Store Security tags

[pdiggitydogg]

You guys know those white and black tags that stores put on products, to sound alarms at the door? The sticker ones that are in cd/dvd cases and on the outside of just about everything in the mall.
Wanna know how they work?

Inside the tag there are 2 thin strips of metal. When they move through the towers, at the store front, the strips vibrate together making the alarm go off. At the checkout the strips are depolarized so they dont vibrate (which is why your credit card can be erased there too).

If you press down on the tags, while theyre still activated, you prevent them from vibrating, manually. You can then carry the tag through the towers w/o the alarm going off. You need to press it kinda hard, and in at least 2 places.

This only works on that specific kind of tag, btw. And this is NOT to suggest thievery...just thought Id share.
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