New £20 note and RFID

[hagbard_celine]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6384583.stm

According to this article the new £20 note has "new security features". Well wasn't the watermark and silver thread designed to make bnaknotes unfakable? There are RFID technologies capable of being contained within this thread. It could be used to monitor what you buy with the note. It could trace you from when you take it out of the bank to the shops and which till you go to and the product that you buy. So much for the privacy of cash! This kind of thing is a back door to the cashless society.

[freethinker]

i saw an episode of the X files some time ago where they were able to read from inside a note which airports(xray machine) the note had travelled through

no idea if it was fact, fiction or faction

[lookfar]

Hi there

That's a big concern. I didn't realise they had actually gone ahead with this yet. Katherine Albrecht mentions it in her RFID talks, but I wasn't aware that this was out now. Hmm, not good :(

[hagbard_celine]

Someone said to me "It's not RFID, it's just a holographic strip." Well a holographic strip is a step towards RFID because it's making banknotes more like credit cards.

The liberty of being allowed to have access to your own money has been sacrified before. In the 19th Century many mineworkers were not paid any money, they were given "truck tokens" which could only be spent in the mines shops. It makes a joke of the idea that slavery was abolished 200 years ago! What is the difference between this and slavery!? In Roman times and in many other ancient societies where slavery was prevelant they had a similar system. A slave was considered the property of their master and received no wages; however a slave-owner had to provide food and accomodation etc for his slave. This would mean a lot of organizational work and shopping etc, so some just used to save themselves the bother by giving the slave tokens and saying "Go and get whatever you need." The slave could then take the tokens to special stores and excahnge them for goods. What's the difference between that and the truck system?

If we accept a cashless society, or even one where our cash is monitored, then we introduce a global truck system. Without cash we no longer choose what we do with our own money, because we have no control over it; and the govt can control what we buy, when and where we buy it and even if we buy anything at all.

[hagbard_celine]

Check this out:

Next time you get a new £20 note, look at the reverse. You'll see that Edward Elgar has been replaced by a profile Adam Smith (the economist whose words have been twisted to justify globalization in the same way that Jesus' words "Love thy neighbour" were twisted into justifying the Inquisition. Smith would turn in his grave if a McDonalds was built anywhere near his cemetary!) The image has the caption: "The division of labour in pin manufacture". What a strange thing to put on a banknote. Nothing about Rutherford splitting the atom or de Haviland breaking the sound barrier or many of the other feats Britain has achieved... no we've got to celebrate our pins!

Then again, if you understand subliminal perception then there's a very good reason for the new £20 note having a reference to pins on it, seeing as it already had a credit card style hologram: change "pin" into "PIN" Personal Indentification Number. This is what they've probably got in store for us: banknotes becoming bank cards which you'll need a PIN to use! There are several countries already making plastic banknotes, including Australia. Australian dollar notes are longer lasting and don't go all mushy if you accidentally leave them in your pocket when you put them in the laundry; so much better! But, as I said above, it's important to see the hidden agenda and ask yourself if the benefits are worth the price.

[hagbard_celine]

Two interesting vids on the new £20 note by a lady who has spotted some more things about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv3q3ChXHC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlx-Y_qrhEQ&feature=related

[adzboarder]

Interesting that the £20 banknote came out on the THIRTEENTH of the THIRD - 13/03/07

Some occult significance there maybe? Always by the numbers.

What struck me most about these banknotes were the illuminati/Nazi style lettering at the top.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42672000/jpg/_42672909_new_20note_416x440.jpg

1. Paper quality -Banknotes are printed on special paper with raised lettering in some areas. Fake notes can sometimes feel limp or waxy
2. Print quality - Numbers, letters and colours are sharp and clear, whereas counterfeit notes may appear slightly blurred
3. Holographic strip - Pound symbol and figure 20 alternate when the note is tilted
4. Microlettering - Words printed below the portrait of the Queen are only visible with a magnifying glass
5. Metallic thread - Silver dashes on the back of the note become a continuous dark line when held up to the light
6. A see-through "register" shows a broken pound sign. The symbol becomes whole when held up to the light.
7. The watermark has been moved to a white panel to make it easier to find
Other - Some unpublicised "covert features" are designed to further deter counterfeiters

Note the BBC mention "covert features" what could that be? RFID?

This is a different BBC page to what you put up originally Hagbard - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6444003.stm?lsf

[lookfar]

It's a bit silly, but I really don't like these new notes, they have a sinister feel about them imo & I always try to get them changed as quickly as I can.

[danucrom]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6384583.stm

According to this article the new £20 note has "new security features". Well wasn't the watermark and silver thread designed to make bnaknotes unfakable? There are RFID technologies capable of being contained within this thread. It could be used to monitor what you buy with the note. It could trace you from when you take it out of the bank to the shops and which till you go to and the product that you buy. So much for the privacy of cash! This kind of thing is a back door to the cashless society.


Put them in a microwave for a few seconds. Or place a powerful magnet over the strip.

[hagbard_celine]

It's a bit silly, but I really don't like these new notes, they have a sinister feel about them imo & I always try to get them changed as quickly as I can.


Yes, there's a dark energy coming off them.:(

[hagbard_celine]

Interesting that the £20 banknote came out on the THIRTEENTH of the THIRD - 13/03/07

Some occult significance there maybe? Always by the numbers.

What struck me most about these banknotes were the illuminati/Nazi style lettering at the top.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42672000/jpg/_42672909_new_20note_416x440.jpg



Note the BBC mention "covert features" what could that be? RFID?

This is a different BBC page to what you put up originally Hagbard - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6444003.stm?lsf

Oh? I didn't deliberately change it. The BBc must have updated it themselves.

Yes, some more interesting symbolism, and what do they mean by "covert features"?:eek: Things they can't tell us about!? We're carrying these things around in our effin' pcokets!

[adzboarder]

Or not as the case may be!

I meant that the BBC article I found had an extra section that listed the different "security features" and exposed the secret ones, the "covert features" as they put it.

Hidden in plain view, but why would they have two versions of the same story?

Everything is freaking weird these days... Like 50 jigsaw puzzles all in the same box.