Subj : Re: EVs
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Sun Oct 29 2023 16:05:40

 pF>  Ad> Are anti-static bags inherently Farraday cages? Since I'm assuming th
 pF>  Ad> was the point of it, rather than being anti-static. But I had never
 pF>  Ad> thought about the connection before.
 pF> 
 pF> The transponder would go beep beep when you went through the toll booth,
 pF> but no beeps when in the bag. That's as far as I researched it.   :)

That's probably enough to count for this, then.

I mean, there could be enough signal leakage, but weak enough to communicate in one direction or the other.

 pF>  Ad> That said, with the mileage-tracking system, I was imagining somethin
 pF>  Ad> more along the lines of, when you get your smog check done, they also
 pF>  Ad> write down your current mileage, and you pay accordingly.
 pF> 
 pF>  Oh, no - they wanted some sort of tamper-proof transponder mounted in
 pF>  the car. Real-time location data with no consequences for misuse.

Yeah...

I guess, at this point, we're basically all under constant surveillance due to carrying a phone around, but somehow something mandatory like that just sounds... bad.

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