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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by wlesieutre on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:24PM (#22130163)
Imagine if you had to fill your car at a Toyota Certified gas station or it wouldn't run.

Who knows what's in that gas? It could explode!

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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by chrisseaton on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:30PM (#22130234)
Well my car does specify a quality of fuel that I should use, but it's a standard with (I guess) precise chemical makeup that you can verify and an industry that cares about it. I'm not sure there are any standards for filter construction?
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by young_blood on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:56PM (#22130518)
Even if there were, should it matter? You could fill your car with moonshine and attempt to run it. It might explode, sure, but the car doesn't detect that the fuel is not the specified quality and decide to not run entirely.
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