Runaway Idea

摘要

In the us district courthouse in Los Angeles, a casually dressed busi-nessman is showing his supervising officer where his electronic ankle bracelet injured his skin. He's been wearing the band for nearly two years, awaiting trial in a cigarette tax-stamp forgery case. "The new one can be worn over your sock," the officer says, helping him pull the fabric up through the plastic ring and folding it over so that the tracker nearly disappears. The alleged tax evader is pleased with the new, less bulky design. "When you're doing business and somebody sees that you're wearing a device," he explains, "they think they're being taped."