Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Civil Liberties is dealt another blow

The breathalyser was a device created to tell if people were driving under the influence of alcohol. This new breathalyser can do that but it will do so using a "frequency comb". A big difference between the new and old version of this tech is that alchohol is not the only thing that this new breathilizer will be picking up. Apparnetly by picking up excess methylamine the device will be able to tell if someone has kidney or liver disease. Although this would be useful for hospitals i fail to see why an officer woiuld need to know this personal medical information. This seems to be another area were peoples' personal information is not so personal anymore except unlike facebook or myspace this public display of private life isnt voluntary so is it right?

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