{"id":2243,"date":"2008-07-10T05:29:54","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T09:15:09","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"“Want some torture with your peanuts?” Wearing a stun bracelet\/GPS as a condition of flying?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Homeland Security is seriously considering use of stun and GPS bracelets on airline passengers. See Update: Dept. of Homeland Security weighs forcing passengers to wear stun gun bracelets on airplanes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Back in March, Gadling blogged about a firearm training system, Lamperd, which had patented a bracelet that worked like a stun gun when activated. <\/p>\n

At the time, Lamperd was lobbying the Transportation Security Administration to make it mandatory for all airline passengers to wear one, with the thinking that it was the best way to thwart a terrorist.<\/p>\n

Well, here’s an update.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security, ever the shepherds watching over their flocks, appears to be seriously weighing making this bracelet mandatory and has sent a letter to Lamperd encouraging the company to draft a formal proposal for integrating its bracelet into flight security.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Here is a promotional video<\/a> for the bracelet that piqued DHS’s interest.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times today quotes a letter from DHS’s Paul S. Ruwaldt, of the Science and Technology Directorate, in which he writes to Lamperd saying, “To make it clear, we are interested in…the immobilizing security bracelet and look forward to receiving a written proposal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Times link is to Want some torture with your peanuts?<\/a><\/p>\n

From the Times article:<\/p>\n

This bracelet would:<\/p>\n

\u2022 take the place of an airline boarding pass<\/p>\n

\u2022 contain personal information about the traveler<\/p>\n

\u2022 be able to monitor the whereabouts of each passenger and his\/her luggage<\/p>\n

\u2022 shock the wearer on command, completely immobilizing him\/her for several minutes<\/p>\n

The Electronic ID Bracelet, as it\u2019s referred to, would be worn by every traveler \u201cuntil they disembark the flight at their destination.\u201d Yes, you read that correctly. Every airline passenger would be tracked by a government-funded GPS, containing personal, private and confidential information, and would shock the customer worse than an electronic dog collar if the passenger got out of line.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is TSA insane? If aviation security is reduced to this, then the terrorists really have won. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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