ian field wrote:


"Jasen Betts" wrote in message
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On 2008-12-01, Eeyore wrote:


N_Cook wrote:

Sjouke Burry wrote

Does anybody know of a way to de-active(blowup) RFID chips?
Can their receiver coils be overloaded?
Those things get added to all sorts of non-obvious things,
and start to interfere with our privacy .

The simplest zapper is a kitchen piezo gas lighter slightly adapted

And you know this how ? ;~)

The data does say the ESD limit is 2 kV.

turn the lighter into a spark-gap transmitter
mini-emp.


I was thinking car CDI powered by a SLA battery and triggered by a 555
astable.

People have made a thing from the flash of a disposable camera with a little
coil.
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/s...(EN)_77f3.html
http://itp.nyu.edu/everybit/blog/media/rfid-zapper.pdf

If it won't damage the rest of the product then a few seconds in the
microwave oven would do the job too.

Chris