If ever there was a reason you might consider disappearing or vanishing without a trace, you may want to add the RFID tag or RFID chip to your possible list of reasons. What started out as pretty good idea for supply and inventory tracking has turned into something far worse.

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Getting VISA credit or debit cards shouldn't be too difficult, right? In the Philippines, most people are limited to getting either one attached to bank accounts which deal in pesos, the local currency. That is, if they even have bank accounts. Trying to get either kind of card for dollar accounts is something that I have yet to attempt.

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