in human terms, shoulder earlobe nipple

You people, you are awesome. But sadly you also used any material I would have used to make a joke out of this situation.

 

[jasoncyrus]

Always nice how the press words things incorrectly. He wasn't infected, he simply corrupted the chip and then put it into himself. Besides most of these chips have ROM memory in them and cannot be rewritten. So basically it's a load of ballocks.

 

[Tartarga]

Oh my god, I must infect my friends with spyware. It will be so hilarious.

 

[Remzer]

Although he wasn't infected per say, his implant was, and it was contaminating other computerized equipment around him (door scanners and such).

But imagine if a cochlear implant gets wifi capability for software updates or whatever, and it gets hacked, or simply "dowloads" a corrupted update... What could happen? A throng of old people suddenly start hearing porn all the time instead of what people actually say? They get "pop-up" ("sound-up"?) messages about a fake security threat? They get a blue sound of death?

I read somewhere about some piece of technology that could help blind people see. Can't remember if a chip was implied in it, but one can safely assume that, as technology gets more and more evolved, so too will pirates, and to have your implants hacked is the last thing you'd want...

Scary.

 

[Snork Maiden]

Oh my god, I must infect my friends with spyware. It will be so hilarious.

If you can infect friends digitally through cyborg chips, it'd give a whole new meaning to cybersex.

 

[Drakmeire]

if we use a windows 95 to send viruses we could reenact independence day

 

[teisjm]

How can you get infected with a computer virus? It's just 1s and 0s. It'd have to be the matter/energy which made the virus up which infected him, not the actual virus.

Edit: I had a huge argument with my friend about what was better, fingerprints or microchips for security. I want one of those so my door opens automatically when I come close.

Fingerpritns can be faked, at least well enough to cheat consumer-electronics... mythbusters did it.
Fingerprint scanners won't open teh door just by you standing near it.

For security reasons, if you live in a house, a burglar would just enter from somewhere else, so it wouldn't be very effective.

I can't wait till cybernetic implants becomes comsumer tec... i'll pimp my brain with every shit avalible, along iwth my Danish decendance, Ninjutsu training, illegal downloads and a good joint, i'll practially become a cyborg-zombie-pirate-ninja-viking... just need to start a cult so i can finish it off with jesus.

 

[shwhjw]

I spose he's not infected, more like a 'carrier' - he can infect other things, even though he's not affected by it himself.

 

[Silent Eagle]

Hes infected with a computer virus? A little misleading but gets attention.
*sigh* better turn on the firewall lol.

I can see it now "Hold on man,i gotta run AVG on myself"

Do you have to click on yourself on your computer now?

"Nobody leave! I gotta scan everyone in the house for viruses!"

You get a virus that shows adverts on your forehead. (I'll let you use your imagination on what ads you get lol)

You can store porn on yourself. (A little LED screen on your thumbnail) Never be bored again!

No,I'm not giving you a "thumbs up" I'm watching TV.

 

[RMcD94]

How can you get infected with a computer virus? It's just 1s and 0s. It'd have to be the matter/energy which made the virus up which infected him, not the actual virus.

Edit: I had a huge argument with my friend about what was better, fingerprints or microchips for security. I want one of those so my door opens automatically when I come close.

Fingerpritns can be faked, at least well enough to cheat consumer-electronics... mythbusters did it.
Fingerprint scanners won't open teh door just by you standing near it.

For security reasons, if you live in a house, a burglar would just enter from somewhere else, so it wouldn't be very effective.

I can't wait till cybernetic implants becomes comsumer tec... i'll pimp my brain with every shit avalible, along iwth my Danish decendance, Ninjutsu training, illegal downloads and a good joint, i'll practially become a cyborg-zombie-pirate-ninja-viking... just need to start a cult so i can finish it off with jesus.

Indeed. My friend refused to back down though. We even asked a policeman (who sided with me).

We got to arguing about how it was more secure in the event you are kidnapped.

Microchips can be inserted anywhere in your body, making it extremely difficult for a kidnapper to simply cut it off and take it. However, with fingerprints, that's not a problem.

It's also less likely that a kidnapper would cut off your neck (killing you) to get the microchip as opposed to chopping of a finger.

And if they don't care about killing or not, the fact that it can be inserted into you anywhere means the kidnapper would do better to having you alive and walking you to your door, because killing you and doing that is a lot more obvious than carrying a finger.

 

[teisjm]

How can you get infected with a computer virus? It's just 1s and 0s. It'd have to be the matter/energy which made the virus up which infected him, not the actual virus.

Edit: I had a huge argument with my friend about what was better, fingerprints or microchips for security. I want one of those so my door opens automatically when I come close.

Fingerpritns can be faked, at least well enough to cheat consumer-electronics... mythbusters did it.
Fingerprint scanners won't open teh door just by you standing near it.

For security reasons, if you live in a house, a burglar would just enter from somewhere else, so it wouldn't be very effective.

I can't wait till cybernetic implants becomes comsumer tec... i'll pimp my brain with every shit avalible, along iwth my Danish decendance, Ninjutsu training, illegal downloads and a good joint, i'll practially become a cyborg-zombie-pirate-ninja-viking... just need to start a cult so i can finish it off with jesus.

Indeed. My friend refused to back down though. We even asked a policeman (who sided with me).

We got to arguing about how it was more secure in the event you are kidnapped.

Microchips can be inserted anywhere in your body, making it extremely difficult for a kidnapper to simply cut it off and take it. However, with fingerprints, that's not a problem.

It's also less likely that a kidnapper would cut off your neck (killing you) to get the microchip as opposed to chopping of a finger.

And if they don't care about killing or not, the fact that it can be inserted into you anywhere means the kidnapper would do better to having you alive and walking you to your door, because killing you and doing that is a lot more obvious than carrying a finger.

Both are irrelevant, cause if someone was determiend enough to kidnap you and possibly cut parts of you off, they would prolly not be shy of just breaking the door down, breaking a window or forcing themselves past the security at the door otherwise.

This is assuming you're using it for a house or something.

If you're trying to secure a safe or something else which cannot just be broken into that easily, you're better off with having alarms that'll alert some security company or something like that.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Oh my god, I must infect my friends with spyware. It will be so hilarious.

Spyware there phones!

"Hey dude, whats wrong with my phone!"

"I dont know.."