On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Roger Books wrote:
> >
> > Gee Whiz - does this mean I could defeat these things by carrying a
> > small EMF pulse generator, such as an electric butane BBQ starter
> > wand?  ;-)
>
> Or, even easier, since they normally just stick them in the books at
> B&N, pull it out and stick it in a different book.  Kind of hard to
> detect that which is not there.
>

In a retail environment where there are employees and cameras about, I
think that an electric butane BBQ starter would draw a bit of attention.
The security strips that I've seen at music and book stores are embedded
in a tamper resistant white plastic casing that is securely adhered to
the product. Removing these would probably be difficult and also draw
attention.
  An idea would be do use a small flexible strip magnet with some
pre-applied adhesive on one side and (inconspicuously) tack it on to the
security strip. This would probably detune the strip enough to avoid
detection.