[LINK] Re: RFID in Govt, and in People

[Adam Todd]

At 01:07 PM 6/10/2006, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>At 11:59 AM 6/10/2006, Adam Todd wrote:
>>Of course it is!  When you buy something from a department store they 
>>wave the RFID over a device that disables it.
>>
>>It is possible to go one better and overload the electronics and burn 
>>them out of course.  Just like any RF device, if you give it too much 
>>INPUT signal, it will overload and fail to wor
>
>I can see it now: a black market in RFID killers that are small enough to 
>hide on your person,

They already exist!

Just like mobile phone blockers for use in cinemas when you get pissed off 
with the endless SMS and phone calls!  And Infrared blockers to stop Hubby, 
no sorry Wifey, channel surfing!

>then walking through all the department stores to blow out RFID tags 
>embedded items.  They will be called:  Retail Terrorists

You mean:  Realtailorrists