The names or name of duck/duct tape are still under dispute. There was a duck tape that predates ww2 as well as a duct tape that predates...but it's a nice story just the same.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Constance Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're concerned about RFIDs on passports, make a RFID-proof duck tape > wallet. There are plans and how-tos all over the net, for example: > > http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Duct-Tape-Wallet > > (BTW, the original name of the stuff is DUCK tape, not duct tape. The > original tape was used on ammunition boxes in WW II, the idea being that the > tape was as waterproof as ducks.) > > I have also heard of scan-proof wallets but have never investigated them. > > --Constance Warner > > > On Jul 15, 2009, at 5:17 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > > > People steal identities all the time. It does not require reading a >> > passport rfid. Nor does reading a passport rfid make it any easier. >> > >> > It may be true in the future that muggers will carry rfid scanners. >> > They may be small enough that they could be concealed in the clothing, >> > and would perhaps use a projection system to display the data inside >> > the thief's retina where no one else could see what he was doing. But >> > if you're worried about real life violence *today*, then you'll want >> > to stop going to grocery stores or worse - don't ever stop to fill up >> > your gas tank! >> >> >> People like Tony don't go anywhere exciting or dangerous, so he doesn't >> have to worry. >> >> People have been targeted through their RFID tagged passports in places >> like London or Hamburg or Amsterdam or Tunis. The typical RFID scanner can >> only read a tag from a distance of around 12". The boosted RFID readers can >> read the tags in passports and other cards at a distance of 30 feet and >> more. >> >> I'd rather be safe than sorry, especially after being robbed at gunpoint >> in another country a couple of years ago, and another time being caught in >> the middle of riots. "Disaster travel" can be dangerous, but it will always >> be exciting--never boring. >> >> Betty >> >> --- >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
