Comments on: Stupid story or massive cover-up: Are Canadian coins embedding with transmitters to spy on the US?!

By: noname

noname — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:39:41 +0000

Can you imagine.

A “Russian” hot dog vendor outside a, let say NSA facility. The change he gives his happy customers are really secret recording devices.

That would be very ingenious means to gather info.

By: Named

Named — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:02:40 +0000

Back in the 90s I was involved with a serious accident and racked up over $65,000 in expenses. I found a government program to take care of it.

Yeah, we don’t have to do that… And what’s the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US again?

By: ChrisMac

ChrisMac — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:05:37 +0000

does this mean they are worth more than a buck?

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:53:58 +0000

If this story is true, doesn’t it seem more likely to be a tool to track coin usage?

I can’t imagine how tracking a Loonie would gather any useful information on America!

But, I’m sure that tracking coin usage has some value for the Canadian mint.

By: KB

KB — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:18:45 +0000

So there’s also a “secret” version of the report but no one is talking about it. If this never happened, what’s not to talk about?!

SN, what I said two years ago is still true: You’re good !

By: SN

SN — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:11:43 +0000

36. “If #32 is correct, then a lot of people upstream from us are really really stupid”

Given the choice between people in the US federal government being “really really stupid” or the Canadian government spying on us through coins, I think I’d have to go with the former.

By: jbellies

jbellies — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:36:03 +0000

If #32 is correct, then a lot of people upstream from us are really really stupid, not able to tell the difference between a coin and a subway token.

Is an RFID really a radio transmitter? I thought it depended upon the power of the scanning device.

If somebody is spying, Occam demands that the simplest explanation is that it’s their own employers. “Schultz, here’s some local cash and coins for your trip to the Great White North.”

The twoonie, the two-dollar coin, can be dismantled, sometimes needing the help of a deep freeze. Just sub your transmitter in place of the inner part. Assuming that size and miniaturization aren’t problems, a child could do it.

By: woktiny

woktiny — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:34:03 +0000

“Experts said such tiny transmitters would almost certainly have limited range to communicate with sensors no more than a few feet away, such as ones hidden inside a doorway. The metal in the coins also could interfere with any signals emitted.”

where’s george?

seriously, what’s the threat here? its a neat trick, maybe some day it would be a good way to validate coins… oh, except we won’t be using coins soon.

“a foreign spy could track the location of government contractors with special equipment and 4 feet proximity”

By: SN

SN — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:58:42 +0000

31. “& yet there are some people who will beleive that story”

I wrote all the paranoid conspiracy stuff last night as a joke, not believing the story at all. However, I was quite shocked to pick up a newspaper this morning and learn that the story is in fact true.

Although, I have to admit that I find 32′s explanation much more reasonable.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:58:16 +0000

Comment deleted. See #30.

By: robertson

robertson — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:55:00 +0000

Most likely they found a couple of Toronto Transit Tokens. These new transit tokens introduced a month or so ago contain embedded RFID tags. A picture of on is at http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/0107/new%20tokens.htm

They are made by a U.S. company.

By: Mr.Newton

Mr.Newton — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:42:59 +0000

oh my cheeks are sore from smiling so much,,you made me chuckle over all the comments,,funny stuff,on so many levels,,& yet there are some people who will beleive that story,just another level that i chuckle over..
let’s keep this one (story) going,,

By: SN

SN — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:05:09 +0000

#21, 22, 23 and 28…

Thanks a lot James, but I really don’t want this to turn into a debate about health care systems. Yeah, I realize it’s partially my fault.

If anyone wants to debate health care, feel free to create a cagematch discussion. Any further comments on that topic here will be deleted.

By: tallwookie

tallwookie — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:00:19 +0000

when I found the link I though it sounded familliar, and after a day or so i know why – its like futurisitic version of this: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

By: James Hill

James Hill — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:42:06 +0000

#21, #22, #23 – Read #25, then get a clue.