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Its mostly for use against prepaid gift cards and the like. Also those cheesy pre-paid credit cards.

Supposedly its already in use at borders. The news is that now if you get pulled over in OK the cops will now keep any gift cards they find.

Ever wonder why there's such a push to get RFID everywhere? If they RF scan your car and find a card in the trunk now you're at minimum guilty of obstruction.



> If they RF scan your car and find a card in the trunk now you're at minimum guilty of obstruction.

Errrrrr not really! 4th Amendment gives you the right to refuse a search of your person or vehicle. Even if the cops do find something illegal during a search you've clearly but politely refused, your refusal will give your defense attorney grounds to ask the court to throw out any evidence found in the trunk.


The constitution also gives you the right to a presumption of innocence based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_v._United_States but the authorities dont seem to care much about that either


Which is why they aren't charging people with crimes when stealing property many of the times. No criminal charges, no public defender, no recourse for people with little to no money (and what little they had just got seized) to go to court to reclaim their stolen property.




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