Source: Tom's Hardware US | Keywords: ipod, nano, video, upskirt, panties | Themes: Audio/Video Players
A Kobe man has been arrested for trying to take an up-skirt video with an iPod Nano.
We've been debating the positives and negatives of the new, camera-equipped iPod Nano since Apple launched the device a few weeks ago. That said, we can honestly say this is not a situation that ever crossed our minds while we were arguing about camera quality or why you'd even want a camera on your iPod.
A man in Kobe, Japan has been arrested for using his new iPod Nano to take up-skirt video. The man was apparently spotted at a bookstore where he was surreptitiously trying to record a video of an 18-year-old girl. Having somehow attached the device to his shoe, the man was lurking close to the girl, hoping to catch a glimpse of her knickers.
A forum thread discussing the story is filled with shocked users who can't believe Apple didn't consider the fact that the device could be used for nefarious purposes, with one user saying "putting such devices in Japan" is irresponsible. However, it's not just Japan that has had trouble with the new Nano. The Life Time Fitness group in the U.S. has banned the device for fear gym-goers will use it to capture voyeuristic video.
Read the complete thread here.
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I thought that was normal for Japan.
This has been happening for decades with thousands of different picture taking media.
Just because a guy with an apple product got caught using it for such purposes does not make this news. Time for you people to read some real news where they have been reporting this and other things for years.
Wow, this is dumb. It's not Apple's fault they put a camera in there. There are lots of other devices that can record video. My iPhone can, I guess they should ban that too.
Apple could have just added more memory, but nope, they had to just add a camera no one wanted. I guess they did open up their market to sick perverts. Steve Jobs must be very happy with himself.
this is why Zune HD rulez!!!
joking aside, any technology can be abused....
it's just matter of time and the ease of getting away with it....
wasn't that the real purpose of the camera in the ipods?
Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! who cares and why the singling out of the Nano? Just because it happen to be the particular device he was using! OMG! what is this world coming to. I remember then the used chisel and stone to capture upskins
Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! who cares and why the singling out of the Nano? Just because it happen to be the particular device he was using! OMG! what is this world coming to. I remember then the used chisel and stone to capture upskins
He should've used his money to get a nice suit and find a girl friend instead of buying an Apple product. Well, at least it didn't explode...
Sorry for the double post
You know, I have NEVER understood people who do this. You get a blurry picture of some girl's underware... OOOoohhhhh!!! I've seen a lot of beautiful women wearing low-cut tops, or ones that are split all the way down to their navel, that I find FAR more provocative. And, it would be perfectly legal to take their picture.
Need something more? The internet is full of porn! Anything and everthing you could want is just a mouse-click away (well, a few mouse clicks). Oh well, go figure.
It's not the camera that's the problem...
The miniskirts are.
If women don't want someone (or something) peeking under their miniskirts, don't wear them I'd say...
I'm an advocate for mini camera's! They function well as home security camera's, and in case something happens (say an accident is about to take place), you can quickly pull the cam out of any pocket; record, and put it back.
I think cams shouldn't be limited to large devices.
Devices the size of a zippo lighter recording in HD are awesome to look at!
The fault lies not with the cam, or cam makers. It lies with the yielder, and perhaps the target.. There are many women wearing miniskirts going without undies... Of course that's going to attract the men! If you don't want to be associated with a hooker or one of those women, then just don't wear them!
Jeezes! Is almost like the Jerry Springer show where people come in miniskirts and deep decolletage's,and ofcourse as soon as they start fighting, things show...
I'd say to those girls: Use your brains a little shall you?
I find it funny that the linked source uses the F-word in the domain name. I'm not going to test my work's filters on that one.
Needless to say, cameras on electronics have always been a privacy issue. Most gyms already ban cellphones, and as pointed out in the article, are now starting to ban the iPod nano. So much for listening to music while you work-out. Good thinking on that one Apple!
He should've used his money to get a nice suit and find a girl friend instead of buying an Apple product. Well, at least it didn't explode...
yet....not yet
loljapan
he was a tester for Reebok's new shoes.
one user saying "putting such devices in Japan" is irresponsible
lol
kinda getting racist
He should try p0rn sites instead or local adult stores.
i could do that with my digital camera like 4 years ago, so what.
"The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors
On his hobnail boots"-The Beatles
That just pops into mind
Let's get one thing straight: Don't blame the device, blame the people who use them for nefarious purposes. This could've just as easily been done with a camera phone.
one user saying "putting such devices in Japan" is irresponsible lolkinda getting racist
A negative stereotype for sure, but also a hilarious comment.
That guy was just asking for trouble. Unless this was an adult bookstore (or adult section) I'd say that he was way out of line and that the girl could reasonably expect that such encounters would not occur regardless of what she was wearing. If I was the girl dressed as she was entered a bar or similar location, then the opposite would be true. There should be some expectation that men would try these things...I mean isn't that why you dressed the way you did in the first place? For attention? Usually from men?
What that guy did was depraved and disgusting! I hope he feels the full wrath of the law!
Looking up girls skirts is fine, but I'd never let my shoes touch an Apple product. :-P
Seriously? A company thinks it can ban the use of a MP3 player with a camera because some people would misuse it? Yeah, I do not see that actually happening. They can have a written rule, but I would refuse to follow it. Talk about asinine.
"It's not the camera that's the problem...
The miniskirts are.
If women don't want someone (or something) peeking under their miniskirts, don't wear them I'd say..."
men are the problem,lol
What a wonderful idea!
LOL!
Seriously though, this isn't the first time something like this existed.
They're kidding right? Japan has been known for having some of the sickest, most retarded, most perverted stuff in the world and they're harping on a guy taking panty pics?? lol
Hmmm. Let's think about this for a second. You know...I didn't watch the keynote Jobs gave to demonstrate the new camera feature...but I am willing to bet you ONE MILLION DOLLARS that he didn't strap the new iPod Nano to his shoe and walk up to a mannequin with a short skirt and then say "And just look at the clarity of this shot! Giggity! Giggity! GOOO!"
Anyone who is lambasting Apple for putting a camera in this device just because some resourceful pervert decided to use what could have been ANY small electronic device with an onboard camera should be held down and wrapped with cellophane so we don't catch the disease that is making them retarded. Is there a such thing as brain flu?
Oh, come on..if it wasn't an iPod it would be some other device. Pervert's were doing this long before the iPod was even invented, and nowehere in the device's literature does it say go out and produce up-skirt video's.
What next: blame Ford for making cars on the basis some prat got drunk, and ran someone else over?
The guy is innocent, this is a bug just like the one where the Iphone takes a picture of you jacking off and sends it along to a female co-worker.