[TigerLikesRooster]

I can see that bug jammers and bug sweepers become everyday necessities. Anything given to you could have bugs in it which could even contain a TV camera.

Things could get even more hectic when nanotech really takes off.

[laker_dad]

Then the FCC will make jammers illegal, so whatchagonnado?

[El Gato]

These bugs are PASSIVE devices, and aren't really bugs in the sense that they can reveal anthing besides what is pre-stored on them. They are only usefull within a few tens of feet of a tranmitter/receiver unit that "stimulates" the tag. They have no power source of their own. The location technology is all part of the receiver/transmitter, not part of the "tag" istelf. You could probably burn them out without too much trouble using the appropriate frequency of EM waves, and with no damage to any nearby organic material, like your a$$, although certain sensitive parts, such as your eyes and for the men, the testes, might need to be shielded, as levels that would burn out the little chips, might damage these sensitive organs.