Admittedly, I can’t imagine a reasonable use for this device other than the George Costanza attempt in Seinfeld to record what people say about him after he leaves the room. That being said, this is pretty cool: the audio technology company, skyestream, is offering subscribers to get in on a little espionage with the SkyeSpy application.
Basically, SkyeSpy lets the user interact with his/her phone to receive audio that the phone is picking up in its area. With the application, you can essentially leave your phone in a room and if the phone detects any sound, it will automatically record the audio which the user can hear from a different number. You can also call your own spy-phone during recording and it will silently answer to allow you to hear real-time audio.
Think of a use yet? I know I have; variations on the Costanza ploy come to mind. I’d love to be able to casually leave my phone at a friend’s get together only to hear what was said after my departure. I think there is a bit of eavesdropper in all of us and it would be hard to use this newfound power for good rather than evil.
Of course, skyestream maintains the service is for other lame uses such as baby monitoring. Booo! We all know it will be used for better, more sordid purposes than waiting to hear junior burp.
I can envision this being used in the dirty-dealing, backstabbing world of politics. Imagine the new world of sound-bytes that could be opened! Obviously, standard privacy laws apply, but once you’ve caught somebody saying something they thought was for a limited audience, the effects could be pretty damaging once they get out.
The service seems pretty reasonable for such gadgetry. A trial use is only $1 and it can be purchased for $18.
It sounds a bit too good to be true, like x-ray glasses from some dime store comic. Even if it does work,I can see it being fun for the first few days, but the novelty probably wears off after a bit. Of course, the previous statement could be a red-herring to make you think I won’t consider buying the service and you’re being recorded RIGHT…THIS…MOMENT…
Not really, but I think we’d all do well to mind our tongues from now on out, even when we think we’re behind closed doors.