At 10:52 PM 10/20/2001 +0000, Dr. Evil wrote:
You know, I never even realized until right now that my DL has a mag strip. This is a new thing for WI, I think. Pretty sure my recent MN didn't have one. I guess the more interesting thing would be, before wiping it
out,
to figure out a way to read it.
I'm sure you can buy card readers that will read it, but I'm equally sure you won't find anything sinister on it. From what I understand, all they put on the back is a machine-readable version of the text that's on the front. Nothing mysterious.
Sooner or later the strips will be replaced with some kind of tamper-resistant smart chips, and then we will have a much harder time knowing what's on the chip.
It creates new opportunities for portable EMP "writers" steve