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Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Re: Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Post by balakk »

napoleoncomplex wrote: post #3
mrmondo wrote: post #2

I ordered a jelly which I believe currently holds the title of the worlds smallest smartphone, it arrived today and damn that thing is tiny! I don’t have any intention of putting it in my bum but if that was your aim - it’d certainly get you tweeting from jail in no time. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-the-sm...

Apologies for side-tracking the OP discussion, but how's the performance on this thing? Have been looking for a tiny phone for a while.

I just bought an iPhone SE. It's not as small as the Jelly, but way more usable. It runs latest ios 11 pretty well, has a decent camera, and > 1 day battery life for my usage. I am figuring it will last at least 2 years, considering it has the same internals as an iPhone 6S. If you're looking for a small phone, the SE nails it IMO.

Re: Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Post by justabystander »

panzer_wyrm wrote: post #10
danielmg wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To prevent commissioning of crimes is probably the best reason. For example smuggling in drugs, arranging escapes, harassing victims, etc.

All of those are crimes and easily trackable. If you want to make it life sentence be my guest.

If crimes were easily trackable and prosecutable, we probably wouldn't have such a hard time keeping criminals in jail. We still have crimes committed in jail that don't get properly solved, much less sentenced.

Also, this isn't necessarily about dumb kids being busted for drugs or stealing, but organized crime members. The possibility of them ordering hits from inside prison walls or tracking down people in witness protection kind of makes people nervous about letting them talk with anyone and everyone. That's not to say it's the most effective means, since smuggling, messengers, visitors and other means still exist for passing information. But that's not really an excuse to not try at all.

Re: Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Post by mrmondo »

napoleoncomplex wrote: post #3
mrmondo wrote: post #2

I ordered a jelly which I believe currently holds the title of the worlds smallest smartphone, it arrived today and damn that thing is tiny! I don’t have any intention of putting it in my bum but if that was your aim - it’d certainly get you tweeting from jail in no time. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-the-sm...

Apologies for side-tracking the OP discussion, but how's the performance on this thing? Have been looking for a tiny phone for a while.

If you’re looking for a small phone I’d recommend the iPhone SE over it any day of the week. As for something different and stupidly small it’s a neat little thing and it seems to perform pretty well although I’d recommend installing a custom rom and disabling animations etc... if you want it to be speedy, at the end of the day I don’t find Android’s UI/UX overly well thought out and iOS is certainly easier to use on a small screen.

Re: Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #13

Apple should jump into this market and call it the iPhone XXX

Apple is likely to go beyond and make ocular implants at some point. The apple watch is also getting more and more capable, if they can slim that one down a bit more it would also become viable. If pricey - this one's just $40.

Re: Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

occultist_throw wrote: post #9
gsich wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's say you are in prison for online fraud. You get internet access. You'll continue to fraud.

Sure, because segregating and separating prisoners from everything is a great way to reintegrate them back in society... Oh, that. We don't care about reintegration. We don't care if they survive outside of prison. And with what little educational abilities have been destroyed, are we surprised in the least that they go back to criminal actions to make money?

So you're saying people guilty of computer fraud should retain access to computers?

Don't get me wrong, I do agree that the US justice system is focused on punishment instead of revalidation and there's a lot that can be improved there, but this is about giving people who have a problem access to that which enabled their problem.

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Post by icebraining »

occultist_throw wrote: post #9
gsich wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's say you are in prison for online fraud. You get internet access. You'll continue to fraud.

Sure, because segregating and separating prisoners from everything is a great way to reintegrate them back in society... Oh, that. We don't care about reintegration. We don't care if they survive outside of prison. And with what little educational abilities have been destroyed, are we surprised in the least that they go back to criminal actions to make money?

Does any limit imposed on the inmate's communications prevent reintegration?

I'm not saying the current system - which is very exploitative of inmates, with extremely expensive calls - is anywhere near OK. But that doesn't mean you can't have provide inmates with decent communication accessibilities without having uncontrolled cellphones with them.

Re: Tiny Phones That Go Inside a Butt (2016)

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Post by Aaargh20318 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #17
Aaargh20318 wrote: post #13

Apple should jump into this market and call it the iPhone XXX

Apple is likely to go beyond and make ocular implants at some point. The apple watch is also getting more and more capable, if they can slim that one down a bit more it would also become viable. If pricey - this one's just $40.

> this one's just $40.

Sure, but the iPhone XXX will detect if it's shoved up someone's ass and automatically go to silent mode. It Just Works™. You don't want to get caught because you forgot to put your cheap ass-phone on silent.

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