> Michael Motyka[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 10:54 AM, Trei, Peter wrote:
> >> Putting RF Tags in cash is one of those ideas with Unintended
> >> Consequences.
> >> Muggers would love having a way of determining which victims are
> >> carrying a
> >> wad, as would many salesmen (and JBTs looking to perform a 'civil
> >> confiscation' on 'a sum of currency'.)
[...]
> >
> >Further, placing the notes in a simple aluminum foil pouch, or a wallet
> >with equivalent lining, would cut any detectable signals by maybe 30-50
> >dB.
> >
>
>
> Not to mention that if you didn't want your money chirping its presence
> every time a bad actor pinged it you could just disable the transponder
> in the money :
>
> mechanical pressure or repeated bending
> high voltage
> high power RF
> heat
>
> For paper money failure rates will probably be high anyway.
>
>
Perhaps, perhaps not. Remember, the primary app for this is
anti-counterfeiting.
"Sir: ALL your $20 bills are failing authentication. Please wait
while I call Security."
Peter
