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News & ArtsFriday, January 11, 2013
Sex "If Tiger Woods had this Japanese feature in his phone, he wouldn't have gotten in trouble..."
Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:01 AM
The best passage in WSJ's story on Japan's "infidelity phone":
"Women may want to check my phone for strange emails or calls when I'm not around. With Fujitsu's 'privacy mode,' they can't see that information at all," he said in an email. "The key is to give off the impression that you're not locking your phone at all."The problem? Those who continue to own these phones, those who do not upgrade to a smartphone, will eventually be exposed as players. The phone will itself say exactly who you are.Fujitsu's "privacy mode" is a layer of nearly invisible security that hides missed calls, emails and text messages from contacts designated as private. If one of those acquaintances gets in touch, the only signal of that communication is a subtle change in the color or shape of how the battery sign or antenna bars are displayed. If ignored, the call doesn't appear in the phone log.
The changes are so subtle that it would be impossible to spot for an untrained eye.
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Bill Simmons has been talking about this forever. He even called it the Blackberry Infidel. It's nice to see half-baked ideas come to fruition.
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Just so you know - your final thesis is kinda dumb... anybody with a modicum of tech-savvy can create exactly the same effect with a smart phone. More easily probably!
I personally would use a Tasker profile, but I'm sure there are other methods.
I personally would use a Tasker profile, but I'm sure there are other methods.
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@ 1, free market, baby. Where there's a need, the enterprising company will meet it. And frankly, if cheaters are too stupid to delete that stuff in the first place, they deserve to be taken advantage by companies like this.
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It doesn't really matter if they're obvious cheaters or not.
The people who are attracted to cheaters typically already know they're cheaters anyway. Their supposed outrage when they find out cheating is going on is part of their act.
The people who are attracted to cheaters typically already know they're cheaters anyway. Their supposed outrage when they find out cheating is going on is part of their act.
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I think you mean that whoever owns the phone, and shows it to anyone, has already out-ed themselves as that 'player' type.
It seems to me that the user could brush off that 'player' label with that smart-phone's polite-fiction equivalent of "I only read it for the articles".
...I only use the 'player' phone for its great data plan, high-res ui, and great battery life.
It seems to me that the user could brush off that 'player' label with that smart-phone's polite-fiction equivalent of "I only read it for the articles".
...I only use the 'player' phone for its great data plan, high-res ui, and great battery life.
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Tiger's wife had the resources to hire a P.I. Other than that, I think it's reprehensible that a company facilitates cheaters.
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