Phantse wonke umntu uyazi iiarhente zeNkonzo yeMfihlo yase-US kwizikhonkwane abazinxiba kwiilapel zabo. Ziyinxalenye yenkqubo enkulu esetyenziselwa ukuchonga amalungu eqela kwaye zibotshelelwe kumfanekiso we-arhente njengeesuti ezimnyama, iindlebe, kunye nezibuko zelanga. Ukanti, bambalwa abantu abaziyo ukuba ezi zikhonkwane zelapel zaziwayo zifihlwa yintoni.
Isaziso sokuthengwa kwempahla esifakwe yiNkonzo yoMfihlo ngoNovemba 26 sithi i-arhente iceba ukunika ikhontrakthi "yezikhonkwane ezikhethekileyo zokuchonga uphawu" kwinkampani yaseMassachusetts ebizwa ngokuba yiVH Blackinton & Co., Inc.
Ixabiso leNkonzo yeMfihlo elihlawulela ibhetshi entsha yezikhonkwane zeelapel sele yenziwe ngokutsha, njengokuba inenani lezikhonkwane elizithengayo. Sekunjalo, ii-odolo ezidlulileyo zibonelela ngomxholo: NgoSeptemba 2015, yachitha i-$ 645,460 kwi-odolo enye yezikhonkwane ze-lapel; ubungakanani bokuthenga abunikwanga. NgoSeptemba olandelayo, yachitha i-301,900 yeedola kwi-odolo enye yezikhonkwane zeelapel, kwaye yenza enye intengo yezikhonkwane zeelapel nge-$305,030 ngoSeptemba emva koko. Lilonke, kuzo zonke ii-arhente zomdibaniso, urhulumente wase-US uchithe imali encinci engaphantsi kwe-7 yezigidi zeedola kwizikhonkwane zeelapel ukusukela ngo-2008.
IBlackinton & Co., eyona nto yenzela amasebe amapolisa iibheji, "nguye yedwa umnini onobugcisa bokwenza imiqondiso yelapel enophawu olutsha lwetekhnoloji yokuphucula ukhuseleko [oluhlaziyiweyo]," utshilo uxwebhu lokuthenga lweNkonzo eyimfihlo yamva nje. Iqhubeka ithi le arhente inxibelelane nabanye abathengisi abathathu kwisithuba seenyanga ezisibhozo, akukho namnye kubo okwazileyo “ukubonelela ngobuchule bokwenza imifuziselo yelapel ngalo naluphi na uhlobo lweempawu zetekhnoloji yokhuseleko.”
Isithethi seSecret Service sinqabile ukuphawula. Kwi-imeyile, uDavid Long, i-COO kaBlackinton, uxelele iQuartz, "Asikho kwimeko yokwabelana ngalo naluphi na olo lwazi." Nangona kunjalo, iwebhusayithi kaBlackinton, elungiselelwe ngokuthe ngqo kubathengi bomthetho, inika umkhondo kwinto enokufunyanwa yiNkonzo yeMfihlo.
UBlackinton uthi "kuphela komenzi webheji emhlabeni" obonelela ngetekhnoloji yoqinisekiso lwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi abiza ngokuba yi "SmartShield." Nganye iqulethe itshiphu encinci ye-RFID ye-transponder enxibelelanisa kuluhlu lwedatha yearhente edwelisa lonke ulwazi oluyimfuneko ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba umntu onebheji nguye ogunyazisiweyo ukuba ayiphathe kwaye ibheji ngokwayo iyinyani.
Eli nqanaba lokhuseleko lisenokungabi yimfuneko kuzo zonke izikhonkwane zeelapel ezifunwa yiNkonzo yeMfihlo; kukho iintlobo ezimbalwa ezahlukeneyo zezikhonkwane ezikhutshelwe abasebenzi be-White House kunye nabanye abantu ababizwa ngokuba "bacinyiwe" abasebenzi abavumela ukuba ii-arhente zazi ukuba ngubani ovumelekileyo ukuba abe kwindawo ethile engakhatshwanga kwaye ngubani ongekho. Ezinye izinto zokhuseleko uBlackinton uthi zezodwa kwinkampani ziquka i-enamel yokutshintsha umbala, iithegi ze-QR ezinokuskenwa, kunye neekhowudi zamanani ezifakelweyo ezibonisa phantsi kokukhanya kwe-UV.
INkonzo yoMfihlo nayo iyaqonda ukuba imisebenzi yangaphakathi yinto enokubakho. Ii-odolo zezikhonkwane zangaphambili ebezingalungiswanga kakhulu ziveze izikhokelo ezingqongqo zokhuseleko phambi kokuba izikhonkwane ziphume kumzi-mveliso. Ngokomzekelo, wonke umntu osebenza kwi-Secret Service lapel pin umsebenzi kufuneka aphumelele ukujonga imvelaphi kwaye abe ngummi wase-US. Zonke izixhobo kunye nokufa okusetyenzisiweyo zibuyiselwa kwiNkonzo yeMfihlo ekupheleni kosuku ngalunye lomsebenzi, kwaye naziphi na iindawo ezingenanto ezingasetyenziswanga ziguqulwa xa umsebenzi ugqityiwe. Inyathelo ngalinye lale nkqubo kufuneka lenzeke kwindawo evaliweyo enokuthi ibe “ligumbi elikhuselekileyo, ikheyiji yocingo, okanye indawo enentambo okanye evalekileyo.”
I-Blackinton ithi indawo yayo yokusebenza inevidiyo yokucupha kuzo zonke iindawo zokungena kunye nokuphuma kunye nokujikeleza, ukujongwa kwe-alamu yomntu wesithathu, yongeza ukuba indawo "ihlolwe kwaye ivunyiwe" yiNkonzo yeMfihlo. Ikwalatha kulawulo lwayo olungqongqo lomgangatho, iphawula ukuba ukujongwa kwebala kuthintele igama elithi “ummeli” ekubeni lingapelwa ngokuphosakeleyo ibheji yegosa ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esinye.
UBlackinton uye wabonelela urhulumente wase-US ukusukela ngo-1979, xa inkampani yenza intengiso ye-18,000 yeedola kwiSebe leMicimbi yeMicimbi yamagqala, ngokweerekhodi zomdibaniso ezikhoyo esidlangalaleni. Kulo nyaka, uBlackinton wenze iibheji zeFBI, DEA, US Marshals Service, kunye noPhando lwezoKhuseleko lweLizwe (oluyingalo yophando ye-ICE), kunye nezikhonkwane (ekucingelwa ukuba zifakwe i-lapel) kwiNkonzo yoPhando loLwaphulo-mthetho lwaseNaval.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-10-2019