buddha Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 I don't know if this is true or a hoax, but it seems uncle sam just figured out a way to track and identify cash. Here is the article followed by a link. The article contains quite a few picture: [color:"green"] Want to share an event with you, that we experienced this evening.. Dave had over $1000 dollars in his back pocket (in his wallet). New twenties were the lion share of the bills in his wallet. We walked into a truck stop/travel plaza and they have those new electronic monitors that are supposed to say if you are stealing something. But through every monitor, Dave set it off. He did not have anything to purchase in his hands or pockets. After numerous times of setting off these monitors, a person approached Dave with a 'wand' to swipe why he was setting off the monitors. Believe it or not, it was his 'wallet'. That is according to the minimum wage employees working at the truck stop! We then walked across the street to a store and purchased aluminum foil. We then wrapped our cash in foil and went thru the same monitors. No monitor went off. We could have left it at that, but we have also paid attention to the European Union and the 'rfid' tracking devices placed in their money, and the blatant bragging of Walmart and many corporations of using 'rfid' electronics on every marketable item by the year 2005. Dave and I have brainstormed the fact that most items can be 'microwaved' to fry the 'rfid' chip, thus elimination of tracking by our government. So we chose to 'microwave' our cash, over $1000 in twenties in a stack, not spread out on a carasoul. Do you know what exploded on American money?? The right eye of Andrew Jackson on the new twenty, every bill was uniform in it's burning... Isnt that interesting? Now we have to take all of our bills to the bank and have them replaced, cause they are now 'burnt'. We will now be wrapping all of our larger bills in foil on a regular basis. What we resent is the fact that the government or a corporation can track our 'cash'. Credit purchases and check purchases have been tracked for years, but cash was not traceble until now... http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iono Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 I read the same thing in a yahoo group, haven't tried it yet but intend to, what the heck! Although it may just be that strip in the bill that identifies it as a real twenty and not for tracking purposes. Takes all kinds :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 I have no idea what technology is being reffered to, but I recall a recent article in a national paper in the UK referring to packets of disposable razor blades being "tagged", so if they weren't paid for an alarm went off when you left the store. Apparently it was a major supermarket chain (ASDA / TESCO??) who said it was because it was their most stolen item. It is a new one on me - but I guess if they can tag disposable razors anything is possible................. but I am a conspiracy nut :drunk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iono Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Well when you think about it, the security tags could be a way of controlling inventory, updating a database or ordering more of some item. Although from what I've heard there is a central consumer database in which they have your family name and a list that is continually populated with the items you purchase. Soon medical records will be utilized in the hiring process along with a polygraph scan (unbeknownst to the employee)insuring healthy and honest employees, this is already in place and working wonders in the U.S./Canadian boarder towns ensuring the future society is full of peaceable lambs. When the program is fully operational they will be able to decide who will continue on with their education and who will go in to a trade, kind of like other socialist countries (to include who will receive government subsidies instead of working). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 55555555555555 that must be good stuff. don't open the window the neighbours will all want some hahhahha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danish30 Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 It would be possible to do with current technology, I know IBM is testing something similar for use with normal products instead of the regular bar codes. That way a person is no longer needed to scan all the bar codes, but currently it's much too expensive compared to the conventional bar codes. Employee security key card systems with this technology has been on the market for several years already. New passports will contain similar or more advanced information chip in the near future. There are many other examples of this technology being used, BUT I doubt it would be used in $20 bills for several reasons. First I don't think they can make it so small that it would be undetectable to the normal eye. Usually the coil antenna/supply design must be 2-3 centimeters in diameter to achieve reasonable distance/signal strength. Second, it would require an enormous infrastructure to track all those bills. Third, why would they want to track them? I have a few $20 bills with me, but I am definitely not going to try to fry them in my microwave I am sure that just the metallic strip or the ink used would be enough to make them fry. Best regards, Danish30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 anyone put one of the 50 baht bills in the microwave or clothes washer ? if they are made like the Aussie bills you will get a suprise ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 If the government is tracking 20's, they are probably looking for large quantities of 20's - money laudering. As for tracking people, has anybody looked carefully what is inside their suitcase luggage lately? If a person travels to and from the US and other places were luggages is routinely searched without the owner seeing or knowing about it, it does give somebody the opportunity to slip something else into the suitcase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 trackable $20s .............. hahahahahaha another great urban myth the gullibility of some people truly surprises me. But then I guess thats why the Nigerians continue to get rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 I wonder what the money sniffing dogs at USA airports are taught to smell ? the ink ? or ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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