May I refer you to this story, with photos of $20 bills which were microwaved, for a minute. The embedded chips, hidden in the right eye of Andrew Jackson, then explode and burn! Dramatic and scary. I do NOT endorse any other of this site's claims, but this one is eye opening.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html
The government knows by these chips how much money you carry in your purse or your wallet, anywhere, anytime.
2006-11-02 04:53:28 · 26 answers · asked by Aaron 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Dude, you ought to disregard all these answers from people who prefer to remain blissfully ignorant; they say 'Hey, like if it doesn't affect me, like directly, then like, why should I like, care?'
Sometimes, it is a darn shame that the right to express their opinions, and waste breath, is extended to their like.
Yeah, I have seen that demonstration before, and I find it disturbing that the Government would do this, as well as, I understand the explanation the Government gives for doing this.
They justify it by saying that North Korea, Iran or Russia, maybe China, is counterfeiting our currency to such an intricate extent, that the other, more obvious methods of counterfeit detection are useless, so they embed these little RFID chips, to tell the difference.
But what good does that do, at the supermarket, at the ballgame, wherever you spend the cash? It can only be used for two purposes, that I can see:
1) to track our usage, or our cash we carry;
2) to later, at some time of emergency, maybe track enemies within these borders.
Then all of these other answers will squeel, but then, it's too late.
2006-11-02 06:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.rfidnews.org/weblog/2004/03/03/rfid-tags-in-new-20-bills/
http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v07n12a17.html
I did a search on the internet and came up with the above links. Some people think itis a hoax. I didn't read where someone actually found a chip. I don't know if it would fit in a $20 bill. It would be very expensive to put one in every $20. bill and it would need an antenna.
2006-11-02 13:17:48 · answer #2 · answered by bobcwebb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my, I'm suppose to loose sleep over this? Why do I even care?What's your point? A big Goverment conspiracy? Like I'm sure they have a whole wing added on the Pentigan with thousands of people who watch moniters 24/7 and put the info in the computer LS just put 20 bucks in her pocket- oh wait it just went to ND a cashier at the Sentry store- ya right!
2006-11-02 13:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by Brianne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would cost you $20 to prove this is true and nothing to prove it is false. Just get a new $20 bill and put it in the microwave for a minute. I did. The bill barely got warm. No explosion and no fire.
2006-11-02 14:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by Knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please check these rumors out before spreading them any further and wasting people's time!
Claim: The plastic strip embedded in U.S. bank notes enable the Feds to tell how much money you have on you.
Status: False.
...As technology advanced, so did the rumor, leading many to microwave their $20 bills into ashen submission by falling for the canard that nuking their currency would disable these transmitters. ....
Next time, look it up on snopes first.
2006-11-02 13:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HA! I guess I am teaching THEM a thing or two! I'm always broke so there is nothing to scan for!
Do you realize what a waste of time this question is when we should be questioning the current use of slaves in factories? Act now to liberate the Oompah Loompahs!
2006-11-02 13:08:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen them, I don't know about the eye thing, but there is a small white strip of paper/plastic material that helps soda machines identify if it is a 1,5,10 or fake bill.
2006-11-02 12:56:38 · answer #7 · answered by Tim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a job for Myth busters. I'm guessing this is a myth, but I;m not microwaving my cash to find out. I really don;t care if they know where the cash is anyway.
2006-11-02 12:55:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not worried, I wear an aluminum foil hat. It prevents these chips from reading my thoughts or melting my brain which is the real purpose of the chips.
2006-11-02 12:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by yankeescowboyssooners 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can wear an aluminum foil hat and keep your wallet there. That way you'll be safe and the aliens won't be able to read your mind.
2006-11-02 13:01:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋