answer:Your Thruway E-Z Pass is being read in other places besides highway toll booths. Shopping malls, parking lots, stores, Town government are buying readers. The readers record the date and time (and location) you passed near them. Placed under road signs or behind shopping mall entrances signs they read your info without your knowledge. Who knows what they do with the data. Unless you plan to be on the highway put the EZ Pass in a foil bag and stuff it in your glove box. (Or mark it and take turns swapping it with your friends. Note: You can purchase a small commercial device that will illuminate a red light when your pass is contacted and transmits. Buy one for the office and take turns sharing it.