Hollow Spy Coins

Bruce Schneier's blog links to a few sources for hollow spy coins, one being BoingBoing's Bazaar — where a nickel that can hold a microSD card costs $27. Another is Slashdot's sister company ThinkGeek, where you can get hollow quarters and half-dollars in the low 20s. As if corporate and government security geeks didn't have enough to worry about.

Great....

[Ironhandx]

Now I have to start running everyone who enters and leaves through a giant EM field?

Sigh... the shareholders aren't going to like the cost of those generators and the shielding...

More than that, how do I sufficiently shield the porn they bring in with them? If that gets damaged there'll be hell to pay.

Re:Sounds rather disappointing, really

[WrongSizeGlass]

If I put one in a vending machine maybe I'll finally get to see how they really work. And for only $20! Such a deal!!

Victim of the Economy...

[Jazz-Masta]

Just another way for the mint to save money!

Re:Sounds rather disappointing, really

[Lord Lode]

Yeah, and that makes my phone a spy-phone too! Cool!

inevitable jokes

[circletimessquare]

penny for your thoughts?

your turn, post your own bad puns

Spyfolder

[DeanLearner]

Give me 20 quid and I will install a SPY FOLDER on your computer, whether it's Windows, Mac or Linux.

You too can store things INSIDE your very own SPY FOLDER. Features include

Store things inside.
Keep things separate from other things that are not inside your SPY FOLDER.
All this and more!

Again, all yours for just 20 quid. Call 555-HAPPYDUDE now.

That's nothing

[AC-x]

Micro-SD? I can fit a whole usb flash drive in my spy-rectum!

Re:I just inserted a microSD card into my pee hole

[killmenow]

I'm sorry but all that makes it small.

Re:Coins?

[Anonymous Coward]

I am Mayan, we use rocks, chocolate, and virgins for money

Re:Nothing new

[L4t3r4lu5]

It must have been really hard grinding those coins out with a hand drill...

I'm sorry, I'll get off your lawn.

Re:Coins?

[cmiller173]

What is the exchange rate USD to virgins?

Re:Slashvertisement

[Anonymous Coward]

don't worry, he will refund every penny that you paid to read slashdot articles about spy coins.

Re:Sounds rather disappointing, really

[lxs]

You could put a tiny robot inside that comes out at night, takes pictures and climbs back into the coin before dawn.

It's contact hides in a gumball machine. Codename Bubbles.

Re:Sounds rather disappointing, really

[ZeroPly]

Use red paint to mark a clear X on all your spy coins. That's what I do and I haven't accidentally spent one yet.

Re:Sounds rather disappointing, really

[ircmaxell]

Isn't that kind of defeating the point? The idea is to have it 100% inconspicuous. Having a big red X on it may raise some red flags for those people who are looking for something... Perhaps get a coin from a difference currency than your own (I am in the US, so I could get a Euro 20c or 50c piece), and keeping it in your wallet. That way there's very little chance of you accidentally spending it, and if someone asks why you're carrying a Euro coin in the US, you can simply answer for sentimental value (and make up a semi-true story about how you found it on the ground in **insert EU country here** when on vacation, and it has brought you luck ever since)...

Old news

[Rogerborg]

Those of us with the eyes to see have long known that coins are notorious for being psychotronic mind-control amplifiers [zapatopi.net]. That's why I only use my own banknotes, drawn on the First Bank of Rogerborg. Also: Al Gore is completely right about global warming.

Re:I just inserted a microSD card into my pee hole

[Culture20]

Get your genres straight; we're talking about spies, not private dicks.

Re:X-ray impervious?

[countertrolling]

My girlfriend's a magician. One night I was driving down the highway, she touched my leg, and I turned into a hotel.

Re:Just wait a while ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait, I'm confused... Where do I hide my microSD card in that case?