*High-tech shackles for a world of slaves.* *MCM*
CORONAVIRUS MONITORING BRACELETS FLOOD THE MARKET, READY TO SNITCH ON PEOPLE WHO DON’T DISTANCE <https://theintercept.com/staff/sambiddle/> Sam Biddle <https://theintercept.com/staff/sambiddle/> May 25 2020, 6:00 a.m. https://theintercept.com/2020/05/25/coronavirus-tracking-bracelets-monitors-surveillance-supercom/ SURVEILLANCE FIRMS around the world are licking their lips at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cash in on the coronavirus by repositioning one of their most invasive products: the tracking bracelet. Body monitors are associated with criminality and guilt in the popular imagination, the accessories of Wall Street crooks under house arrest and menace-to-society parolees. Unlike smartphones, de facto tracking devices in their own right, strapped-on trackers are expressly designed to be attached to the body and exist solely to report the user’s whereabouts and interactions to one or more third parties; they don’t play podcasts or tell you how many steps you took that day to sweeten the surveillance. But a climate of perpetual bio-anxiety has paved the way for broader acceptance of carceral technologies, with a wave of companies <https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/rfid-technology-handwashing-social-distancing-coronavirus-workplace.html> trying to sell tracking accessories to business owners eager to reopen under the aegis of responsible social distancing and to governments hoping to keep a closer eye on people under quarantine. // *Click on the link for the rest.* [image: The Coronavirus Crisis] <https://theintercept.com/collections/the-coronavirus-crisis/> -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W-eb9wZ16b1UaXOGvqRHL%3DEvdEvTAyGFd9XqyeYtxDyTA%40mail.gmail.com.
