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Re: [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:07:09 -0800
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net> Date sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:53:20 GMT
Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada
Please note that "coins" covered with gold foil molded around a chocolate disk are not, in fact, legal tender in Canada, and are not issued by the Canadian Mint. (Also, such coins should not have a crunchy centre.) I'm sorry, but many things about this story strike me as extremely odd. How/why would coins be "placed" on people? Wouldn't there be an extremely high likelihood that your (presumably very expensive) sophisticated bugging device gets used to pay for a chocolate dip and a double double at Tim's? I guess dropping them on Americans would be a good way to ensure that nobody noticed they had a different heft from normal coins. But wouldn't a metal coin be detrimental to RFID activities? ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org `What was it you really put in the sugar?' `Cascara,' said Malicia. Keith sighed. `How much did you give them?' `Lots. But they should be all right if they don't take too much of the antidote.' `What did you give them for the antidote?' `Cascara.' `Malicia, you are not a nice person.' - `The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,' Terry Pratchett Dictionary of Information Security www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4150 http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says Fergie (Jan 10)
- Re: [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says Gadi Evron (Jan 10)
- Re: [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Jan 10)
- Re: [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says Tyler Reguly (Jan 11)
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- Re: [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says Fergie (Jan 11)
- Re: [privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says Tyler Reguly (Jan 11)