Perhaps a short burst of microwave energy would zap these little bugs when
you get outside of the stores. The only real problem with this is that you
have expensive electronics and other items that could be damaged by the
microwave bursts. The real problem is not incurring damage the other devices
that are affected by RF energy.

"RFCOMMSYS" wrote in message
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We're not going to have an iota of privacy left.


You got that right! I've been wondering what, if anything, the victim (the
consumer) can do to neutralize these things. It's my understanding that
they're
passive devices with no power source. But since they depend on RF energy,
wouldn't encasing the item with metal block the signal? Can they somehow
be
grounded out or overloaded, etc? What about using a portable low-power
transmitter that radiates a wide-band jamming signal? Just imagine how
hilarious it would be to jam the store's whole system! Surely there must
be
some "harmless" way to hack these Orwellian demons without causing
permanent
damage and getting oneself into legal trouble?