As reported by
NBC Bay Area:
The crew was all set to air a show about how hackable
and trackable RFID chips that are found in many credit cards are, when
some big name advertisers stepped in to shut it down.
In this undated video, Adam Savage of
Mythbusters talks about how the MB's crew sat down for a conference
call with Texas Instruments to discuss the tech behind the chips, and
were surprised to find also on the line were chief legal reps from Visa,
Discover, and American Express. The Discovery Channel was told if the
show about RFID chips aired, the major credit card companies would pull
all advertising from the cable network.
Guess who won that battle? Suffice to say, there was no Mythbusters episode about RFID chips.
Video at the
link.
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