DON'T SAY IT.

He simply changed who was on the other end of the phone with Tori and the researcher. The fact that the conference call took place, and what went down on it hasn't changed, and that's really the important part.

If anything, his redaction and redirection is even more proof of how vulnerable these RFIDs really are. If they had nothing to lose by filming and airing that episode we'd see it by now.

I've already seen shows on TV about how easy it is to gain access to RFID data on credit cards and EZ-Passes and similar things, and it's kinda scary. On the other hand, I dont' have an identity worth stealing, so I don't lose much sleep over it.

@doctor_cos: I know, right, that PWEEW it made, and the front end rocketing off of the screen. Beyond words.

Know how I know who's the one most likely to tell a lie here? The one who has the most money to lose. Now, I don't think Mythbusters will lose a lot of money no matter what their reason is for not airing one particular show, but Discovery stands to lose millions if RFID is shown to have problems. Businesses are slaves to their wallets, not to the truth - don't ever forget that fact.

@Chongo: The instructions with my passport say "do not bend", so I would assume that's for a reason. Bash away!

Most other industries would be scrambling with their PR and trying to fix the problem.
But because the RFID industry is in bed with Big Government and the Federal Reserve, they cannot be questioned. Hell, if it could be conclusively proven that RFID causes cancer, the RFID industry would just squelch any research which points to such an idea, prevent the public from being informed, and continue making the devices as if nothing had happened.

"Did anybody else notice that Adam's shirt during the conference actually says "Make stuff up"?"
@milesabove: That is awesome!

I can't hate on him for trying to keep his job. At least he made it public that they pulled the episode.

You don't need to spend 20 bucks on a fancy case to block RFID - just wrap it in aluminum foil.

suck it up and spend the $20 for an RFID-blocking passport wallet, such as www.difrwear.com

.....and so that's how this happened.

No idea how legal it is so in the words of the mythbusters themselves "DONT TRY THIS AT HOME... EVER!"

anyone know of this?

Although I would have to see a MythBusters episode showing how, y'know, secure they are before taking Adam's retraction at face value.

@hornrimsylvia: The Fight Club version of this story...sounds interesting. This is where we find out that Adam Savage and the Credit Card companies are indeed one and the same, one just hallucinating the other.

Therefore, there is no credit card debt, just Adam Savage. Sounds like an easy enough fix.

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

whew....i cam a ton.

Mythbusters should do an episode on the myth that the Credit Card industry put the smack down on Mythbusters one day. You know. Someday in the future. I wonder if they'll be able to show it's just an urban legend.

This should be recaptioned: "Mythbusters Star Values Kneecaps, Recants."

Right.....we all believe you, Adam.