Technological countermeasures to be used in public places have to be affordable, practical, and non-lethal. If deployed accidentally, they cannot cause serious injury or places like Pulse would never install them, much less deploy. Too much liability and risk of ending the business. What options remain, particularly in larger arenas where thousands gather? It's a 3-D world, so gated security can only do so much. Terrorists can parachute into a stadium, for example.
Gas? Dangerous to some, so liability. Useless on weaponized drones, which now much be in any practical countermeasures conversation.
Super-sticky goo? It would prevent attacker from moving, but also his targets from getting away. Works on both people and machines.
Sonic weapons to stun nervous system like a stun grenade, but installed in ceiling? I don't know anything about these or their risks, so have no opinion to offer on any facet of their use.
EMT for consumer electronics would usually work. An informed technical attacker would have shielding.
Really there's only so much you can do, and so many ethical viewpoints to consider. What's more important, early intervention, or freedom from unwarranted arrest? Societies have to not only list their values, but rank them in priority, agreeing what law to live under for the best of the most, if that's the chosen value.
Does the system also immediately notify the male (presumably) so that he can immediately enter evidence of his defense while memory is fresh, he can recall which witnesses were around, and so forth? I'm guessing probably not.
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Technological countermeasures to be used in public places have to be affordable, practical, and non-lethal. If deployed accidentally, they cannot cause serious injury or places like Pulse would never install them, much less deploy. Too much liability and risk of ending the business. What options remain, particularly in larger arenas where thousands gather? It's a 3-D world, so gated security can only do so much. Terrorists can parachute into a stadium, for example. Gas? Dangerous to some, so liability. Useless on weaponized drones, which now much be in any practical countermeasures conversation. Super-sticky goo? It would prevent attacker from moving, but also his targets from getting away. Works on both people and machines. Sonic weapons to stun nervous system like a stun grenade, but installed in ceiling? I don't know anything about these or their risks, so have no opinion to offer on any facet of their use. EMT for consumer electronics would usually work. An informed technical attacker would have shielding. Really there's only so much you can do, and so many ethical viewpoints to consider. What's more important, early intervention, or freedom from unwarranted arrest? Societies have to not only list their values, but rank them in priority, agreeing what law to live under for the best of the most, if that's the chosen value.
Does the system also immediately notify the male (presumably) so that he can immediately enter evidence of his defense while memory is fresh, he can recall which witnesses were around, and so forth? I'm guessing probably not.
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