"It seemed like such a neat idea - get an RFID chip implanted in your hand and then do magical stuff with it. Except it didn't work out that way. "It turns out," said Zi, "that pressing someone else's phone to my hand repeatedly, trying to figure out where their phone's RFID reader is, really doesn't come off super mysterious and magical and amazing.""
"Still, the link not working isn't the end of the world. Zi could just reprogram the chip again, right? Wrong. "When I went to rewrite the chip, I was horrified to realize I forgot the password that I had locked it with." The link eventually started working again, but if and when it stops, Zi's party piece will be a little less entertaining."
A UK magician implanted an RFID chip in his hand intending to use it for tricks and novelty interactions. Attempts to create a mysterious effect faltered because other phones' RFID readers did not behave as expected and some phones had readers disabled. The chip was rewritten to link to a meme hosted on Imgur, but access was disrupted when Imgur became unavailable in the UK due to age verification rules. When attempting to reprogram the chip later, the owner discovered he had locked it with a forgotten password, making rewriting difficult without lengthy brute force or removal.
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