On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Steve Schear wrote: > Wonder what happens when one of the tags is placed in a microwave > oven. Its likely to do some instant damage without harming many tagged > articles, if they aren't left in long. I would think that the RFID > manufactures would WANT to design their tags for such easy destruction to > placate consumer privacy fears.
As Declan points out, the tags can be disabled at the counter. I would think that since they have no internal power source, building something to fry their innards would be easy, and you don't need a microwave oven. Just like they pass items over a magnet to let you get past the present coils at a store exit, they can turn off the rfid to prove you bought something rather than stole it. To avoid lots of problems with people walking around with clothing from other stores, they may all want to make sure purchased goods are deactivated (fried permenently). I can just see people going from the Gap to Victoria's Secret and getting arrested for buying the competition. The economics of that won't work too well :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
