The newest idea for Airport Security-It will shock you

[unapatriciated]

Run time: 05:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i_B9vKMNpU   Posted on YouTube: July 05, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 09, 2008 By DU Member: unapatriciated Views on DU: 705

 
They spend a lot of time in the vid telling you how useless most airport security is. Then they sell you on the need for to all wear a shock bracelet. So that we might all be safer flying the not so friendly skies.
Fear and more fear.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. This has got to be a parody or something like that

I will give up flying forever if I would be forced to wear a potential torture device to board a plane.

[unapatriciated]

2. I wish it were a parody but sadly it's not

here is a link that tells you more about it and how-

" 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 "

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/08/dhs-considering-shock-bracelets-for-all-airline-passengers/#comments

[lutherj]

3. Ah yes . . . the Givers of Pain and Delight. N/T

[AtheistCrusader]

4. This is pre-2003 based on some of the video bits.

Some of this information makes no sense. Is a terrorist really going to use plastic explosives in a pressurized aircraft to open the cockpit door, with the intention of taking control of a functional aircraft?

Sounds like a crappy proposal, probably from the company that was interested in making those wrist taser things. Apparently it went nowhere.

Edit: Nevermind considering added problems like, what happens if the terrorist slips some foil between the bracelet and their skin to short the bracelet?

[hollyh1985]

5. Hold still, Mr. Terrorist, while I stop you.

That's kinda what I was thinking. WOuldn't a terrorist just take the device off?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. I'm glad to know that I don't need to get on a plane to go to Mexico.

It's only a few hundred miles away.