Edible Apple

A man in Kobe, Japan was recently arrested for attaching a new camera-equipped iPod Nano to his shoe, and attempting to film some upskirt footage with an unsuspecting 18 year old girl at an area bookstore.  Unfortunately, similar stories are becoming the norm as technology devices continue to get smaller and smaller.

Over the past few years, and largely due to the proliferation of smaller video recording devices, a good number of countries have placed heavier criminal punishments on those attempting to film, without permission, the private areas of others.  The United States has such a law on the books, and earlier this year, Congressman Peter King from New York sought to take things a step further when he proposed a law which would require that all phones with built-in cameras must “make a sound when a photograph is taken.”  Such an environment is already the norm in Japan, where you’d be hard pressed to find any camera phone that doesn’t make a sound when a photograph is taken.  This feature isn’t due to a requirement under Japanese law, however, but rather the result of self regulation on the part of Japanese cell phone manufacturers.

But video is obviously an entirely different story, and the iPod Nano might easily be the the most accessible, affordable, and smallest video recording device to ever hit the market.  While small video recorders have been around for years, you used to have to go to a spy shop in order to pick one up.  Now you can essentially just stop by your local Apple Store.

While similar upskirt stories involving the newly released iPod Nano haven’t yet surfaced here in the US, one gym based out of Minnesota has reportedly banned its members from using the new Nano while in the locker room, out of fear that some seedy video recording might take place.