This Can't Be Legal

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version National April 28, 2014 Hide and Speak A Lamp That Tweets Private Conversations VITALS Conversnitch official website Sometimes you find yourself in St. Louis. With the need to dance. Or eat toasted ravioli. Or whatever, really. Point is: our award-winning, night-enlightening app, The Next Move, just landed there to help you figure it all out. It’s like having a UD editor in your pocket, but way more comfortable. Certain things are laugh-out-loud funny. Other things are more... utter-violation-of-privacy funny. This is the latter. It’s called Conversnitch, and it’s an experimental design project in the form of a lamp that secretly records people’s private conversations with a hidden microphone. Oh, and then it automatically posts snippets of those conversations to this Twitter feed. The results: hundreds of recordings from random NYC locations like a bank, Washington Square Park and a library. Let’s roll the highlight reel, shall we... They said: “Did you eat any of my tater tots while I was gone? It sure looks like you did ’cause I couldn’t have eaten that many.” We say: Friendships have ended over less. They said: “What a shame. We’ve tried so hard to help that idiot.” We say: Looks like Rob Ford’s press secretary is on vacation. They said: “Stop using the Internet like this. Twitter is not a joke.” We say: Might want to check your facts. They said: “Nice vest, buddy.” We say: It probably wasn’t a nice vest. They said: “Socks. I need socks. Better planning next time.” We say: ... They said: “There’s something in the lamp.” We say: Nailed it.   Note: Conversnitch, recording conversations now, see the results on Twitter     UrbanDaddy is pure editorial. You can't buy love from the Daddy. About Us | Archives | My UD | Perks | Contact | Jobs | Advertise | Tips Email Issues | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Unsubscribe | Editorial Policy   900 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10003 © 2014 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.