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Story: RFID blocker may ease privacy fears

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Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 17 April 2006, 9:28 PM)

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A 10 second burst in a microwave will disable most RFID chips but it will also destroy most products containing the chip. This method of deactivation was used on several different RFID enabled customer loyalty cards (read; grocery store, book store type cards). Though the chips were destroyed at shorter "nuke times", the cards were scorched or melted. Knowing where the RFID tag is half the battle. Getting your new shoes or car tires into a microwave is the other half.

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