Friday, February 09, 2007

PictoChat with your what?

So, if you don't know what PictoChat is, here's a short spiel:

The Nintendo DS (latest generation Gameboy) has a function which allows you to chat with other nearby DS's. Think MSN Messenger, but with a handheld device. It sends your handwriting, instead of just typed letters.

Anyway, a local Fox network in Wisconsin did a "special report" saying that this is an avenue for child molesters to contact your children. While that in itself is a ridiculous enough threat, they went on to propose a very, very specific scenario, as paraphrased by Tycho on Penny-Arcade:

"While driving on the highway, a child molester who is also driving might look into the back seat of your car and see your child using their DS back there. According to this terrifying report, the child molester can then - while driving their car - produce a DS of their own and utilize it to divine your home address. You will recall that he is driving on the highway at speeds approaching sixty miles an hour. One hand is on the wheel and the other is managing the gearbox. Thus, there can be no question.

He is entering these messages into the DS with his erect phallus. "
Besides the warranted sarcasm (thank you, Tycho, for pointing this ludicrosity to us. And, yes, the situation is so laughably preposterous that it needed to be described with a just-as-non-sensical word), you must realize that:

Man, that's gotta be one tiny member to PictoChat clearly.

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