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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 johnhenry »

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…

Even after reading your warning, I still decided to check it out. Took one look at that cover photo and realized it was time to go.

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Post by ChuckMcM »

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...

Fascinating little phone. Have any of them shipped to backers?

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

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Post by tzs »

It astonishes me that in prison, where your jailers have:

• complete control over where you live,

• complete control of your movements,

• complete control over your physical interaction with people who are not prison staff or other inmates,

• in the US almost no fourth amendment restrictions on searching your living space or possessions and so can pretty much arbitrarily conduct extensive searches for prohibited items,

that it is actually possible for a significant number of prisoners to keep their smuggled items hidden once they get them in (and that they get them in in the first place is astonishing).

It gives one something to think about the next time one is taking a plane trip or attending an event with a security checkpoint. If prisons cannot keep banned items out or from being used, how can airport security or event security do so when their powers are much more limited than the powers of prison authorities?

NOTE: the prior paragraph is not meant to suggest that we should boost the powers of airport and event security. It was meant to suggest that the situation in prisons provides good evidence that much of our non-prison security is indeed just security theater.

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

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Post by _jal »

mrmondo wrote: post #15
napoleoncomplex wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I personally find the 4" iPhone form-factor to pretty much be the pinnacle of phone design. Just the perfect size for me.

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Post by piyh »

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…

Another good quote

> fuck an iPhone 6 Plus, or, rather, don't. You'd look like Spongebob Squarepants: a rectangle with limbs hanging off. Having said that, I knew a dwarf who plugged a Blackberry

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Post by whathaschanged »

tzs wrote: post #93

It astonishes me that in prison, where your jailers have: • complete control over where you live, • complete control of your movements, • complete control over your physical interaction with people who are not prison staff or other inmates, • in the US almost no fourth amendment restrictions on searching your living space or possessions and so can pretty much arbitrarily conduct extensive searches for prohibited item…

Most contraband is not hooped (stored in the butt). It comes from crooked sheriffs and police officers whose union prevents their being searched properly before entering and exiting work.

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Post by Filligree »

tzs wrote: post #93

It astonishes me that in prison, where your jailers have: • complete control over where you live, • complete control of your movements, • complete control over your physical interaction with people who are not prison staff or other inmates, • in the US almost no fourth amendment restrictions on searching your living space or possessions and so can pretty much arbitrarily conduct extensive searches for prohibited item…

> It gives one something to think about the next time one is taking a plane trip or attending an event with a security checkpoint. If prisons cannot keep banned items out or from being used, how can airport security or event security do so when their powers are much more limited than the powers of prison authorities?

I mean, it's been amply documented that they can't. I wish we'd drop the security theater; there is no way it's a good tradeoff.

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Post by lostlogin »

piyh wrote: post #95
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…

Another good quote > fuck an iPhone 6 Plus, or, rather, don't. You'd look like Spongebob Squarepants: a rectangle with limbs hanging off. Having said that, I knew a dwarf who plugged a Blackberry

That’s getting awfully close to identifying information.

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Post by travmatt »

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.

It’s more like the “I don’t know what else I was expecting” meme from Arrested Development.

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

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Post by lostlogin »

ComodoHacker wrote: post #51
Aaargh20318 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

And fill your circle at the same time.
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