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- EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+89Small enough to be used one handed which is nice because you need your other hand to hold your billy club.
- aplusplus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+63I thought the title said "peehole" and I was really, really confused.
- Drahkar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49This is why they made peepholes with covers on the inside. So you could cover them up and prevent this issue.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+46Super: What are you doing?
Kramer: I'm reversing my peephole, incase I come home and someone is waiting in my apartment to hit me in the face with a big sack of money! - Xtopherous, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Originally developed by Kramerica Industries.
- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34"You’ll definitely find a use for this, for instance whenever that guy Bob pretends he’s not home so he won’t have to pony up the $50 he owes you.
Available for $88."
Yeah, that's a great use! Collect $50 by buying an $88 gizmo. - PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Great, but I'm sorry to say that these have been around... well, as long as peepholes have been around. And that's older than the internet.
- RaelShark, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29So uh... where's your girlfriend live?
Just curious... - dggeek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31To think, 5 years ago this joke would have been much different. ;)
- rickdini1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22As a lawyer, i have to say that if cops used this without a valid search warrant they would be invading your privacy. The 4th amendment was designed to protect against these types of unreasonable intrusions. Also, the Supreme Ct gives huge amounts of protection to the home. So if a cop uses this device, saw coke on the top of your desk, filed for a warrant and arrested you, I would argue to the judge that this evidence was seized in violation of my client's 4th amendment rights and should be excluded. Any judge in the country would invalidate the admission of that evidence.
My point? Unless the police have reason to suspect you are involved with a crime, don't worry about this device. - datagod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Yes, but how do you prevent getting that ice pick shoved deep into your brain? I have a spring loaded one on my door, for just such an emergency...
Come for the peeking, stay for the massive hemorrhage. - Miyazaki, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22"Billy club." Is that what they're calling it these days?
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20In addition to the secret knocks and the password, you also have to hang up a sign in the front
"NO GIRLZ ALLOWD!!!" - Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24Yes, because police are not regular people just like everyone else.
- thenorwegian, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22laserpointer
- OAKsider, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Good point, easy fix.
Grab some tape. [Not clear kind, retard.] Place over interior side of peephole.
Laugh at spy standing outside trying to peep with Ninety USD reverse-peepholer. - TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Um....how is this illegal.....houses have windows.....
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15That's why you don't have peepholes. You use secret knocks instead. And then they have to give you a password.
Actually my front door is made almost entirely out of glass. If somebody wants to see a coat rack, some framed pictures, and a cactus they can. - mirek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I don't think it's a girl thing, I do the same thing... except i dont usually make a dash, i kinda just strut my stuff and take my time....
- krinn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Just hold a white piece of paper in front of the peephole. The peephole acts as a pin-hole camera, projecting an image of the room.
- RaistlinMajere, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Unless they invoke the Patriot Act, then you have no constitutional rights.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Wow, first post I've ever seen that says "As a lawyer"... instead of "IANAL, but.."
Do you ever use "IAAL.." ?? :) - Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Conversely, I've never seen one that covered up on the inside.. I've always had to put a post it note over it.
- Muzztein, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14sounds like seinfeld
- tehgooch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14I'd be more worried about the police.
- GopherGod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10This should make my visits to skeezy motels A LOT MORE interesting.
- afeitarse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"This comment is ripe for miss interpretation. I for one don't' have a peephole to tape so I am safe. Enjoy."
Well, if this Interpretation broad comes and tries to look through MY door, I'll give her a bit of what have you. - seanmc303, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11All this time I though I was safe playing with my doll collection. What is the world coming too?
- masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9They've had these for years and years and years, and you can find them at your local spy shop (or any internet spy shop).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I guess I'm old fashioned. When I need to see inside a house, I use a window. I know, I know.... how archaic is that?
- micro506, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I thought it was a sock full of pennies?
- vegasbright, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Looks like i;ll be taping up my peephole today.
- fatdog789, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I see you're not familiar with American law. Letter of law != interpretation of law.
This falls under the "plain view" exception, in that what can be seen through the peephole is in plain view. Peepholes don't distory the image from the outside for privacy or security, that's just a side-effect of the way they present the image to the person on the inside. As such, using a device like this is not considered an unreasonable intrusion, just an unlikely one. If you were to argue the 4th ammendment, you would lose, and *very few* judges would invalidate this evidence, though you stand a reasonable chance on appeal within the 9th District (West Coast).
The Supreme Court does not give huge amounts of protection to the home. See last week's ruling on the "Knock knock" issue. Or the eminent domain issue from last year. Or...long story short, with Roberts and Alito, this is a *new* Court.
My point? If you aren't involved with a crime, you don't need to worry. If you are, then why the f*** are you stupid enough to leave the evidence where it can be seen through a peephole (and presumably through a window)? - tidu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"Yeah, Cramer made one."
"Kramer, dumbass"
One of the defining moments of digg... - whackaxe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5or get a peephole camera, the person outside will only see black and when he takes it off you'll be able to see him on your 40" TV. pwned.
- ekeup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5As commented in the original, is it possible to get another peephole and turn it around for the same result?
- Atreus86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Think about all of the college students who live in the dorms where the whole room is visible thru the peephole.
- missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@Fatdog: It's still a tool, which means you have to have or do something special in order to see through the peephole. If you could just walk by and look into the peephole and see some guy's coke on the desk, it would be a different story. However, you can't. Regardless of whether a peephole was designed to keep the inside from being seen by the outside (and how do you know that's merely a pleasant side effect and not part of the intended purpose?) if you need a device to see through it, it's no longer considered plain view.
This is the same thing as if a cop pushed aside my curtains to see into my house. Unreasonable search. The 4th amendment does protect our privacy, because it is supposed to safeguard against unreasonable search and seizure.
Arguing that if you're innocent, you have nothing to hide is completely idiotic. I don't do anything illegal that could be seen through a peephole or a window, but that still doesn't mean The Man should be able to check up on me just to make sure. Plenty of people found innocent after the fact have been fried. I guess innocence isn't the best defense. - stlcadet11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5What movies are you watching that are soooo boring that you are noticing peephole covers?
- Ilyanep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Then you can't pretend to be a super 007 and/or MI agent
- steelsun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They used to sell a plastic toy at ToysRUs that did this for about $2, but that was about 6 or 7 years ago.
Also handy in a Hotel (although I would not reccomend that). - chetanw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@aplusplus
Yeah take care you don't tape up your peehole my mistake ;-) - SpyDerMann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I recall a MacGyver episode about a guy who simulated his room from a peephole, but actually it was a miniature room. The real room wasn't visible from the peephole.
- tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This why i have installed a pulsed laser in my peephole.
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Yeah it's not the cops I'm worried about. I'm worried I'll find splooge on the outside of my GF apartment door, she usually makes the dash from her bathroom to her bed room butt naked, and the rooms are across the hall from each other within view of that peep-hole.
- crapimike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I highly doubt that something requiring this much human 'work' would get used to spy on me drinking in my living room watching porno. I mean really, consider the actions needed to do this spying.
1. Determine who to spy on.
2. Physically drive/arrive at their house/apartment.
3. Physically walk to the door and put this next to the peephole.
4. Stand there. For a while.
Considering that every police force in the country is severely underfunded, I can't imagine them going through all this work/wasting time just for the hell of it. AND, if you consider the limited range of vision you could get (maybe 10 feet from door?), that pretty much puts a nail in this 'one nation under surveillance' coffin. - camiller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Same as Kitsune for me, I've never seen one that has and interior cover. Fortunaly for me the wife always has something decorative hanging on the inside of the door that effectivly renders the peephole covered.
- jcjones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@foobar: Recently living in Germany for 4 months, the apartment I stayed in there was the only time I've ever seen a peephole with a cover. So I think you're correct.
- knellotron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Yep. It's useful to make sure no one is inside your house, waiting to hit you with a sack full of pennies.
- CypherXero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Kramer from Seinfeld did this YEARS ago.
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