Japan making RFID-trackable cash

[Jim Choate]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Bill Stewart wrote:

> http://theregister.com/content/55/32061.html
> Japan's starting to add RFIDs to their 10000-yen (~$100) bills.
> Notes will come with Hitachi's 0.3mm "mew-chip" which
> responds to radio signals by sending out a 128-bit number.

Time to start microwaving all the yen that come through my hands ;)


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