Lindsay Lohan prohibited from installing Linux on court-ordered alcohol monitoring gadget

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A Los Angeles judge this week ordered Lindsay Lohan to wear an alcohol-detection ankle bracelet at all times, after the actress was convicted for driving under the influence. Last night, Ms. Lohan tweeted that she wished to bedazzle her Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM). The device isn't pretty. Neither is alcoholism.

Snip from the Los Angeles Times:

"Can CHANEL please help me out by getting me some stickers to put on my scram bracelet so that I can at least wear a chic dress?! maybe!? x," Lohan wrote.

But the maker of the ankle bracelet warns that anything that affects the alcohol-monitoring device could be considered a violation and could trigger its tampering mechanism. So adorning the lightweight monitor with sequins or stickers could be fraught with problems for the fashionable actress.

Guess that means you can't install Ubuntu on it, either. Bummer.

Here's more about the bracelet, which wirelessly sends data on transdermal booze detection by RF.

And here's a "how it works" page from the device manufacturer which shows all the parts in the system. Wonder if it sniffs coke, too? I ask about the gadget, not Lohan.