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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. WAAAAA! by simetra · · Score: 0, Troll

    Invasion of privacy! Waaaaa!
    They're going to track us all, it'll be a police state!

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    "Would it kill you to put down the toilet seat?" -- Maya Angelou
  2. editorial cartoon by TTop · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought this editorial cartoon about the new Euro was pretty damn funny, although it doesn't directly address the RFID tags, it pokes fun at some of the other Euro-related concerns.