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Credit Card Companies Kill ‘Mythbusters’ Episode

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Bullying takes place on the school playground and in the political arena.  It also takes place in the world of big business.

The video below shows Adam Savage, co-host of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters program, addressing the audience at the recent HOPE hackercon about the way the popular cable television network was bullied by representatives of the major credit card companies into not airing — or even producing — a Mythbusters episode about the RFID credit cards and their potential vulnerabilities.  Take a look.

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Hat tip: Boing Boing

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