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Bugged Canadian Coins?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the time-for-the-tin-foil-pants dept.

tundra_man writes "CBC has an article about RFID type devices in Canadian coins found on US Contractors. From the article: 'Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada, says a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense.' The report did not indicate what kinds of coins were involved."

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  1. Re:Motive??? by TommydCat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In US, government currency is tracked by you on website.. In Soviet Canada, currency tracks you on government website?

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  2. Re:Motive??? by Qzukk · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Even if it was only on one side of the coin, you have just cut your chances of detecting it by 50%

    That's why it was suggested that it was the $2 coin. The middle could be popped out and replaced without many people (especially Americans who don't encounter such coins on a daily basis) noticing it at all, and with the whole middle replaced, it could go through both sides of the coin.

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