From: not@home.anymore   
      
    wrote:   
      
   > On Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:52:13 PM UTC-6, mannequin987 wrote:   
   >> Does anyone know how to remove a GPS ankle bracelet (the kind   
   >> they give you when you're on house arrest) without triggering the   
   >> alarm?   
   >   
   > I'm not on house arrest, but I have a GPS unit. I have broken it   
   > off and was immediately commanded to go to the Community Justice   
   > Services office. I learned that the thing functions by light   
   > sensitivity and fiber optic wires. There are holes in the strap,   
   > like the holes in a belt, which trigger a tamper alert if light   
   > passes through. The fiber optic wires are embedded into the strap   
   > and pass through the unit, so a tamper alert happens if the strap   
   > is separated from the unit. Someone else commented about someone   
   > who supposedly managed to keep the fiber optic circuit during and   
   > after removal. Anyone who figures out how to do this is a   
   > non-conformist genius, deserving of respect for defying the absurd   
   > system. Remember that what comes off must also go back on or the   
   > officer in charge of the monitoring is going to create problems...   
   >   
      
   The absurd system caught your sorry ass for something.   
   Get used to it or get smarter.   
      
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