Is this even possible?

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-01-14 01:33pm

http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html

Just seems too 1984 to me to be real. The potential is there at least according to the author.

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2003-01-14 01:37pm

Crazy_Vasey wrote:http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html

Just seems too 1984 to me to be real. The potential is there at least according to the author.

*Shudder*

Reminds me of the story of boiling the frog....we're certainly being cooked slowly...

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-01-14 01:42pm

Holy. Fuck
I can see it for tracking criminals maybe, but everyone!?
Shit man.
I'm gonna start living in a cave pretty soon.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-01-14 01:51pm

Nothing that a good dose of static electricity and/or magnetic fields won't take care of. I doubt they can make hardened electronics that small. Time to get myself a Van der Graf generator to go with my high power neodymium magnets. Bye bye pesky RFID chips!

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-01-14 02:03pm

Areius, I wonder what would happen if you put them in the same room

*Imagines vast sparks of static*

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-14 07:58pm

I'm sure a Tesla coil would mess them up good too.

Of course, there's always the handy dandy micorwave oven. They don't tell people with pacemakers to stay away from them for nothing.

UltraViolence83 · Post by **UltraViolence83** » 2003-01-15 08:05pm

Blah. It's a disgusting idea to track people, even criminals. (hey, if they're out of jail, they paid their debt to society, right?) That's why EMP weapons are so great. They're the balancing act between freedom and the horrors of electronic slavery. Yes, magnets are nice, too. I didn't know static can kill chips, though...

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-01-15 08:11pm

I guess the guy who imagined this thing must be named Dick Tator.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-15 08:19pm

aerius wrote:Nothing that a good dose of static electricity and/or magnetic fields won't take care of. I doubt they can make hardened electronics that small. Time to get myself a Van der Graf generator to go with my high power neodymium magnets. Bye bye pesky RFID chips!

Won't those crazy people consider making tags that are immune to those things?

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-01-15 09:10pm

with people already checking email, listening on your phone, and watching through the window if they have probable cause, why is this a problem?

this just shows I must get to head of it before it really starts up.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-15 09:21pm

Goodbye, Crow...

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-01-15 09:33pm

Shinova wrote:
aerius wrote:Nothing that a good dose of static electricity and/or magnetic fields won't take care of. I doubt they can make hardened electronics that small. Time to get myself a Van der Graf generator to go with my high power neodymium magnets. Bye bye pesky RFID chips!

Won't those crazy people consider making tags that are immune to those things?

They can try, but they'll fail. There's no way to make miniature electronics that are immune to large doses of static electricity and powerful magnetic fields. The circuits will simply get fried. With larger chips like the ones in radios it's possible to ground and shield them from static and magnetic fields, but with something as small as those RFID chips it's simply not possible. Chances are if you put those things on a wool sweater they'll be fried the first time someone tries the sweater on. I like the microwave idea too, that should also fry the chips pretty good.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-15 09:39pm

Mmmm....Van der Graf...

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-01-15 09:49pm

I'll be right back after sticking my fingers into the wall socket.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-15 09:53pm

Wouldn't a Faraday cage be enough to stop them?

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-01-16 09:42am

Crazy_Vasey wrote:http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html

Just seems too 1984 to me to be real. The potential is there at least according to the author.

Well, according to this, the US government has plans for a sinister global mind control program, which will start next year!!!!

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