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Just when you thought you've heard it all...

A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers.

This bracelet would:

* take the place of an airline boarding pass

* contain personal information about the traveler

* be able to monitor the whereabouts of each passenger and his/her luggage

* shock the wearer on command, completely immobilizing him/her for several minutes
 
The Electronic ID Bracelet, as it's referred to as, would be worn by every traveler "until they disembark the flight at their destination."  Yes, you read that correctly. Every airline passenger would be tracked by a government-funded GPS, containing personal, private and confidential information, and that it would shock the customer worse than an electronic dog collar if he/she got out of line?



The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 06:01:59 PM EST
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so A terrorist isn't going to cut his off as soon as he boards the plane, and if he's got hacker friends, use them to disable all of the other passengers?

and of course your air marshals will have to wear them so they don't stand out.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 at 06:05:46 PM EST
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  1. If you as much as touch your bracelet, you get stunned (no matter how many innocent wimps die of a heart attack as a result, we're fighting an eternal war on terra here)
  2. At the first premice of an exploit the bracelet double-stuns
  3. The air marshals wear fake bracelets!

Don't you know anything?
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 03:18:15 AM EST
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Right-ho.

I'm going by boat.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 03:29:58 AM EST
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Should be made permanent for everybody. Life would be so much simpler.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 04:22:01 AM EST
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