Re: DHS official expresses interest in shock bracelets forairplane passengers

[<Toralv_Dirro () McAfee com>]

The obvious next step would be to knock out every passenger while going
through the security check, reanimating them after safe arrival at their
final destination when they wait for their luggage.
 
Lots of benefits there:
 
Safety of course
 
Every foreigner would be knocked out with a different drugged to ensure
full cooperation while routinely questioned about their secrets and
political opinion, also extracting all passwords needed to examine the
full content of all data on laptops and any other electronical devices
 
Passengers can be stacked while on the plane, quadrupling the capacity
 
Passengers that were found to write cynical mails using words like
'security theater' on public mail lists could automatically be disposed
of while flying over uninhabitated areas
 
oh, wait.....
 



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        From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org
[mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of John C. A. Bambenek,
GCIH, CISSP
        Sent: Dienstag, 8. Juli 2008 18:43
        To: Richard M. Smith
        Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
        Subject: Re: [funsec] DHS official expresses interest in shock
bracelets forairplane passengers
        
        
        Why is this surprising?  The entire business model of the
airline industry can be summarized in two steps:
        
        Abuse the consumer as much as possible
        Get government handouts when sales gales go down.
        
        Just get your private pilot and be done with it.
        
        
        On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Richard M. Smith
<rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
        

                Via Slashdot.  This article seems more appropriate for
The Onion:

                 

        
http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/aviation-security/2008/Jul/01/wan
t-some-torture-with-your-peanuts/

                By Jeffrey Denning
                
                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(r). According to this promotional video
<http://www.lamperdlesslethal.com/video_gallery.asp?video=http://www.lam
perdlesslethal.com/video/EMDsafetybracelet.flv&title=>  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?
                
                Clearly the Electronic ID Bracelet is an euphuism for
the EMD Safety Bracelet, or at least it has a nefarious hidden ability,
thus the term ID Bracelet is ambiguous at best. EMD stands for
Electro-Musclar Disruption. Again, according to the promotional video
the bracelet can completely immobilize the wearer for several minutes.
                
                So is the government really that interested in this
bracelet? Yes!
                
                According to a letter
<http://www.lamperdlesslethal.com/news/upload/pg2HomelandSecurity7_06.pd
f>  from DHS official, Paul S. Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology
Directorate, office of Research and Development, to the inventor whom he
had previously met with, he wrote, "To make it clear, we [the federal
government] are interested in...the immobilizing security bracelet, and
look forward to receiving a written proposal." The letterhead, in case
you were wondering, came from the DHS office
<http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/tc/>  at
the William J. Hughes Technical Center at the Atlantic City
International Airport, or the Federal Aviation Administration
headquarters.
                
                In another part of the letter
<http://www.lamperdlesslethal.com/news/upload/pg1HomelandSecurity7_06.pd
f> , Mr. Ruwaldt confirmed, "It is conceivable to envision a use to
improve air security, on passenger planes."
                
                Would every paying airline passenger flying on a
commercial airplane be mandated to wear one of these devices? I cringe
at the thought. Not only could it be used as a physical restraining
device, but also as a method of interrogation, according to the same
aforementioned letter from Mr. Ruwaldt. 
                
                Would you let them put one of those on your wrist? Would
you allow the airline employees, which would be mandated by the
government, to place such a bracelet on any member of your family?
                
                Why are tax dollars being spent on something like this?
Is this a police state or is it America?
                
                As we approach July 4th, Independence Day, I can't help
but think of the blessing we have of living in America and being free
from hostile government forces. It calls to mind on of my favorite
speeches given by an American Founding Forefather, Patrick Henry, who
said,
                
                "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased
at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not
what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me
death!"

                 


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