Webcams to Enforce Singapore Quarantine

magarity writes "Singapore has hired a private security firm to install internet connected webcams in homes of persons quarantined for SARS in order to watch them to see if they go out. They are considering adding electronic wristbands as well. 9 of the 490 persons have broken the quarantine despite a fine of 10,000 singapore dollars ($5,621US). Just over 100 people worldwide have died from SARS so far."

Comments

reality TV?

[AbdullahHaydar]

So, who wants to take bets on how soon people will hack into these government quarantine webcams and then blackmail people to keep their private lives from being publicly displayed?

One day a killer one will come along...

[weave]

Humans can be so stupid. Sometimes I think maybe evolution shouldn't just wipe us all out and start over again. In a few million years, who'll care that the human race had a forced reboot in the 21st Century?

Looks like we may get lucky this time -- hopefully. If a real killer virus hits, we're all doomed. :(

Forced Confinement

[csguy314]

That's what they're doing here in Toronto. People that are refusing to obey the voluntary isolation are being forcibly confined. Some are also being changed by police.
In fact one school and an office (HP in markham) have been closed because people refused to obey the voluntary isolation.
I even have family that works in one of the hospitals downtown. There's a lot of FUD about SARS on the news, but I'm not worried. I don't know anyone who's sick and while there are a few new cases being announced, the spread isn't rapid. So I'll just keep reading /. uhh, I mean working.