Caterpillar's new smartphone with built-in thermal imaging

Re:Caterpillar's new smartphone with built-in thermal imaging by ck2 on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @06:37AM (#11158142)

Anyone old enough to remember how Sony's nightvision camcorders allowed people to see through some clothing?

All these new thermal devices are totally going to be abused for that.

Yup, already being done https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/tmpdnsytzm...

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Re:Caterpillar's new smartphone with built-in thermal imaging by eru on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @06:58AM (#11158241)

I don't really see through any clothing there..

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Re:Caterpillar's new smartphone with built-in thermal imaging by ck2 on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @08:40AM (#11158720)

Thermal can "see through" some dark clothing if the visible filter is removed from the camera (or negated by another filter) and the clothing is against the body releasing heat.

At least that's how the Sony hacked worked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU1BN0pSVi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXAzZoWLzSo

So these cameras just need a small mod. But even without the mod, the right clothing will probably spark a very horrible subreddit someday soon.

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