RFID Tags, and thier detection/ destruction

[rabidmoose57]

This seems as good a place as any for this. With the Wal-Mart anouncement today of putting tags in clothes, I was wondering if there was a reliable way to detect and if you chose to, destroy these things?
I've seen some rather odd ideas other places which seem a bit extreme to take care of the problem. I may buy a shielded wallet after reading some of these articles but other than that, what can we do? Thanks in advance for your advise!

 

[poltergeisty]

Wal-mart and many other companies have been using a variant of RFID tags for many, many, many, many YEARS!

The tags they will put on garments are huge! They will be removed by the cashier, I would think. :lol:

Ever buy optical media from Wal-mart? There's an RFID tag inside. Been that way sense at least 2000.


They use RFID in tires to inform the car of low air pressure, they are in your passport, cows are tagged with them. They are everywhere!

One day you won't even have to remove your credit card from your wallet. Just walk on by and press the button. Welcome to the 21st century.

 

[kb2vxa]

I don't really care about chips in my clothes, however after seeing what shops at Wal Mart I've become greatly concerned with fleas and ticks.

 

[poltergeisty]

I hear there's an end stand near woman's lingerie full of smoking hot salsa. :twisted:

 

[ab2ms]

before long even tin foil hats won't protect us

 

[SCNRHEAD]

Rfid

Rfid's are everywhere; I had a friend who was a captain in the army; who 12 year's ago witnessed a German army soldier wave his arm over a scanner at a walmart in Texas and pay for his good's. Yes they are now chipping our soldier's.
You can burn the rfid in new money by placing in the microwave for 30 secs.
Congress proposed implanting airport workers with RFID chips
NAFTA Superhighway RFID Card For US Citizens
Not a tinfoil hat but a tin foil wallet would work.
Identity Stronghold - Seller / Manufacturer of RFID Blocking Wallets, Sleeves and Badge Holders
Yes you can by a reader do a google search.

 

[dewmik]

RFID tags are also in dogs. The vet has a hand held scanner to change the info The vet can not delete the info on chip only update it. if it is not the right info it will not change, like putting the wrong pin number in an ATM.
I know that Sprint sales stores and the Shack both use RFID for pricing and such but they are only product related. IE Samsung phone model 687 costs $200.00. I think that when you walk out the door with the product the info on the chip is changed so not to set off the alarm. How ever when someone dose get away with a phone Sprint doesn't ask what the RFID code is they ask for the ISDN number. That number is not recorded on the chip.

 

[poltergeisty]

before long even tin foil hats won't protect us

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie

Must be grounded to... :lol:

 

[n5ims]

RFID tags are also in dogs. The vet has a hand held scanner to change the info The vet can not delete the info on chip only update it. if it is not the right info it will not change, like putting the wrong pin number in an ATM.
I know that Sprint sales stores and the Shack both use RFID for pricing and such but they are only product related. IE Samsung phone model 687 costs $200.00. I think that when you walk out the door with the product the info on the chip is changed so not to set off the alarm. How ever when someone dose get away with a phone Sprint doesn't ask what the RFID code is they ask for the ISDN number. That number is not recorded on the chip.

ISDN number? ISDN is a wireline phone service not a cell phone service. Integrated Services Digital Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I believe you're thinking about the ESN (electronic serial number)? The quote below is from one Sprint phone's activation instructions:

"Activate your new phone process in My Sprint. Please refer to the page you printed showing the codes you need for these instructions to work.

1. Find the ESN on your phone."

 

[dewmik]

I think that when you walk out the door with the product the info on the chip is changed so not to set off the alarm. How ever when someone dose get away with a phone Sprint doesn't ask what the RFID code is they ask for the ISDN number. That number is not recorded on the chip.

I was referring to the RFID as the the tab on the box that tells the clerk what it is and how much it costs. It will also send a signal to the door alarm if it's being stolen. Then I added saying that SPCS dose not have a cross reference to to the ISDN number on the RFID chip when the product is shipped to the store. I meant that SPCS dose not cross reference the two numbers. So if a phone is stolen they don't have a record that the ISDN links to a stolen phone and will activate it. When I said ISDN that is a number that SPCS used to identify a unit that can be used when connected to a computer via usb.
I was trying to show that a RFID was not product related I just did it in a poor manner that was confusing. I should have said ESN because more people are used to it. By my nature of the beast I look to ISDN numbers.