Gear

Private Practice

Only in DC: A Private-Detective App

None We’re sure you’d never want to use something like this. Probably never. Yes, we’re mostly sure you wouldn’t. Maybe.

But in case you want to know for a friend, here’s an app that provides on-demand private eyes.

It’s called FlimFlam, and it’s now available for iPhone in DC only.

This is basically the app equivalent of “a guy who knows a guy.” They maintain a stable of local private investigators, all of whom they’ve vetted with a background check, interviews and training. Then, when someone (not you; never you) comes along who needs their services, they send out the right Sam Spade, Magnum, P.I., or Ace Ventura for the job.

As for those services, you’ll pay a flat fee of $150 to have your investigator show up at the time and place of your choosing, and run surveillance on anyone or anything. Like a congressman’s interior decorator, for instance. Or a Russian operative. (Okay, bad idea.)

They’ll report back ASAP with whatever photographs or other evidence they’ve collected.

Now if you can just get rid of your KGB tail.

Elsewhere on the Daddy

More Gear