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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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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.

To be fair we do let people convicted of arson continue to have access to oxygen

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Eh, yes, because IOT makes everything a computer on the internet? That law cuts them off from shoes, cups and cars? Basically a mandatory tamper-proof store of a felonys internet use and access would be enough. If the evidence is not there - or they went astray..

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

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The article is about sneaking phones (and chargers) into prisons and all the things around that. Obviously it's possible to get reasonably large items up your bottom, otherwise fisting wouldn't be such a popular hobby, but for the purposes of easy storage and retrieval, you're going to want to go as small as possible. Look, I've had plenty of "How did I get here?" moments on the internet, but this is the first time i…

Somewhat unusually, the headline is neither misleading nor clickbait - you indeed get what you click for.

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

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It must be pretty easy to block communications in a prison? Presumably it's a bit of a game, they want the prisoners communicating so they can track it??

Depending where the prison is some laws would need to be changed before cell-phone jammers are allowed. That leaves converting the prison into a faraday cage, which is pretty expensive and difficult to do. If you want to track prisoner communication you give them free access to landline phones which you record, and crack down on cellphones which are hard to monitor.

>If you want to track prisoner communication you give them free access to landline phones which you record, and crack down on cellphones which are hard to monitor

Most jails and prisons in the US do this, but minus the free part. The telecom providers charge outrageous fees and revenue share back with the prison.

Edit: There's been some reform since this was published, but it's still an issue:

"Colorado has the highest prison phone rate for local calls, at $2.75 + $.23/minute ($6.20 for a 15-minute local collect call). The highest intrastate phone rate is charged in Oregon, at $3.95 + $.69/ minute ($14.30 for a 15-minute collect call). Washington has the highest interstate rate: $4.95 + $.89/minute, or $18.30 for a 15-minute long distance collect call."

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/in-the-news/2011/pln-release...

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

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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.

It's also 4-6x the price of the Jelly/Jelly Pro. I don't think that's worth it.

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

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Working in digital forensics I've seen a few of these. (rubber gloves and a facemask, or get someone else to do it)

Most popular were Motorola Pebbles and BMW Key fob phones, both small with smooth edges.

One Pebble frightened me, whilst it was small and smooth and, um, fit for purpose, it had been really badly soldered to give a point to attach the charger cables leaving some sharp prongs at one end.

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

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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…

That phone is 4-6x the price, is it really worth that much more?

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

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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...

before i realized jelly was the name of the phone, i had this visual in my head that there was a tiny phone embedded inside a gel, which obviously would make it super smooth to slide inside your prison wallet.

If the goal was to create a phone you could sneak in your bum into prison surely a better name for it would be "Smelly".
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