Friday, 28 May 2010

Weapon Of Mass Restriction

I just noticed this from earlier in the week.

A US judge has ordered Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet.
Whoa! Hold on right there. Say what?

[...] an alcohol-monitoring bracelet.
I didn't even know there was such a thing.

The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (Scram) bracelet works by sensing through the skin if a person has been drinking and sends the signal to a monitoring company.
Now, is it just me, or could this piece of technology be a sinister threat to personal liberty if it should fall into the wrong hands ...

... like, ooh I dunno, the Department of Health, for example?