Want some torture with your peanuts?

[violachic]

from sadie_sabot:

shock bracelets for airline passengers?

Make sure to watch the video, too.

The mind boggles....

Comments

[grahamwest.livejournal.com]

There are so many flaws in that video it's hard to know where to begin. Think about these two, however. When you're issued the bracelet there's nothing stopping you leaving the terminal with it so you can take it away and learn its secrets at your leisure. Radio activated devices are vulnerable to jamming or false activation by hostile people - and given a sufficiently strong signal all from outside the security cordon whether that's the terminal or the airport perimeter.

The other misdirections, omissions and falsehoods and left as an exercise for the viewer.

[tectle.livejournal.com]

Personally I'd think it'd be like the shopping carts. Take it too far and the EMD starts on low to remind you and builds up til incapacitation.

Either that or a deposit is placed on it. And if they can track you around the terminal, who says they won't be able to track you further.

Not much longer until you're tracked EVERYwhere using such technology if we open this can of worms.

That and the terrorists would just by the blueprints or come equipped with a jamming device.

[febrile.livejournal.com]

Boy-howdy, I've got some Constitutional Law professors who would have a field day with this one....

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Um, that's possibly "will," not "would." The gizmo made Wait, Wait this week, so she's not making it up.

[franciscan.livejournal.com]

The logistics alone would be daunting. How many millions of passengers fly around this country alone...?

[sabacthani.livejournal.com]

I'll admit that I don't know enough to actually have an opinion about this concept. Clearly there are a number of logistical problems (as grahamwest points out, there is the hilarious image of a group of terrorists hijacking the bracelets, and incapacitating the rest of the passengers to ensure a smoother flight...) but what exactly are the theoretical problems?

It certainly gives me the willies... but so do a lot of things. Ah, well, here is a fabulous "slashup" of Kirk and Spock singing "Common People".

[violachic.livejournal.com]

Is this a non-sequitur, or is it on the list of things that give you the willies?

[sabacthani.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry, that was just a non sequitor--I have a warm place in my heart for Kirk / Spock.

[violachic.livejournal.com]

Dude, are you still at work, or are we trading internet comments with each other in the same house?

[sabacthani.livejournal.com]

No, no, I'm still at work. Experience has taught me not to show up to Monday Night dances too early, although it's past time for me to stop reading metafilter at this point... Anyway, you know what else I have a soft spot in my heart for, even though it gives some folks the willies?

Cosplayers: http://www.steveschofield.co.uk/gallery_scifi.html

(BTW, if you believe that you can separate the artist's Statement from the work itself, I'd recommend doing so. I think the photos are brilliant, but they do not make a very good art piece about "globalization"... In fact, although I love a lot of these shots, the artist seems to be a bit of a dick...)