[Noisebridge-discuss] RFID help needed for biohacking project!

[Jake]

since an RFID device can contain a computer inside, with the ability to 
crunch computations, it is possible and common for them to use encryption.

the earliest RFID tags like the Mobil Speedpass and many others have been 
hacked, because it's hard to make good encryption and they didn't.

http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/staff/bios/ajuels/publications/pdfs/DSTbreak.pdf

Then more recently, the RFID technology made by NXP and used in the MiFare 
cards was shown to have vulnerabilities too:

http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mgv98/MIFARE_files/report.pdf

it is possible that the technology your school uses for RFID in the 
student IDs doesn't even use cryptography, or that it does but you can 
crack it.  But even if it uses one of the above technologies which is 
already broken, you have to be pretty good to even understand and 
implement what they have published, and then create a hardware example 
that can fit inside your hand.

I think your first step is to figure out what kind of RFID technology is 
used in your card and learn more about it.  For example, you need to know 
what frequency your card and readers operate on.

If the frequency is 125KHz, i think the smallest you can make a tag is the 
size of a quarter.  This frequency is likely what they use if your student 
ID is a normally shaped card.

If the frequency is 13.56 MHz i think you could find tags you can fit in 
your hand, already manufactured in a glass envelope for that purpose.

If your goal is just to be able to get the doors open with your hand 
though, you should probably just extract the electronics from your student 
ID and put them in your hand.

-jake

effigy wrote:
Hello.

I'm hoping to get in touch with someone who knows a bit about reading and
writing RFID chips, or who has access to a scanner... And who might be
excited about helping out with a my first grinder experiment.

Basically my project is this: I want to copy and duplicate the microchip 
in my student ID card. I'm going to encase the duplicated chip in silicone 
and implant it in my hand, allowing me to unlock doors with a wave instead 
of getting my wallet out. This is a trial-run, and will be removed after 
graduation. I want to understand the healing process and the experience 
before I embark on designing a more permanent interface.

The surgery will be done by Samppa VonCyborg, who is a world-class body 
mod expert. I only have a few weeks to get everything together before he 
comes through town. My university will not help me to copy the chip due to 
(understandable) security concerns. So I'm reaching out to Noisebridge in 
hopes that someone can at least point me in the right direction!

Thanksss
Dylan