[privacy] Canadian Coins Bugged, U.S. Security Agency Says

[Tyler Reguly]

I forwarded the original email on to my colleagues. Apparently this
story has already been debunked.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070110.wspycoin0110/BNStory/National/home

Tyler.

On 1/11/07, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
<rMslade at shaw.ca> wrote:
> From:                   "Fergie" <fergdawg at netzero.net>
> Date sent:              Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:53:20 GMT
>
> > Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in
> > the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada
>
> Please note that "coins" covered with gold foil molded around a chocolate disk are
> not, in fact, legal tender in Canada, and are not issued by the Canadian Mint.
> (Also, such coins should not have a crunchy centre.)
>
> I'm sorry, but many things about this story strike me as extremely odd.  How/why
> would coins be "placed" on people?  Wouldn't there be an extremely high
> likelihood that your (presumably very expensive) sophisticated bugging device gets
> used to pay for a chocolate dip and a double double at Tim's?  I guess dropping
> them on Americans would be a good way to ensure that nobody noticed they had a
> different heft from normal coins.  But wouldn't a metal coin be detrimental to
> RFID activities?
>
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> rslade at vcn.bc.ca     slade at victoria.tc.ca     rslade at computercrime.org
> `What was it you really put in the sugar?'
> `Cascara,' said Malicia.
> Keith sighed.  `How much did you give them?'
> `Lots.  But they should be all right if they don't take too much
> of the antidote.'
> `What did you give them for the antidote?'
> `Cascara.'
> `Malicia, you are not a nice person.'
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