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Europe Adding RFID Tags to Euro Currency

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the concept-of-cash-being-eliminated dept.

An EETimes article a few days ago reports that the European Central Bank is planning to add RFID tags to euro bank notes. This would allow each bill to be tracked whenever it is used, and if the chip includes writable memory, to even record its own history.

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  1. YHBT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  2. Re:WAAAAA! by simetra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    we can criticize becuz we hide behind the veil of Anonymous Coward!

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    "Would it kill you to put down the toilet seat?" -- Maya Angelou
  3. HOWTO erase all tracking information from notes by cyrilc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    for Linux :

    dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/bill bs=1024 count=8192

    or

    mke2fs /dev/bill

    for Windows :

    format note:

    [Please insert bill in driver]