So an RFID chip processes a signal and sends out an electrical impulse that changes the film colour. Unless the film is some sort of nanotech-cum-nanomachine infested film, the film will react to either a plain electrical impulse or electrical field.
So when this protection device comes out, how long before the hoodies drag a 9v battery & crocodile clips along with their 9mm parabellum and activate the surface layer by pressing the clips onto the layer itself, bypassing the security chip?
An even lower tech version would involve a CD/DVD-resurface tool sold for aboutr 10 quid to remove scratches from disks that would remove the film layer... unless the layer is molded into the disk, whereupon you then add a needle to the end of each croc clip...
A good idea in theory, but to me, just like DRM, it seems impractical outside the lab because as soon as the technology is in the user's hands, ways will be found to circomvent it, just like audio/video DRM and the "disposable" "locked" digital cameras of a few years ago.
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Battery & crocodile clips?
So an RFID chip processes a signal and sends out an electrical impulse that changes the film colour. Unless the film is some sort of nanotech-cum-nanomachine infested film, the film will react to either a plain electrical impulse or electrical field.
So when this protection device comes out, how long before the hoodies drag a 9v battery & crocodile clips along with their 9mm parabellum and activate the surface layer by pressing the clips onto the layer itself, bypassing the security chip?
An even lower tech version would involve a CD/DVD-resurface tool sold for aboutr 10 quid to remove scratches from disks that would remove the film layer... unless the layer is molded into the disk, whereupon you then add a needle to the end of each croc clip...
A good idea in theory, but to me, just like DRM, it seems impractical outside the lab because as soon as the technology is in the user's hands, ways will be found to circomvent it, just like audio/video DRM and the "disposable" "locked" digital cameras of a few years ago.
Cheers,
Daniel