the creepy high tech world of ChipGirlHere

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Back in 2021, ChipGirlHere, Burgundy, went with her husband to have a Dangerous Things chip put in her hand to be used as a key for her front door. Now two years later she has once again come across my for you page on Tiktok with her Chip Pup videos, and I am feeling nosey.
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[@kiwi-se4ld]

You know, she might have a chip in her hand but at least she doesn't put her kids on the internet for clout. I respect that.

[@iamjustkiwi]

Agreed. Kids should never have their lives posted up on the internet beyond like sharing pics with family. I am extremely glad I grew up before social media became a thing, I feel awful for the lack of privacy those growing up nowadays have, worse off the fact that once it goes out there isn't really any taking it back.

[@Sonicsis]

Bar is low but better to be somewhere

[@AnimalLover101195]

she's weird but does have some boundaries so good for her. Respect.

[@suki9268]

also I'm glad she seems to have a healthy relationship with her step kids too.

[@momlifeandstyle3751]

She can't, because the biological mom would have to consent to everything involving them.

[@darkdeifan]

As far as rich people in the internet go, she sounds... ok. Doing dumb tech stuffs, getting the dogs their own house, not exploiting the kids, going back to school. The most normal influencer I've heard about in some time honestly. Those things I could imagine my family doing if we were rich. Also the "Bonus kids/mom" thing is kinda sweet.

[@m.josena4485]

Right all of its kind of cool and non harmful

[@rubydown3329]

I low-key wanted to dislike her because 'eww rich people doing weird tech stuff' but I honestly can't fault her. Like, being a Mormon TikTok mom is kinda cringe, but I was expecting way worse LMAO

[@darkdeifan]

@@rubydown3329 same thought!

[@daonlyboriqua11]

Right. I thought it was all wholesome. Im a tech nerd so I thought the chip was cool. Id probably get the ring tho not the implant but still cool nonetheless 😂

[@darkdeifan]

@@daonlyboriqua11 yeah, that needle is HUGE

[@issecret1]

Umm, the one thing I can't get over is that her "techie" husband had her get the implant first. And then when he saw she didn't get injured, only then got one himself. It feels icky

[@SenshiSunPower]

Yeah, that sounds profoundly unsettling. He should be the one to go first.

[@Vampress09]

Saame! He used her like a human testing subject.

[@Jenninka]

Right? First I assumed he talked her into it after he got it and loved it but nope

[@issecret1]

I actually rewatched this after making this comment and also searched online who got it first. I found no evidence she got it first. I think she did because of his reaction in the original video and because there was no mention of him having one / him also having a bandaged hand, but who knows?

[@Sonicsis]

THATS WGAT IM YELLING ABOUT

[@Tallen79]

If it's an NFC chip it doesn't use any power. The sensor "pings" the chip which basically has an encrypted code on it, nothing to hack, nothing that can get viruses, just a static code. However I'm almost positive that there's someone who's figures out a way to scan and steal those though, so all she has to do is shake the wrong persons hand and that's it. No need to physically rob or cut someone's hand off. You just downloaded their Bio Identity. That's not a technical term, it just sounds cool.

[@Tallen79]

@@gavinsawyerdev Thanks for the better explanation. It's a silly stretch to justify the implants. I get that the implant is "always with you" but if you're techie enough to want digital everything, you're also techie enough to be carrying something that can do a better job. Even link to Biometrics if someone is really paranoid. It's a solution looking for a problem that's already been solved, with a better solution.

[@PrinceRoyceFan667]

Flipper zero bro.

[@lateformyownbirth]

@@gavinsawyerdev It does some computing on a *what*?

[@anootnoot7192]

@@lateformyownbirth nonce isn’t just british slang for a pdf file…

[@JamesLawner]

i was thinking about this, it’s kinda like how people can steal credit card info or electronic car key info just by brushing up against someone with some piece of tech.

[@natatatm]

Honestly even though I find the chip thing terrifying, I just appreciate a mom who's on social media but refuses to put her young kids faces out there.

[@itsfreerealestate15]

The bar is so high

[@Saya-ng1sl]

@@itsfreerealestate15 *low

[@myname-mz3lo]

How is it terrifying

[@TI3RU]

because you asked and i can't help but answer: the only innovation I've felt was actually real, helpful innovation recently was from an artist I follow. They've dealt with crippling levels of chronic pain and couldn't draw for months, so they started working with someone to create basically an eye tracking program for art that allowed them to put down digital brush strokes without ever holding a pencil. As someone with chronic pain myself, I think that could be a genuine accessibility barrier breaker for the artistic world, especially in comparison to the AI nonsense that's stealing art and claiming it's for accessibility to "help anyone become an artist".

[@abzurdo]

you.... you get it

[@EnragedTiefling]

As someone else with chronic pain, I'm here for this!

[@tomaatinjsh]

There’s quite a few innovations in healthtech medical device to address chronic pain from EEG neurofeedback at home devices to VNS to VR (less exciting as it has adverse effects in people with dizziness). I hope that soon such devices will become available to everyone, many exciting companies getting significant clinical trial results & FDA approvals 🙏🏻

[@erin9868]

​@@tomaatinjsh the dizziness goes away pretty quickly - it's sometimes referred to as "finding your virtual legs", like finding your sea legs, and it does feel like that. It's bad until it's suddenly totally fine. The motion sickness doesn't go away, however. I've found that I either have no motion sickness at all or instant motion sickness depending on how movement is programmed. Everything can fly around me and I'm totally fine but if there's any sensation that I'm moving, it's immediately a problem. Sometimes having too many things coming at me will also feel like I'm moving - I think bc it blocks too much visual "standing still" feedback. There have been some nice design solutions, like snap turning and teleporting (which both abruptly change your environment rather than feeling like a smooth, realistic turn), but too much of that can be sickening too. Or when it's too poorly programmed. Good old Dramamine helps a ton (and generic is super cheap), but for me at least it still doesn't make the worst games enjoyable. Even if they don't make me sick with medication, they're super uncomfortable-feeling. It's hard to describe.

[@scoutlaceharding]

This is awesome! Imagine the possibilities for people with a variety of different disabilities that make holding a brush or pen difficult/impossible. Anything that makes art more accessible (actually accessible, as you say, not like AI) has to be a societal good.

[@officialgagethepyro5391]

So as someone who is planning to get into body modding and has been researching it for years, the whole thing is legally grey. None of it is regulated, there’s no official training on how to install it. Typically a piercer, doctor, or self taught modder will install the tech in their garage or tech after dark because they’re not SUPPOSED to be doing it

[@teak7832]

you....need to do some more research. i have lots of heavy mod work done and never had to go to someones garage for it. if anyone even suggested that they would be named and shamed out of the industry, at least in western countries.

[@itskellienicole]

@@teak7832pretty sure they’re talking about chip installs specifically my dude

[@teak7832]

@@itskellienicole cool! It's the same artists, and they shouldn't be working out of garages, and they're disgraced if they do. My dude.

[@LizStaples]

veterinarians have been installing chips for years so I wouldn’t be too scared about it most important is sanitization above all else.

[@officialgagethepyro5391]

@@teak7832 fair enough, is there any resource that you know of where i can find more legit places to get it done?

[@ollie-ollieoxenfree]

No one can hack Hermes, thankfully. I spent three years in various shelters explaining to people that the microchip their pet has doesn't track them - it's a permanent ID tag under the skin that can be scanned like a barcode in a store to show an ID number matching your info. It could work like chipgirl's in that I've seen microchip readers installed in feeders to give food to a specific pet and not the other pets in the household (for dietary or medical reasons), but otherwise I haven't really seen any other applications for pet microchips. If you read this far, please get your pets microchipped!!! If your pet is lost or stolen, any veterinary office or shelter in the country will be able to reconnect you and your pet. Also make sure your info such as your phone number and address are up-to-date!

[@kaemincha]

How much does it cost typically to get pets chipped from your experience?

[@odearflannery7781]

In Texas chipping is required now!^^

[@odearflannery7781]

​@kaemincha I think homeagain is around $30 it all depends on companies and vet practices as well as your region

[@ollie-ollieoxenfree]

@@kaemincha you may be able to get one for free or at a low cost at a free vaccine clinic or low cost spay/neuter clinic - I would check the local shelters around your area to see if they do either of these programs, I've volunteered at both in the greater Atlanta area.

[@Zoopop13]

your pet can get taken if theyre found and not chipped in Illinois. too many lost pets here.

[@caitlinweiss8801]

I will say, I really respect how she addresses her stepkids. I myself have a step-mom and step sister but they are my family just as much as my biological mother and sister. We don't share genetics but I call my step sister my sister and her children are my nephews. I've never called them my step-nephews. It's so important to have those healthy relationships in a blended family and all else aside, I admire that she sees her step kids as "bonus children" or something similar

[@dismurrart6648]

Tbh I'm glad for that. My step mom encouraged my sperm donors worst impulses to full on hide me from the rest of the family and to have no contact for years. Tbh I'm honestly a dope and interesting person. After years of trying to have a good relationship, and them being incredibly toxic, I finally grew a spine and cut them out. I'm not her or him, maybe if I wasn't a bastard I'd feel different but I think it would have been awesome to fall for someone with kids. I'd get to be a mom basically for free. It's like coming into a project halfway through except even better because you get these dope little guys with so much potential and wonder. In my fantasy of it, the other parent is still present and I get to be a mediator or something between the two after winning the other moms trust that I'm not trying to steal her kids or whatever. I know it's insanely unlikely irl but it's a fun fantasy lol.

[@ellethegenie]

I appreciate the idea behind it but the fact that she has to explain why she calls them "bonus kids" every couple of videos is giving "I'm the main character" energy 😒

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

@@ellethegenie perhaps because new viewers don’t know

[@41052]

My step family is my family. I love my cousins even when we are not blood.

[@jfm14]

I agree. My "half brother" is not half a brother to me. He's just my brother from another (biological) mother.

[@wuggy4082]

a huge problem i see with "chipping" your house is fire. if there's a fire in the house, it becomes really difficult to escape if every door is locked and guarded. especially for guests who don't know the layout of the house or may not have access to unlock certain doors. also, dog microchips are literally just an ID tag that's in their body. you can scan them with a special device and it brings up a number, their ID. it's extremely useful for when a dog is stolen, i've experienced that firsthand. the chips can migrate around their bodies, though, so i assume that would be possible with humans too.

[@wompppwompwomppp]

this!!!!!

[@flickawhite]

SO true. hopefully if the fire alarm is triggered maybe the indoor door locks are overridden? even then, better hope those fire alarms dont fail

[@bekichan91]

Implants moving around in people can already happen - if someone has a contraceptive implant in their arm, it's normally in there for 3 years before being removed, and can be a few cm off the implant site by that time.

[@aquatiger8]

yeah, if an IUD can move from a cervix, I'm not trusting a device implanted in one of the most dexterous and often-used parts of the body to stay in place

[@shanliekpop]

It took me 3 minutes into this to realize you meant chip girl as in she was CHIPED. OMG I was imagining some chick always holding a dorito and I got so intrigued how she opened stuff with it.

[@aimeekessell5022]

I really wanted this to be a girl who just reviews different chips on TikTok. 😅

@@aimeekessell5022 I really thought that was what she meant by Chip girl.

[@iamjustkiwi]

In just soooo qUiRkY and this is my chip *holds up chip* roflcopter so random ~~~~♡~~~~

[@NenaDrama]

I was expecting chipmunks! Lol

[@nadjiao1832]

Same I was thinking chip girl was another pickle girl or pink sauce girl 😭

[@paadoxal]

an honest thing i've seen that's an innovation was the starting development of an endometriosis test that can be done from saliva! Endometriosis is when endometrial lining tissue (basically what comes out during menstruation) grows where it shouldn't and can only be diagnosed via operation, so i'm super stoked for this!:)

[@ally939]

Wow, that actually is super cool! As someone who has endometriosis, I’m really stoked to hear this, too, because it took me way too long to get proper treatment. I wonder how much sooner I (and anyone else who has the condition) would have been able to get help if it was that easy to test for

[@paadoxal]

@@ally939 i've got it too! i went through the laparoscopic diagnosis recently and i sure wish there was an easier way. Wishing that it can be used soon:) *forgot to add: it took me 18 months for my doctor to schedule it bc she didn't believe the pain wasnt getting better on birth control and i've heard that some people wait many years for it, with the basically instant test this wouldn't have to happen.

[@paadoxal]

@@saphriaflaans462 i'm so sorry for that horrible treatment from medical staff:( so many people get mistreated and i think endo is way more common then thought, the doctors just don't want to bother sending people for diagnosis or don't believe their struggles.

[@ratking927]

Dear god please

[@syd5380]

That is SO COOL. It takes 7-10 years on average for people to get diagnosed with endometriosis, you basically have to plead with your doctors to explore it as an option for why you're in debilitating pain. A simple saliva test could help so much. I have a laparoscopy scheduled for June and I consider myself lucky, it only took me 4.5 years to get a doctor to entertain the idea that what might be causing my pain is the condition that literally 10% of women have.

[@kyerin]

I think the better horror movie scenario would be not 'someone cuts off hand to steal your keys' but a slasher flick where your hand gets cut off by the killer and now you can't use anything in your house to save yourself or call for help.

[@ayior]

And then you carry your disembodied hand around so you can keep opening doors

[@lucylucyinred]

I wanna see that holy shittt

[@rubydown3329]

I know it's so extra and unnecessary, but the tiny version of the house just for the dogs is the most precious thing I've ever seen 🥺

[@kaitlynm9463]

I love it lol I would personally be sad if my dogs were alone at night, but those dogs look like they sleep better than I do 😂

[@oniricodosfatos8286]

no

[@EviePontecorvo]

She's living out my pet parent dreams.

[@carolscott5301]

Honestly, the nail with the chips that are temporary are actually kinda cool. Everything else creeps me out.

[@jonatgan8546]

lowkey i would love to get that. idk what i would make it link to but like. it would be cool :)

[@chapterandclawstudio]

@@jonatgan8546I’ve seen nail techs use the the nail chips as business cards and link people there contact info and I thought that was a cool way to use it

[@angeline6477]

Not a fan of the chip implant but I respect that she respects her kids' privacy and keeps them off social media until they're old enough

[@Tink00]

I feel like the subtitles app for smart glasses is a genuine innovation!

[@thekneesbee]

I was going to comment that. The real time translation and real life captions are super innovative!!

[@scarletstarlet8085]

I saw someone using it in a movie theatre it was so cool

[@kitm141]

There’s a tech company in Wisconsin that offered to chip their employees a few years back. People in tech are usually protective over their privacy so I was shocked that so many people signed up. Why did they sign up? So they could get a soda from the machine with a sweep of their hands. Cannot remember the name of the business, don’t know if they’re still doing it but the soda thing really shocked me. ETA - Three Square Market! That was the name and it was a third of employees that signed up. Can’t see any evidence that they’re still in business.

[@rfwill13]

Worked for a locksmith for a short time. They did a lot of RFID installs and the like. They were rather upfront that its something that can easily be bypassed if the person trying to break in knows how. Frankly every lock is breakable so it comes down to what the customer is looking for out of their security. Also there's still usually a key override in case of there being no power. Most of em run on batteries you have to replace unless its unit on the wall that is wired.

[@momlifeandstyle3751]

I never use RFID at my clients entryway points. Ever. Only for say like a cabinet they don't want the kids to get into. Fine. Front door?! Absolutely not. I support something with both manual ability and control through a secured gateway only. Convience is usually less of a desire/need for high profile people over security when it comes to their exterior doors.

[@LMKStyle]

You forgot to mention that a huge reason they’re so rich is because she created the game apples to apples and her family owns the whole board game company. A large majority of her money is actually hers

[@nalcarya]

She did not though? The company that owns the rights to the game bought it from the original creator. Her father does own that company though, so it's really her father's money.

[@LMKStyle]

@@nalcarya she says multiple times she created that game with her father and that she is a trust fund baby

[@nalcarya]

@@LMKStyle A quick google search will tell you that that is not true. The game was also first published in 1998 when she was... 8 years old. Maybe you mean one of the other games the company publishes? What I found was her saying that she grew up _playtesting_ a lot of games, including Apples to Apples, with her father.

[@Savvynomad225]

No, the money is from Mike. He created casascius physical bitcoins and had close to 100,000 bitcoins as it took off on a rocket ship. He’s obsessed with flying and with the wealth he has been purchasing hangars and planes.

[@sarahdoesstuff8575]

Her husband invented the physical bitcoin. Her dad did invent apples to apples but in high school she wasn’t this flashy. She was destined to be even more rich than she was but I was quite shocked to see how famous she got. She come from a small town she was in my graduating class

[@wolfwise1135]

I think the application of chips that make more sense for me (though not without risk) is using it like a medical alert bracelet. So a hospital could scan your chip and then see what meds you own, all your complicated medical, allergies, needs and emergency contact or primary care Dr.

[@shineinstars]

as some1 w a lot of food allerhies that sounds rlly convenient. still don't like the idea of a chip IN my hand but it's a cool idea regardless

[@victorvale1015]

If it wasn’t such an objectively dystopian thing to do this would be great at stopping babies being switched in the hospital (but we shouldn’t, obviously)

[@kaspianepps7946]

One issue is RFID tags don't have a lot of memory (only a few KB max for unpowered ones). So it would likely have to be a similar system to pet microchips - the chip itself just stores a unique code that's used to check a database. If you have a database like that, it's probably not going to be any slower just using the patient's name. Adding RFID chips to medical alert bracelets could be helpful in the rare cases of someone being unidentified and unconcious. But it would only really work if it was organised by some kind of central authority.

[@wolfwise1135]

@@kaspianepps7946 It would probably be like a code that you type into a database to bring up the records. That’s how Id chips for dogs work.

[@kaspianepps7946]

@@wolfwise1135 My point is that for a human being there's no benefit to having a chip - you can use name and DOB to search the database.

[@whatdoyousuppose]

I haven’t heard of her but because I’m on Disney TikTok I saw this one lady who got her MagicBand chip implanted surgically into her arm (and this was before the MagicBand+ hardware update, plus the software is just not good so idk how she would update it) and I think Disney had to put a thing on their future MagicBands saying “not for internal or subdermal use” lol

[@zuglymonster]

I can only imagine what conspiracy theorists would say about this. They've been terrified of this forever.

[@alexxander966]

0:54 I really thought she was going to say "I'm feeling... chipper" missed opportunity

[@gingerseed123]

I’m equally fascinated and terrified. Their huge dog house is how I found them in the first place

[@idkwhattosayhere01]

same. i saw a short of their dogs waking up in their own house and i went down a rabbit hole by looking at her other videos and looking up what chip girl means

[@Claireischill]

I truly spent the first few minutes of this video thinking this woman was somehow getting into places with a tortilla chip, but this makes a lot more sense.

[@ragdollrose2687]

I don't care who the person is, how sweet and kind they are. If I go to their house and they make me wear a ring to unlock stuff around, I'm gonna get suspicious. I've seen too many psychological thrillers with weird rich tech people to have any trust with that

[@redred7702]

Completely agree with the “this is what rich people should be doing”. Use your money in a way that won’t immediately negatively impact everyone else’s life (like deleting effective public transport for your own gains). We live in a society and all that, but until that changes we can’t blame people for just living. We can however blame them for making terrible, selfish, and out of touch decisions.

[@sunscreenhoarder6558]

A lot of people really seem to misunderstand how easy it is to clone one of these chips. The keys for our rooms at the inn I work at are NFC based and it really is a simple matter of putting the card next to our reader thingy, pressing a few buttons then swapping the card for the blank one we want to duplicate the key onto. The reader thingy we use is about the size of a pack of cards and could be powered with a power bank. It would be far easier to get a quick scan of somebody’s key card than take a physical imprint of their key for it to be cloned, in my opinion. Won’t catch me using one of these, that’s for sure.

[@shivanibatra7659]

Usually there’s another Id that can’t be read or changed without access to the main system and only registered chips can open these doors. Lockpicking or copying a key would be much easier. Obviously there’s no 100% safe lock tho…

[@jasminelambert3753]

Yeah I’ve worked with rfid stuff before and it is incredibly easy to copy or recode. I hope they have some kind of encryption for the devices they use and the chips they have because those rfid readers are super small and would be easy to hide

[@meowJACK]

It's not the same thing as a basic generic NFC

[@TimSheehan]

Afraid you don't understand what your system is doing, the card is just a number, you're telling the system "hey, card 2222 should be able to open everything card 1111 i showed you 5 seconds ago should open". When you hold your card up to a door, the lock reads it, calls back to the server and says "hey I'm room 3, should I open for card 2222?", then the server tells it whether to open. You also can't simply copy a NFC card because the chip in the card isn't just storing a number, it's an algorithm. Door lock sends a random number to the card, the card does some maths and returns a different number. The lock's server knows what number the card should return (part of the setup/card issue process) and will only open for that. You can't easily copy the card because you'd have to sit next to it for a long time to send tens of thousands of numbers to it, record them all, then do some complicated maths with a powerful computer to figure out what algorithm and hidden values the card is using to change whatever number it gets sent. Now of course not all systems are implemented using best practices or the more expensive cards that do this (older/cheap card systems are more basic and may be easily copied), but just because a cheap padlock can be opened with a paperclip that doesn't invalidate a good quality padlock.

[@bentaphid44]

I am overcome with the idea that she is now a human Amiibo

[@wendyheatherwood]

The chip hidden in a finger nail sounds like something I'd expect to see in an episode of Castle or Lucifer or something like that, where the victim of the week has been using it to smuggle secrets and the pathologist will find it by accident 3/4 of the way through the episode after the detectives have worked through their obligatory half dozen red herrings first.

[@m1k3y48]

My first thought was also “this sounds like a spy movie thing”

[@blufluffya_496]

The whole ring thing.... reminds me of how smokers end up having each other's lighters at the end of a night out, no way that whole situation is going to end well considering the rings actually grant access to private and valuable places and things 🤣

[@bardlark]

RFID tags don't need external power, they just need to be paired with info. I work in a library and all of our books are RFID tagged and its a sticker that I pair with a book barcode. All the power and information is provided from other sources. The problem is that the readers sometimes don't work, in libraries, they're large pads that you put books on top of.

[@bardlark]

@israelusorogeorge2946 I suspect that you're spam so won't be texting you anything.

[@K.Arashi]

I also work in a library and was thinking of the RFID tags on our books the entire time. Like, I know how unreliable that stuff can be, I'm not putting it anywhere in me, or trusting it to not lock me out without a moment's notice.

[@osteophagus]

So the husband convinced her to get it...but he hadn't gotten it yet...? So he was willing to let her take the risk of complications to see how it worked to test the thing he wanted to do instead of doing it himself?

[@staciii]

When you first said chip I thought you were talking about like a Lay's chip 😭🤡

[@teeayyyyyy]

Same 🤣 clearly we have priorities

[@mmalove98]

I read chimp and thought it was gunna be about that lady who taught gorillas sign languagr

[@ravenh105]

You know, as far as someone who's obsessed with unnecessary technology and absurdly rich goes, she actually seems nice. It also looks like she has a good relationship with her step kids and refuses to put them on the internet, which already sets her above a lot of influencers in my book.

[@voltaireon]

The NFC chip thing, and the questions about “who has what ring” is exactly what my job is as an “Identity Access Management” auditor. The idea of average people making digital keys for their house terrifies me. This is not going to go well.

[@Harold_That_Guy]

I would only use this tech on things other people would not know about. Like a gun safe, or a Panic Room.

[@WanhanAjanMansikka]

The fact that the chip is in an area that gets moved nonstop throughout the day makes me think it’s more likely to reject but it seems to be working out for her?? I have a birth control implant about three or four times the size of her chip but it’s not in my finger webbing, it’s in my upper arm.

[@dozyote]

After about a month, enough tissue develops around the implant that moving isn't a concern

[@WanhanAjanMansikka]

@@dozyote But what about that first month? Maybe chip girl can afford to literally not lift a finger for a whole month but that doesn’t seem practical for mass production.

[@FIRING_BLIND]

I agree. I don't think the chip is safer as much as it is ADHD proof To me, that'd honestly be the main argument in favor of getting one

[@docsmooth]

"Honey, what are you doing? You've been holding your hand up to the Wi-Fi router for the last 45 minutes." "The chip in my hand needs a software update. I'm locked out of everything in the house until it finishes. The install has failed three times now and my hand has fallen asleep. The chip may have gone dead from a lack of blood flow. "

[@FIRING_BLIND]

I don't think it's like that tho. That's like saying your key fob or credit card needs a software update. I'm pretty sure it's the same tech

[@sunscreenhoarder6558]

NFC chips don’t need power or updates. From what I understand they’re basically just like glorified ID tags that NFC readers can read. Not saying the idea isn’t daft regardless but yeah

[@GamesFromSpace]

It's more like a credit card. (It's actually exactly like a credit card.) No software, no power supply, it just gets a tiny tiny amount of energy from the scanner and sends an ID number.

[@orionmcafee2017]

Dummy

[@danteward-hunt6038]

gee wiz i can’t wait to watch this video while waiting for my taquitos to be delivered

[@paadoxal]

bon apetit:) i looked up what taquitos are and i'm jealous

[@CHloE748]

You kept saying “the husbands face” and I was like oh come on, you are exaggerating.. but then I saw it 💀

[@Swell_Simps_United]

Six word UwU, for the algorithm 🥺

[@shellsilvers]

Innovative = setting money on fire for the novelty

[@Hanayuni]

13:57 I'm dying at the miniature house for their dogs. I mean, that's probably the best idea I've ever seen. I'm surprised I've never seen stuff like that before

[@Dumpknoedel]

I work in a library and we use RFID chips in our books, so the segment of Amanda freaking out regarding where the power comes from was kinda funny to me lol

[@jalix9574]

as a computer science student, the main thing we learn is that just because something has a tech/ programming solution, does not mean it should be solved that way. For instance, if you have an electronically controlled door that cannot be used as a door when it breaks/loses power/ is tampered with, you have a door that is less useful than a regular wooden door. When that chip breaks, and it will break, phones barely work let alone whatever that is, then she will not be able to get into her house or her nightstand or her appliances? and then those things will be less useful than if they were not part of the internet of things.

[@jenniboo9441]

This is throwing me into an existential crisis. Haven't had one of those in a while.. I'm stoked

[@leafy_5]

When you brought up ChipPups 14:27 it occurred to me that my dog has an ID chip that the shelter implanted when she was a pup and I never once even questioned it and now I’m not sure if I’m a hypocrite for thinking it’s so outrageous to have a chip in my hand. 😅

[@wolfwise1135]

Maybe it has potential as something like a medical alert bracelet or for those with mental disabilities for IDing if they get lost

[@iamjustkiwi]

I guess think of it more like an air tag so if someone finds the dog they can actually locate the owner? Chip in hand serves like, no benefit over just something that isn't inside your hand.

[@AnimalLover101195]

my dogs and cats are microchipped but as I understand, it's just their name, my name, my phone number, and email incase they were to ever get lost.

[@AnimalLover101195]

@@wolfwise1135 maybe good for allergies like penicillin, or chronic diseases.

[@leahdavis9434]

​@@iamjustkiwi it doesn't work like an air tag at all, it works like a barcode. You scan it and it tells you the info stored on it, it doesn't update or call anyone or anything like that.

[@xxmidnight12xx18]

Anything involving hand injuries makes me cringe and I know this is a small chip, but the idea of having this makes me feel so weird. I’m watching this out of curiosity and to support swell. I will be cringing the whole time.

[@xxmidnight12xx18]

Update. I had to cover up my screen during the demonstration video at the end. I hate it.

[@invisiblechick13]

I talked about this with my students! None of them were very enthusiastic about getting it themselves.There’s actually a pbs segment on ‘human microchipping’…..people point out the security problems with it, but it’s also useful for people who have difficulties using keys and the like

[@maddydohnt3736]

When you said 'a chip in her hand' I thought you meant a potato chip LMAO Also some people have way too much money and it shows

[@anarchyneverdies3567]

I had a customer at a tattoo shop ask if I could install one of those chips in him because he was a bit scared about the sterility of his environment and also scared to do it…my boss wouldn’t let me, but I looked up how it’s done and it looks terrifying, but as someone who’s had a subdermal implant, I can say it probably looks much more painful than it actually is 😂

[@Kayla_P99]

There's a piercing studio I used to live near that would do them lol

[@sunnyandthechlo]

That needle she showed was HUGE.

[@exxplosion9276]

Most people would have their rfid locks and stuff into the mains so they can't lose power, also rfid tags can be skimmed, and with social engineering and stuff it could be easily breached Edit: if you wanna learn more about this stuff there's a lot of interesting videos on penetration (pen) testing

[@justherbirdy]

Just coming here to mention pen testing! Especially Deviant Ollam, an absolutely delightful person who uses the chip in his hand to clone information from security badges so he can wander happily through facilities he's been employed to test security in. The joy he takes in social engineering/exploiting really simple and dumb vulnerabilities in security is infectious. Edit: Hey Swell, since you mentioned your building security, you might be very interested in checking out pen test videos to find out whether the security is actually secure or whether building management need to have a nice little talk about doing better. Many, many RFID things are vulnerable to incredibly stupid and easy attacks.

[@tramasrarasoddplots]

I saw this technology in Nova. It was very interesting. However, I feel like, this is what The Invisible Man would gift to Elizabeth Moss. Why does your tech savy husband wants to chip you?

[@faithhammond10]

I have an NFC sensor in my arm, which sends alerts via Bluetooth to my phone, for my diabetes. I scan my arm with my phone and it tells me what my blood glucose level is. It's weird that my phone connects to my body and sends information to myself and my partner, but it keeps me alive. I definitely wouldn't do it for what seems like a pretty gimmicky reason such as this. I feel like the bionic woman sometimes!

[@Swell_Popcorn_Simps]

I'd consider getting a chip but only if it could notify and give me early access to Swell videos 🍿

[@believer773]

I agree popcorn, I was thinking there wasn't a single reason for this nightmare, but Swell is worth it I agree

[@Sleeper_6875]

Is this a different person from swell simps united, and is there a rivalry, I think that would be funny

[@crystallinegirl23]

I haven’t even finished this video, but my roommate from college actually has a chip implanted in her hand that she did herself in our bathroom I think 3 years ago. One of the things that she uses it for is to link to her website when people scan it with her phone but sometimes she does just put funny links to KZbin videos. The controversy behind this is really funny to me because the concept of putting a chip in your hand does not bug me as much as I feel like it should.

[@Sile-na-gcioch]

There's a lot of cool resources online about this, I'm not really a fan of getting it done personally, but there's people who do it themselves called "biohackers" and just general philosophy about this called transhumanism. The coolest one I've seen is people who put a magnet under their skin so they can actually "feel" electrical waves (because the magnet vibrates slightly when it's present). Your body breaks it down though, so it only works for a couple years. And yea your body can reject it. Tbh the rabbit hole of body mods in general is super interesting, but don't look into it if you have a weak stomach. Fun video as always! :)

[@Ametcitra]

I've got an nerve stimulator (basically an electrode with a wire leading to a battery) implanted in my spine for medical reasons, and like while it's really neat and helps me a lot with my specific health issue I will say it does have downsides. From the top of my head here's a few I can think of that would probably also apply in Chip Girl's case: - Magnets are a big no-no, so I'm essentially barred from having MRIs for the rest of my life - Sometimes it takes a while for the accompanying controller for my stimulator to connect and find the signal, and I can imagine that being VERY frustrating if the signal is required to do anything at home lol - Chips can migrate in your body over time, so while it may be in her hand it could overtime move somewhere else. Correcting this could require further surgeries, which sounds like a very painful process just to restore your housekey - Getting something implanted in you fucking HURTS. Admittedly my implant was into my literal spine which hurt like hell, but I reckon a hand surgery would hurt as well All in all I feel like it seems like a very inconvenient method of doing something. Add in what could go wrong and potential issues further in life, and it seems like a lot of trouble just for the novelty of something.

[@kaspianepps7946]

These kind of chips don't contain batteries so don't prevent MRIs (although they do cause mild interference around the chip). They're also very small - people who've got them compare the implantation to getting a piercing. That being said, I don't see the benefit of using an implanted chip instead of a wearable like the rings. If the concern is losing/forgetting the wearable they could use a fingerprint scanner.

[@Arikayx13]

Oh they’re mormons! Suddenly the vibes I’m getting make more sense.

[@mfuentes4961]

I feel like this hand/house chip technology situation has the potential to quickly snowball into a real life sci-fi horror film…

[@bimmons9975]

It will!

[@bimmons9975]

It will!

[@justinhamilton8647]

your vids bring me so much serotonin it’s insane

[@notGoro]

Completely unrelated to the video itself, but i really like the "bonus mom" thing insted of step-mother and stuff

[@cuandotumedasunagalleta7169]

Its how they say it in sweden! Bonusbarn, and Bonusfamilj is a tv series

[@caitb262]

I find biohacking super interesting. My piercer, joeltron, had these years ago. And yes, your body can reject the implant.

[@Slap_Pappy]

When she said bonus children I thought she said BONELESS children… like boneless wings

[@FowlsNest]

If I had stupid amounts of money to spend on one of those acrylic data chip things...I'd *obviously* Rick Roll people

[@SoaringLettuce]

How do these people watch cyberpunk dystopia fiction and think "yeah that seems cool"?

[@mrsyuk4133]

i've really been enjoying your recent uploads!! these have all been interesting and refreshing topics imo :-) thanks for maintaining consistency across all of your research and for always sharing your thoughts in a succinct and entertaining way! keep up the good work 🎉

[@bgood8299]

This just seems to give criminals the incentive to chop off a person's hand. The only chip innovation that I recall that lived up to the hype was the introduction of Champagne and Serrano flavored potato chips. Those are amazing!

[@russelllukenbill]

No, there have been fingerprint readers for decades and people don't do that. Maybe it happens somewhere, but it would be such a rare occurrence as to not be worried about. Unless you worry about absolutely everything and are generally inconsolable, then by all means, worry about it.

[@spectacularrx52]

Omg the buying a private jet being called "journey." Omg

[@ellermg]

That's a cool feature, for people with certain disabilities for example because it could help them. Otherwise, I think that's the apex of lazyness and just wanting to show up.

[@Som1stolemycookie]

My one thing with these mormon mom tok as someone who lives in Utah. I can immediately clock them as someone who isn't as mormon as they may try to portray themselves 🤣🤣

[@NankitaBR]

I think that having a chip on you to open your stuff like your door to your house is even more dangerous than having keys that you can lose because in ordering for someone to steal stuff from your house they will literally have to kidnap you. Imagine this scenario: today, if you get your house robbed you will get into your house one day, see your stuff all over the place, take account of everything, figure out what was robbed and start all the procedure of going to the police and having to replace what was stolen; but if you have one of this chips in order for the robber to get into your house they will literally kidnap you and threaten you to get you to open your door, so if they let you live after that, you'll not only have to deal with having your stuff stolen you'll also have to deal with whatever physical and mental consequences you will get from getting *kidnapped.*

[@cuandotumedasunagalleta7169]

I feel like it would be much safer for her if she hadnt told the whole internet about it and called herself chip girl, because if she hadnt, who would have realized that she had that chip in her hand?? Then I'd maybe agree with it being safer, a robber wouldnt usually think "hmm maybe she has one of those new chips in her hand instead of keys"

[@anahnnemus5187]

See, the chopping hand thing didn't phase me, kidnapping does. But a robber would have to have a device to know who is chipped and I don't think it's a thing. Yet.

[@emmyjulianne6850]

@@anahnnemus5187 it’s definitely already a thing. Anytime you get a notification that an AirTag is moving with you, it’s sensing an RFID chip. The technology is already here, it’s just a matter of time for it to be misused

[@charlottebuck2519]

this comment needs more likes this is the most practical argument for why the “convenience” of a chip is truly impractical compared to a real key

[@derrickmcadoo3804]

Easy as chopping off a finger or hand.

[@Santiago-in1xf]

I went to DEFCON in Vegas a couple years back and there were folks getting them installed in a random hotel room.

[@kaylasteines9007]

There's some people in Sweden, I believe, who have chips in their hands so they can pay for things instead of having a credit/debit card. It's actually becoming pretty mainstream for people to do it there (like that a lot of people have done it, but I don't think it's a large percentage, just that it's increasing in popularity).

[@issecret1]

Then it's not mainstream

[@kaylasteines9007]

@@issecret1 by mainstream, I meant that it's becoming more popular. Regular people are getting them, not just super rich and tech nerds are getting them, but also just regular people.

[@mae8646]

I've been looking for a use for this that actually sounds useful and this is it

[@kailunartic6647]

As someone who lives in Utah, I’d say they probably live in Utah County near Provo as that’s where most of the rich tech guys live. Provo is about 30 mins - an hour from SLC depending on traffic. So it would be feasible to put her on real housewives of SLC.

[@mollympls]

honestly, the chip stuff almost feels old fashioned to me now. i have google home, and i can just turn on all my lights by literally saying "lights on." it seems much easier. we rent, so we don't have the door stuff, but i would for sure do that. also, clearly they're mormons: they have names like burgundy and manhattan lol

[@RaisonLychi]

They're gonna have to take the entire house with them when they move.

[@randomlibrarian]

I can’t remember where I read this/who said it, but it’s really stuck with me. Paraphrasing, but implants are less worrying when it comes to the personal decisions for adults. What gets really scary is if it gets to the point where an addition becomes available for kiddos that helps with school - how hard would it be for parents to hold their kids back when their classmates are suddenly leaping and bounding ahead due to tech?

[@alliemcreal]

That sounds like Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

[@P4tt3r5]

This is probably the coolest use of rfid chips I’ve seen in a while.

[@Mitch3D]

I have one of these RFID implants, it really isn't any weirder than getting piercings or tattoos. The only issue that comes up if you have to have an MRI it will show up under imaging. It's a convenient and fun party trick if nothing else.

[@emmyjulianne6850]

Do you use it the way this lady does? Like, for your home?

[@Candy-md1uk]

Can you get an mri with that on? I understand it showing up on xrays but mris are magnetic, does it harm you or the chip in any way? I’m genuinely curious

[@Mitch3D]

@@Candy-md1uk mythbusters did a story about it. All it does is distort the image of anything around it.

[@Mitch3D]

@@emmyjulianne6850 I was using it to access a office building where I had access to change the unique code on the chip. There is also USB readers that act as a keyboard reading out the code programmed on the chip. I used it for my computer login for a while.

[@BuffySummersWannabe]

I knew a guy in college who got tiny magnets implanted into his fingers to make tiny wires for electronics easier to pick up! He was a weird dude, but very kind and he brewed great mead lol

[@gingerseed123]

I imagine this is how Elon Musk would be if he wasn’t trying to appeal to the kids with his sad Reddit memes

[@xmlthegreat]

RFID/NFC means the chip in the hand/ring is passive. The reader on the wall sends out a pulse of radio energy several times a second and if the RFID chip is nearby, it gets energised by the radio pulse from the reader and sends back a signal. Since it's a static form of ID you can't have the clever tech that is in car keyfobs with stuff like rolling encryption. So these doors are less secure than cars from a decade ago.

[@BeantownMrs]

When you live in a city and those dogs have a bigger house than you do 💀

[@izzyiz2000]

I had 0 clue who this was i thought i had never seen her videos until you showed the dog house. I've only ever gotten videos of that dog house, ive never even seen the chip stuff lol

[@CHloE748]

I sure hope Chipgirlhere is staying safe.. there are psycho’s out there that will want to cut off that hand 😂

[@russelllukenbill]

I don't want to say that they don't exist, but when was the last time you heard of someone getting their hand chopped off for a fingerprint reader. Those have been around for decades and it is not really a problem. Easier to get one of those frequency duplicators that can copy your digital car keys or garage opener from 20 feet away.

[@colorcrux]

My old apartment used key fobs. One time when I came home and was very tired, I accidentally swiped my work badge instead of my apartment fob. It unlocked the gate. And then I tested it out and found my work badge could unlock the doors in my apartment building. Since then I just never trusted those nfc chips to be all that secure. Like it might've just been a one in a billion coincidence that both buildings used the same code, but what if those companies that program them just reuse codes or something and were just banking on people not figuring that out.

[@ProjectIcarus001]

Hi Swell! I work in an industry that uses RFID/NFC chips all the time and I'd love to answer some of the questions you had in the video as well as give you some fun facts that will make you even more worried about using chips for your home! I'm gonna answer them in the order you asked in the video. 1) Is it that easy to disable someone's front door by just destroying the RFID Chip? A) Yes! If you destroyed someone's rfid/nfc chip that unlocks their front door they won't be able to open it unless it has some kind of physical key backup (which would be dumb if it didn't.) If you've ever been a building that uses RFID/NFC fobs to access elevators or open doors, there has definitely been a time where those RFID/NFC antenna/reader was broken, and someone was shit out of luck until maintenance came to fix it. you mention "unless you have a government/industrial grade lock system on your house, someone will find a way to get into your house." and you couldn't be more right! It can actually be very easy to spoof or hack the rfid/nfc chip/reader and just waltz right in. A handy gadget called the "Flipper zero" is a cute little gadget (for $180) that could absolutely unlock every single thing in Chipgirl's home. But if chipgirl and chipguy are smart they should have a server logging every single time a chip is detected, the chip's id, if it is one of the chips that is currently whitelisted, and which thing it opened. So they'll have a log of someone opening their front door at 3am. Then again same could be done with a lockpick and a normal lock but you won't know someone broke in except if you have security cameras. I have seen videos of people unlocking medical exam rooms/hospital wings from 20 feet away from the door using devices like this! on the subject of the chip rings 2) Do you deactivate [the guests' ring] when they leave? Does it deactivate after a certain amount of time? Is it deactivated when you take it back from them? What if someone says this ring is cool and keeps it? A) Depends if chipgirl and chipguy are smart! The best thing they could do is tell the security system "this is chipfriend's chip ring with the ID of 1234. it can unlock these 3 doors for the next 24 hours. after 24 hours blacklist any signals received from ID 1234." This all requires someone purposefully coding this into the security system, they don't have a lifespan built into the ring by default. 3) What's stopping one of your friends from going and murdering you by breaking into your house with the chip ring you gave them? A) On one hand (ha! puns...), Yep! super easy to break in with your stolen ring! on the other hand! if you're smart and you've written a program to blacklist old rings, you could also set up a program that would sound an alarm/call the cops if a ring was ever used once it is blacklisted. So then if someone tried to come murder you; they can't get in with the ring, cops are on their way, and an alarm is either going off loudly to scare them off or it's going off silently and you have time to set up some home alone style traps! Or worse! 4) Is the en masse when these things go nuclear and they're suddenly not in your hand they're in your brain? A) yes! you can probably already get that done! But you're gonna wanna hold out until they can make the more powerful RFID/NFC chips smaller. Which is a big reason why its kinda stupid to adopt literally bleeding edge technology like this. ok, so side rant! RFID/NFC chips and batteries! RFID/NFC chips can be reallllllly small. You can buy a pack of a hundred nfc stickers that are no thicker than a normal sticker and are usually the size of a nickel that will work just as well as Chipgirl's implant. Tons of people buy them to spoof amiibos for nintendo games! The problem is the smaller you make a rfid/nfc chip the closer to the reader you need to be for it to activate. This isn't usually a problem for most consumers cause you want to tap the chip to your phone directly, so it doesn't detect you from 5 feet away. BUT! what if chipgirl wanted her front door to automatically unlock and open wide while she is mid stride to it because it knows it's her and she doesn't have to pause and tap to unlock her door!? This is where you need an "active powered" RFID/NFC chip instead of "passive powered chip." Active powered chips range in size from a poker chip to the size of chunky smartphone. The bigger they are the bigger the battery/amplification of the signal! Many warehouses use big ones for delivery trucks, monitoring employee's whereabouts, and tracking containers/cargo. Plenty of warehouses already have active powered chips installed in hardhats that employee's wear that unlocks certain areas of the facility for them without them having to ever tap anything. They range from 10 cents per chip to about $10. Which isn't a lot for a consumer but for a company like amazon that needs 5 trillion of those to track individual pallets for shipment it adds up! So, as technology advances the big thing is gonna be when we can have a chip even smaller than chipgirl's but can be read from 100 feet away and then we fine tune it to do things when it is closer in proximity to an actually useful area. 5) does it need a powersource? or is the powersource (shake's hand for empahsis) YOU!? A) some don't need a powersource, some do! But the idea of the chip getting the power from like your natural electrical field / cellular respiration is a long ways off. It would be smarter to have one of those watch batteries that gets power when it moves so your watch never dies and put that into one. Or have it so that when its next to a reader the reader sends over a micro amount of electricity to power it kinda like induction charging on phones. 6) your body can reject a piercing... can your body reject an implant like this? A) YEP! Most people won't reject it but yeah if you're allergic to the casing you'll reject it! If you fell and landed on your hand and the chip capsule broke open you could reject all the stuff inside the capsule! Maybe even get tetanus! 7) Did his face also freak you out when she opened the door? A) YEEEEP! Hope that answered your questions and gave you something to be scared about at night! If you have more questions that i can answer let me know!

[@leopardshadow333]

Honestly I totally respect buying a whole separate fancy dog house, if I was super rich I'd do the same thing.

[@TakusenX]

If you can steal credit or debit card info then you can 100% steal this too, which is terrifying! Also, someone just needs to force you to open your own door with your own hand. Yikes, no thanks! Lastly, what if they lose power? Will the chip still work or are they now locked out of everything? : / Unless they have some sort of insane generator, which I wouldn't doubt to be honest.

[@Tidwell2161h]

These can totally be stolen, but the phone would need to be touching your hand to read the chip to duplicate it. It's not something that could happen without you knowing. On power: the ones my chip is hooked up to have internal batteries to maintain power when it's out, we can get in and out when there's no power.

[@TakusenX]

@@Tidwell2161h Hello! Good to know, thank you! : ) Absolutely terrifying to think about being locked out of your entire house if the power goes out, but I'm glad that isn't the case LOL!

[@blazedancer]

I was pleasantly surprised coming out of this. I went in fully expecting them to be some kind of really weird techbro stupidity, but they seem like normal good people. The chip feels odd now, but I like that there are people out there showcasing identity tech. I can't get over the designated gaming stations with macs? I mean I guess if it works for the games they want. I like macs for a lot of things, but I wouldn't want it for games.

[@chosoistryinghisbest]

i don't think that it's that weird i just think that if she and other people are using them for such mundane things like using your toaster, it's just like is this really necessary 💀?? it just feels like a lot of effort to be "futuristic" in the eyes of what people have seen on tv. like the whole chip thing looks like some dude watched futurama and decided to make it real lmao

[@apperusenpai]

The craziest part to me is that if you take away the weird chip stuff, they're just... a normal rich family. Everything they do (minus the private jet tbh) is pretty inoffensive

[@staciii]

She prefers to call her kids bonus kids over step children? 😂😂

[@Leave_not_Liv]

That’s super common

[@clarap.1952]

Every time Chip Girl mentions having a chip in her hand or uses it, I instinctively say "Oh my God..." in the most defeated tone I've ever used.

[@VonArens]

I'd guess it does require a bit more 'effort' to chop someone's hand off, compared to finding, copying or stealing some keys. 😄

[@sunscreenhoarder6558]

These chips are actually extremely easy to clone and it takes seconds. We use these chips to lock the doors of the rooms at the inn I work at. The machine that does it is portable and about the same size as a pack of cards, as well as able to read a chip and duplicate the same code onto a blank card from about a foot away if you really push it. It could be as simple as somebody standing next to you with one of these in their pockets, taking a scan of your chip and copying it once they’re somewhere private. At least if somebody stole your keys to have them copied you’d likely notice.

[@eisiau]

@@sunscreenhoarder6558not all nfc tags are the same. cheap ones are easily cloneable, but some, presumably including these ones, have unique challenge/respond protocols that prevent cloning. this is why we don't have issues with people's credit card data being stolen every time anyone leaves the house, despite the fact that they too have nfc chips.

[@eastdakota6954]

having chip readers through an entire house makes it feel like a hitman level (i know nothing of the hitman games aside from the heat-seeking suitcase)