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		IvyMike on Jan 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Spies on Millions of Cars I dunno if I'm gonna change my tires but I imagine if I didn't want to be tracked it would be not too difficult to smash/electrocute/burn the tags into nonfunctionality.

delbel on Jan 27, 2015 | [–]

Its extremely unfortunate that if you were to use an arc welder near your tires, the RFID tag may no longer work properly.

xenophonf on Jan 27, 2015 | | [–]

There's a good chance the tire will no longer work properly, too!

zevyoura on Jan 27, 2015 | [–]

How do you do that if they're embedded in the rubber material?

fnordfnordfnord on Jan 27, 2015 | [–]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g91xkISmp2g

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