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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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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...

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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.

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 it's been directly from an HN link.

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

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Why is actually acceptable to limit the communications of prisoners at all. They have their mobility limited - it is punishment enough. Not sure how limiting them from the internet and cell phones helps with their debt to society.

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

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Why is actually acceptable to limit the communications of prisoners at all. They have their mobility limited - it is punishment enough. Not sure how limiting them from the internet and cell phones helps with their debt to society.

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

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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.

Just got mine Friday and I'm still waiting for a SIM from my carrier.

It's a bit frustrating because the plastic wrapped battery is packed in the phone and the instructions don't tell you that. (I've gotten emails where they talk about mailing battery issues so I wondered if it even came with one or that would arrive separately.)

Getting the back cover off is kind of hard. I didn't want to break it in the first 5 minutes. There's an unhelpful unboxing video on youtube because it didn't include set up but I finally found one where they pried it off with a guitar pick.

There's also a youtube video of someone playing video games on it. Like, why? Gaming on a 5" screen is painful enough, for me anyway.

No plans to carry it anywhere except my pocket.

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

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post #7

Why is actually acceptable to limit the communications of prisoners at all. They have their mobility limited - it is punishment enough. Not sure how limiting them from the internet and cell phones helps with their debt to society.

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?

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post #6

Why is actually acceptable to limit the communications of prisoners at all. They have their mobility limited - it is punishment enough. Not sure how limiting them from the internet and cell phones helps with their debt to society.

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.
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