Computers, internet, and phones let us raise awareness about street harassment and even report street harassers. But technology can also work against us as we try to make public places harassment-free.
Here’s an example.
Not only is taking photos of people in public, including upskirting, perfectly legal in a lot of states, but now people who do it can take pics that allow them to see through thin fabrics!!
“This S95-styled point and shoot, the Midnight Shot NV-1, is the perfect camera for perverts. Why? Cause it has an infrared-night shot mode which can let you see through thin fabric and other materials.
It has a regular mode too! But the night-shot mode is where the nudie cam comes in. It gets the blocking filter out of the way, letting all infrared light through while a super bright IR LED “invisibly” illuminates everything in the picture. That infrared light can actually penetrate thin clothing, and since the camera can capture the infrared light, the clothing in the picture turn see through.
Other cameras have had some sort of feature like this before, but never so blatantly. One note: the nudie cam effect works best in the daytime but try not to be a perv. $140″
Ugh, so now we have to wonder if what we’re wearing is considered “thin fabric” in case our street harassers have an x-ray vision camera? *Shakes fist* why, can’t you only be on our side, technology?
[Thanks goes to my Gizmodo-reading partner for the story tip.]
