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Adam Savage Revises Claim of Lawyer-Bullying On RFID Show

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-what-they-want-him-to-say dept.

Nick writes "A few weeks ago a video of a talk given by Adam Savage of the television show MythBusters spread across the internet (including a mention on Slashdot.) On the video, Savage stated that the show was unable to produce an episode about previously known RFID vulnerabilities due to a conference call to Texas Instruments that unexpectedly included several credit card companies' legal counsel. TI (via a spokesperson talking with cnet.com) stated that only one lawyer was on the call and that the majority of the people on the call were product managers from the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) invited by TI to speak. Then Savage (via a Discovery Communications statement) reaffirmed that he was not on the call himself and that the decision was not made by Discovery or their advertising sales department but rather MythBuster's production company, Beyond Productions."

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  1. I reject your reality and substitute my own! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I reject your reality and substitute my own!

  2. If Mythbusters wants to continue, they'll have to by TenBrothers · · Score: 3, Funny

    become a cartoon. Maybe like Rocky & Bullwinkle. "Hey Jamie! Watch me pull our show's credibility out of a hat!"

  3. Other than That by sycodon · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the story was accurate.

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  4. Re:so by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 5, Funny

    seems possible to me.

    In this context, you'd need to use the word 'plausible.'

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  5. Re:so by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, I'd say those merchant accounts improve the standing of the CC companies.

    "The ToS you signed clearly says you won't try to circumvent the security features on the Credit Card systems we let you use, and you're making a FREAKING TELEVISION SHOW about it?"

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  6. Re:so by cthulu_mt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm imagining Karie pulling it off.

    I'll be in my bunk if anyone needs me.

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  7. Re:so by argux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I'm agree one hundred per... did you say Family Guy?

  8. Re:so by NickCatal · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have 2 in my wallet right now

    American Express Clear and Chase Freedom

    Nice at McDonalds, 7/11 and CVS when I want to confuse the hell out of the cashier.

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    -nick