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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 ComodoHacker »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #20
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Light vibration would be more appropriate. Together with custom ringtones for different contacts you'd be able to passively receive coded messages.

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

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Post by 14113 »

I have the "cloud to butt" extension[1] installed, which led me to initially assume the article was about running phones as part of a cloud service, either for compute or testing. It was therefore quite a surprise for me when I actually clicked through to the article...

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-to-butt-plus...

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

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Post by mrmondo »

lightbyte wrote: post #49
mrmondo wrote: post #15

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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?

Easily - unless you main priority is only the price and you’re not bothered by / interested in ’smart’ functionality or apps, the camera, build quality and OS are excellent, also it’s worth noting that the iPhone’s security and privacy design is generally significantly better not to mention your phone will not only still work after several years - it’ll still get fast, regular security updates.

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

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Post by 101km »

lightbyte wrote: post #47
balakk wrote: post #11

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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.

The Jelly is $100, the iPhone SE is $350.

You can also pretty easily resell the iPhone after two years to recapture at least a third of the MSRP.

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

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Post by gadders »

zimpenfish wrote: post #37
gadders wrote: post #33

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I bet Goatse man could do a Samsung Note no problem.

Which Note? Although I don't think it makes much odds - he has an astonishing capacity for insertion (he's done much more than the goatse image and it was relatively easy to find his content a while back.)

I never really searched for his stuff, just got pranked into clicking on links to it on Slashdot back when the internet was new.

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

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Post by kinleyd »

FabHK wrote: post #45
ourmandave wrote: post #4

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.

Well observed. ;) Before opening the conversation here, my mind and my lips had a "But why?" perfectly synchronized. I must say the explanation, as unpleasant as it was, perfectly fit the link!

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

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Post by lightbyte »

101km wrote: post #54
lightbyte wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The Jelly is $100, the iPhone SE is $350. You can also pretty easily resell the iPhone after two years to recapture at least a third of the MSRP.

Whoops, you're right on the price. I was looking at the pre-order price. The used iPhone market is really that strong?

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

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Post by jlgaddis »

agumonkey wrote: post #23
ourmandave wrote: post #4

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…

I wonder if prison libraries have electronics books.. imagine if they had access to esp microcontrollers.

> On August 7, 2015, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) notified the Office of the Ohio Inspector General that on July 27, 2015, Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) staff had discovered two unauthorized personal computers hidden on a plywood board in the ceiling above a closet in a training room. The two computers were connected to ODRC’s computer network and were not owned by the State of Ohio.

-- "Report of Investigation" [0] (PDF), Office of the Inspector General, State of Ohio

They used them for, well, pretty much exactly what you might guess they would use them for [1]:

> The inmates used the computers for credit card fraud, reading material on how to make drugs and weapons, download porn and music, etc.

Articles:

- "Prison Inmates Built And Hid DIYs Computers In Ceiling, Hacked The Prison Network" [1]

- "Two Ohio inmates hacked their prison from the inside using makeshift computers built from spare parts" [2]

[0]: http://watchdog.ohio.gov/Portals/0/pdf/investigations/2015-C...

[1]: https://fossbytes.com/prison-inmates-diy-computer-hidden-cei...

[2]: https://qz.com/958503/two-ohio-inmates-hacked-their-prison-f...

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