03-03-2004, 01:01 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,398
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$20 US Bills have RFID tags in them
http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html
:worried: Suddenly I like quarters and dimes. Old ones.
I know the site is a bit "out there", but it's an iteresting idea. I'm tempted to microwave the new 20 I have...
Does anyone have access to X-RAY equipment? Wouldn't a tag show up?
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03-03-2004, 01:17 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,124
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I think this is mainly to thwart thieves rather then to track people's purchases. There's still nothing that connects a particular bill to an individual person, and as wasteful as the government is, I still don't think they're paying people to sit around and watch money change hands all day. If you're a bank robber this will probably hurt you but if you are an ordinary law abiding citizen I don't think you have to worry about big brother watching you spend cash.
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03-03-2004, 01:29 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 217
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Someone with an RFID scanner can scan you and find out exactly how much cash you're carrying. :worried:
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03-03-2004, 01:33 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 217
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Re: $20 US Bills have RFID tags in them
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Originally Posted by David Prahl
Does anyone have access to X-RAY equipment? Wouldn't a tag show up?
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The tags are the size of a grain of sand - I don't think that ordinary xray equiptment can pick it up. Furthermore, it could cause the chip to explode, so... 8O
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03-03-2004, 01:51 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 631
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Just cut his eye out and throw it away.  A bill is still good as long as you have more than 50% of it and a full serial number
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03-03-2004, 02:00 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,766
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Is there anyting similar in Canadian money?
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03-03-2004, 02:18 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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I call Urban Legend on this one.
A) All new $20 bills have a strip of metal foil in them, and if I remember correctly, it runs right through Jackson's eye. Remember what happens when you microwave metal? :mrgreen:
B) RFID is just now starting to be used for commercial applications. Wal-Mart is set to start using it in 2005 for their supply chain, but only for crates and pallets, meaning the tags are probably large. This leads to two additional problems: First, that it's very expensive, or you'd see it used much more widely, and b) if this rumor was true, it would mean that the U.S. government moved faster than industry. :!:
C) As far as I can tell, the chip that is small enough to actually fit in Jackson's eye was just released by Hitachi in September 2003. Meaning that it will be expensive. The only reported "wide" usage of that new chip is for tickets to a fair in Japan in 2005.
There's a thread on Slashdot that talks about this, too.
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03-03-2004, 02:38 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,398
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Any way to tell if it's an RFID tag or a strip of metal?
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03-03-2004, 02:57 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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You know, I think I fell for a bit of rumor myself.  ops:
Looks like the strip in the 20 is plastic, and is farther left. Ah well.
You could probably still get the effect shown in the photos by putting a small piece of metal on over A.J.'s eye... :wink:
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03-03-2004, 07:43 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 332
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It's kind of funny that the foil now goes over the money, rather than on the top of the head.
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