more on RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwavethem Risks Digest 23.24

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Daryn - Spam Arrest <daryn () spamarrest com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:11:56 
To:dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave
 them Risks Digest 23.24

Dave,

I'm not sure I buy it.. take a closer look at their picture, for one things,
they aren't even all the NEW $20 bills..

Furthermore, it doesn't look like anything "exploded", more like the paper
just burned. go microwave a dollar (or even a piece of paper) for awhile and
watch it. it'll start burning . . . in the MIDDLE.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
To: <ip () v2 listbox com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:54 PM
Subject: [IP] RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave
them Risks Digest 23.24


> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:54:25 -0500
> From: mikkeles () netscape net (Michael Borek)
> Subject: RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave them
>
> "Prison Planet" (http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html)
is
> carrying a story of an experiment on microwaving the new US $20.00 bills
> which contain RFIDs.  (The site includes pictures of the results.)
>
> Apparently, the new bills were setting off every RFID monitor they passed
> through!  Wrapping the bills in aluminium foil stopped this behaviour, but
> they decided to try microwaving the bills.  This led to the RFIDs
exploding
> and burning the face of Andrew Jackson's picture.
>
> This could become quite common a problem as word passes that microwaving
can
> destroy RFIDs without the proviso that this may (will) damage the goods.
>
> (A discussion is also being carried on Slashdot:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/02/0535225&mode=nested)
>
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