Either this is a hoax or Uncle Sam has seriously screwed up. Imagine walking between one of those merchandise protection systems and having it go off every-time and then find out your wallet is causing it to go off.
The question of the day is this. Has the US Gov’t placed RFID chips in all new $20.00 bills. I personally don’t think they have, but a aluminum strip and a microwave would not mix very well. It seems according to the linked story that if you microwave a bill the right eye of Andrew Jackson explodes. If I had a new $20.00 I would test this immediately but it will be interesting to see if this turns out to be a hoax or great fiction. [PrisonPlanet]
Thanks to Slashdot for the link
It might be true. Yesterday, after my roommate went to the bank to cash a check, the entry\exit alarms went off in every store we went in afterwards. We could not find any other possibility-there were no tags in his clothes. I think we will try to test this by trying to go thru with and without his wallet. Great! another government screwup!
Gullibility is Incurable
I’ve recently become fascinated with Blogdex. The current lead story is this conspiracy theory about exploding RFID tags in $20 bills. This was a rumor when I was in high
Sorry Mr. Jackson
This can’t be real. But it would be damn funny if it was. Either this is a hoax or Uncle Sam has seriously screwed up. Imagine walking between one of those merchandise protection… [Geek News Central] Grabbed from the comments…
There is more information (and some scepticism) here:
http://www.rfidbuzz.com/news/2004/rfid_tags_in_new_us_notes_explode_when_you_try_to_microwave_them.html
http://www.rfidbuzz.com/wiki/Actors/InternalRevenueService
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=98942&cid=8437731
http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/1243