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Predecessor to the SpyChip?
This page has nothing to do with the Foundation's mission. But as a public service, here are some photos of a first generation "spy chip" a member found in their business card holder.
This is a "Louise fontaine" brand business card / credit card holder. It's about ten years old. It often set off metal detectors and theft detectors when entering / leaving stores.
Here's the holder flipped open. A razor blade was used to slice open one of the inside dividers. You can see something lurking in there.
You can see a bar code here. This tag was glued to the fabric, inside the divider and sewn closed during manufacture.
After pulling the tag out, you can see the foil antenna that set off the metal detectors. There's no chip associated with this device, so it doesn't seem it could send a unique ID. But it could be that the assembly, coupled with the center section, has a resonant frequency that identifies a class of tag. (Eg. Says, "check for money here.")
Here's the other side of the tag, the bar code side. Notice it's not the standard UPC type with standard framing lines, like you see on grocery store products today.
If anyone has a clue as to what this is doing in here, we'd sure be interested. We'll post good comments below. (Unless an oversight on the part of some Marketing Wonk, it's hard to understand how it could be an anti-theft device, since it can't be deactivated.)
For more info, www.spychips.com
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