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“Fuck You Cookie”

Aram — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:48:37 +0000

“Fuck You Cookie” Performance
Fridericianum Museum, Kassel
16.01.2009

You want a cookie too? Check this!

Gott sieht alles

Aram — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:24:48 +0000

I am waiting for the day when Google will ask us to ‘streetview’ our own houses and apartments. “Look, Tobi has a new kitchen table. Ah, here is his bathroom.”

Check the Google streetview bike on searchengineland!

Transparent Society

Aram — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:47:06 +0000

I feel so transparent today. ;-)
‘Hey Google Health! Could you plz archive this for me. Thx!”
(Aua)

‘Nice to see you’

Aram — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:19:00 +0000

It’s kind of natural nowadays that a meeting point is monitored by a surveillance cam. But in this particular case (at airport Tegel, Berlin, DE) it is interesting that the logo of the meeting point looks exactly like the cam itself.

Secure Lock

Aram — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:26:00 +0000

The Deutsche Post has a new high security “lock” preventing customers from cash machine scam. This green plastic piece in front of the cash machine slot has a holographic lock on it. Wow! that makes me feel really safe.
Hmm … wait a moment. How do I know that Deutsche Post has placed it there?

Hey! How about some cash machine street art pieces? ;-)

German Finger

Aram — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:35:00 +0000

I already had a pic of the official german finger print scanner in my blog lately.
But this time I had to get a new passport which includes a scan of my left and right index finger.
~I am really so happy that I can help my country to save us from terrorism by having my fingers scanned, wonderfull ~ …. [hehe, but I didn t tell them they were scanning a Schäuble (Minister of Internal Affairs) replica ;-)]

More details about the fake fingerprint of german Minister of Internal Affairs on edri.org

UPDATE:
Before this goes out of control! I didn’t really do it. I haven’t used a Schäuble replica for my passport finger scans. But I just wanted to point out the possibility (as suggested by CCC last 24c3) .

“Skype is a snitch.”

Aram — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:41:00 +0000

I am not very good in tracking birthdays of friends, there always manybirthdays in spring. Addtionally skype notifies you when one of your contacts has birthday. Very handy but is it correct? Do I want that? Did I ask skype to tell everybody it s my birthday? Hmm … do I have to respond to a note because I know that he knows that I know …
I decided run an experiment. Since 5 days it s my birthday every day on skype. I got some messages, comments, emails and even phone calls. Some people were doubting, some noticed on the 3rd day. It was fun.

“Skype is a snitch.” Marius posted in a comment, very true.
(Btw, my birthday is on 27.12.)

„I.R.A.S.C. Infrared light against surveillance cameras”

Aram — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:43:00 +0000

A simple DIY infrared headlight disturbs surveillance cams. I like this very simple but efficient idea. Any proposals for daylight non-IR cams?

The artists U.R.A. / FILOART will present this project tomorrow during Pechakucha night Berlin volume 8. See you there!

Pechakucha vol.8
19.2.2008
20:20 h
at Tapegallery
Heidestr.14
Berlin

“Infrared light against surveillance cameras” is an infra-red device working as a protection shield from infra-red surveillance cameras. Everybody can rebuild this device without special technical skills.

I-R.A.S.C. is a device giving every citizen a reliable protection from governmental security measures. I-R.A.S.C. is security against security and therefore a response to the dissymmetry of the forces between state and individual. Instead of showing and interaction among human-beings, or between man and machine.

I-R.A.S.C. demonstrates an interaction among machines. This is part of absurd situation – while the time and effort invested into protection measures aims at the alleged safety of the citizens, the individual looses importance in this safety concept.

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