January 25, 2007
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Old News
This story just came to me through the email newsletter from CASPIAN, an organization opposed to RFID spying and other forms of sneaky domestic surveillance. I am subscribed to it, I suppose, because I read Orwell’s 1984 at an impressionable age. Now, I view Big Brother’s Newspeak with something verging on alarm.Canada’s largest coins include its $2 “Toonie,” which is more than
1-inch across and thick enough to hide a tiny transmitter. The CIA has
acknowledged its own spies have used hollow, U.S. silver-dollar coins
to hide messages and film.The Canadian government disavows responsibility. China, Russia and France are believed to have the technology and thought to have possible motives.
Big Brother, Little Sister, Uncle Sam, and who knows who else is watching YOU.
Comments (3)
I’d heard about those coins and was startled. I’m one of those naive types who would have never thought that such a thing would be attempted. Then, as I read about it, I had to realize that duh, of course, it’s happening. It was a freaky realization for me though.
Pretty bizarre. Not surprising, though.
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