Defense workers warned about Canadian spy coins

Iria · Jan 11, 2007, 12:24 AM

Source: Yahoo! News
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WASHINGTON - Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements? The Defense Department is warning its American contractor employees about a new espionage threat seemingly straight from Hollywood: It discovered Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.

In a U.S. government report, it said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada.

[Mod's note: A little outside our normal range, but still tech and very interesting!]

Judas · Jan 11, 2007, 12:33 AM

OMFG, they caught us in that department.... damn...

a well...

CJLMTLCA · Jan 11, 2007, 02:56 AM

I told you we should have used lead housings...

Judas · Jan 11, 2007, 04:10 PM

well, who knew they'd catch on....

it's been YEARS since we first introduced those suckers though.... after the first few years, you'd figured they'd either figure it out, OR never figure it out

long as they don't start poking and prodding the bills.

SFOSOK · Jan 11, 2007, 07:48 PM

Guesss its about time to invade Canada

Randomletters · Jan 11, 2007, 07:52 PM

Eh why bother their of no threat/use.

:P

BlueMak · Jan 11, 2007, 08:10 PM

I have serious problem imagining modern Canada spying on USA.

Judas · Jan 11, 2007, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

I have serious problem imagining modern Canada spying on USA.

why's that?

SFOSOK

don't you realize it's not the US that can invade canada, as we've already invaded the US

we aren't terrorist though... just shitload of people keeping things underwraps behind the scenes... and building the technologies everyone ends up using

BlueMak · Jan 11, 2007, 09:23 PM

Because if the USA really wanted to invade Canada, no amount of spying by Canada would be enough to stop them. Canada is not trying to race ahead of the USA in defence tech, nor an arms race in general. The two countries are not hostile to each other, and neither of them has anything to win with worse relations between them. The whole thing is absurd. It is like Luxemburg spying on France.

Jan 11, 2007, 12:24 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Defense workers warned about Canadian spy coins Source: Yahoo! News _________ WASHINGTON - Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements? The Defense Department is warning its American contractor employees about a new espionage threat seemingly straight from Hollywood: It discovered Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside. In a U.S. government report, it said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada. [Mod's note: A little outside our normal range, but still tech and very interesting!]

Jan 11, 2007, 02:56 AM	#3
CJLMTLCA 14X Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 633 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	I told you we should have used lead housings... __________________

Jan 11, 2007, 07:48 PM	#5
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Guesss its about time to invade Canada __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jan 11, 2007, 07:52 PM	#6
Randomletters ))<>(( Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,418 Rep Power: 54	Eh why bother their of no threat/use. :P __________________ <----------- Sexy Budget Rig stats to the left.

Jan 11, 2007, 08:10 PM	#7
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I have serious problem imagining modern Canada spying on USA. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jan 11, 2007, 09:23 PM	#9
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Because if the USA really wanted to invade Canada, no amount of spying by Canada would be enough to stop them. Canada is not trying to race ahead of the USA in defence tech, nor an arms race in general. The two countries are not hostile to each other, and neither of them has anything to win with worse relations between them. The whole thing is absurd. It is like Luxemburg spying on France. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*