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Topic: Smart Paper Makes Traceable Money Possible (one more reason to use Bitcoin) (Read 1236 times)

hero member
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RFID-blocking wallets will become much more popular...

Pfft - what security conscious person keeps money in their wallet? That's the first place thieves would look!
It's all about where you keep your wallet.  Wink
newbie
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RFID-blocking wallets will become much more popular...

Pfft - what security conscious person keeps money in their wallet? That's the first place thieves would look!

hero member
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So... the paranoiacs who said the security strips could track you were just ahead of their time?

Indeed, and what a fine pickpockets paradise it shall be!  LOL

RFID-blocking wallets will become much more popular...
legendary
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I am not a fan of that at all...
newbie
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So... the paranoiacs who said the security strips could track you were just ahead of their time?

Indeed, and what a fine pickpockets paradise it shall be!  LOL
sr. member
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just ahead of their time?

Always. You should know better than anyone by this point.  Wink
hero member
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FIAT LIBERTAS RVAT CAELVM
So... the paranoiacs who said the security strips could track you were just ahead of their time?
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http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/devices/smart-paper-makes-traceable-money-possible

 A simple act of cash changing hands could become a lot less private. U.S. researchers have developed a new way of embedding traceable chips within "smart" paper—raising the possibility of banks and governments guarding against counterfeiting and even tracking the usage of paper money.

The new method of embedding radio frequency identification chips (RFID) in paper came from North Dakota State University in Fargo. Researchers used a patent-pending technology—called Laser Enabled Advanced Packaging (LEAP)—to transfer and assemble the traceable RFID chips on paper. Such "smart" paper could lead to new types of banknotes, legal documents, tickets and smart labels.
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