Canadian coins bugged, U.S. security agency says [RFID]

CBC News ^ | 1/10/2007

[GQuagmire]

Blame Canada!(needs South Park pic)

[twonie]

And canadians still want to know why their money is worth less? If there is a way to mess something up, they will find it. And do it!

[UpAllNight]

""It is important to recognize copiers and shredders can contain built-in scanners to copy the data.""

Many do.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Bugged coins?

Sounds Loonie.

[Bob Loblaw]

Can they still track it if I'm wearing tinfoil??

[listenhillary]

What if it's IN the tinfoil also?

[wolfpat]

This is loonie.

[UpAllNight]

--Can they still track it if I'm wearing tinfoil??--

One would look awful strange with tinfoil around their pelvic area ...

[listenhillary]

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

Anyone believing they have bugged money is welcome to send it to me.

[Pontiac]

Passing the coin to an unwitting contractor, particularly in strife-torn countries, could mark the person for kidnapping or assassination, Harris said.

"You could almost, by handing a coin to somebody, achieve the equivalent of the Mafiosi's last kiss on the cheek."

Imagine a roadside bomb programmed to detonate when the individual with a particular RFID coin wanders by.

No need for cell phones or controllers in the area. You could be on the other side of the world.

[ASA Vet]

She is not strange looking, but then her pelvic area is barely covered.

[petitfour]

Hmmmmm. Interesting. And just yesterday one of our children was asking another about some Canadian coins that he's had for three years and whether he was going to spend it. On what, I don't know because we're wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy far away from Canada.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"It is important to recognize copiers and shredders can contain built-in scanners to copy the data."

One hopes that all working copiers can copy data.

During the Cold War, the CIA hid film cameras in Xerox copiers in Soviet embassies. "Xerox Repairman" visited periodically to retrieve the film.

More here:
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[Old Professer]

"A bad penny always turns up?"

[twonie]

That joke's not getting any funnier!!

[null and void]

Don't worry, you're twice a Loonie...

[norton]

"But the report also underscores clandestine means of acquiring secrets from U.S. employees, particularly those travelling abroad."

Years ago, in a friendly country, we made it a practice to say hello to the ceiling fire extinguisher in offices and hotel rooms.

[b4its2late]

Wow. Went I went there last summer, we spent every piece of Canadian money we had before we left and the coins I had left I gave to a bum on the street. Good thing, eh?