http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:30:36 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/21/113815.php#comment-29765 <i> would think they could come up with a device to disable it, then, at point of purchase - blast it with gamma rays or someting </i> So the tag is in your Keith Richards Underoos. Where do you want those gamma rays directed, given the flop The Hulk was at the box office? 29765@blogcritics.org Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:30:36 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/21/113815.php#comment-29708 I would think they could come up with a device to disable it, then, at point of purchase - blast it with gamma rays or someting 29708@blogcritics.org Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:01:37 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/21/113815.php#comment-29701 The main problem is the implementation of RFID tags is they can't be easily removed, they are embedded in the product. Since they are passive (they are powered by radio waves) the cheapest way to use them is incorporate them into products at manufacture. It's like those tiny transponders the aliens put up your nose, but without the ride in the UFO. 29701@blogcritics.org Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:41:47 EST