New Peeping Tom Cell Phone Attachment
Oh My Dept: The Internet is buzzing over a new night filter from a Japanese company that when added to cell phone renders shirts, pants, and even dark bikini underwear invisible, leaving the unknowing person literally exposed. Dubbed the "pervert filter" this $150 device from Yamada Denshi is available for sale online and Vodaphone is apparently already up in arms with the growing popularity.

The London Times reported, "The cameras work like a night-sight, picking up infrared radiation heat which is given off by the body. The body is hotter than the clothes, so the radiation that you see gives you the outline of the person being filmed.

"Vodafone has condemned the abuse of mobile-phone mounted cameras, even though it is a technology which the British company pioneered in Japan. Vodafone and rival networks in Japan have particularly focused on the potential for invasion of privacy in their 'best practice' sermons to customers.

"A spokesman for the company said yesterday: 'This is a third-party device so our control is limited. Obviously we would never sell a phone that was enabling someone to see someone naked. That would be a contradiction of all our policies and we will do everything to stop such devices spreading.'

"The official purpose of the filter is for taking pictures at night. While openly acknowledging the see-through functions of its gadget, Yamada is at great pains to insist that the technology should be used for 'academic purposes'."

Uh yeah, I'm sure that's what they'll be used for. Anyone remember the Sony Camcorder that was yanked from the market when it was discovered that its night filter made clothes see-through?

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