Cell phone voyeur

Peeping toms with cell phones: Video voyeurism not illegal in Alabama, but for how much longer? Updated Mar 06, ; Posted Jan 28, A cell phone can be used to take pictures underneath women's skirts, a practice that has a slang, "upskirting. A fellow named Tom stole a peek. If he'd had a cell phone, Tom might have snapped surreptitious photos, too, sending them all over.

The phones, with their discreet lens, tiny size and ability to immediately transmit images onto the Internet or other cell phones, are a voyeur? They first appeared on the market in early , and for the last several months, media reports out of Asia have called attention to incidents such as nude photographs of unsuspecting victims turning up on the Internet. Their growing popularity in North America since their debut late last year has sparked similar concerns, prompting fitness centers across North America, from Los Angeles to Toronto, to begin banning or limiting cell phone use on their premises. Privacy is a priority for the center, whose high profile clientele include celebrities and other prominent figures, company spokesman Rebecca Harris explained. Other clubs have outright banned all cell phones because of the difficulty in distinguishing between regular cell phones and camera phones. But not all clubs are taking such a hard-line stance.

West Chester Police are continuing to investigate a report by two women last month that a person was taking pictures or video under their clothes while they shopped at Target in the Voice of America shopping center. This week, Dennis James Schiavone Jr. The case is not related to the one still under investigation in West Chester Twp.