[HN Gopher] The Artist Exposing the Data We Leave Online
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       The Artist Exposing the Data We Leave Online
        
       Author : irw
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2024-12-18 12:06 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.newyorker.com)
        
       | nesk_ wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/zIStG
        
       | totetsu wrote:
       | As someone who is involved in making arts things, and also
       | hacking web things, I have thought of many ways to try and
       | surprise people with their own data. To make a spectacle, and to
       | draw attention to how much we leak information, to be used by who
       | knows who for who knows what. But I settled on the most
       | interesting path being to make a connection with people and share
       | in their information with their agreement. Rather than perusing
       | the predatory urge of the artist or the hacker.
        
         | Terr_ wrote:
         | Somehow that makes me think of this exchange, where the AI has
         | been demonstrated to a select group of stakeholders, and
         | believes their happy reactions are representative of everyone
         | it will spy on.
         | 
         | > MORPHEUS: "I was a prototype for Echelon IV. My instructions
         | are to amuse visitors with information about themselves."
         | 
         | JC DENTON: "I don't see anything amusing about spying on
         | people."
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         | > MORPHEUS: "Human beings feel pleasure when they are watched.
         | I have recorded their smiles as I tell them who they are."
         | 
         | > JC DENTON: "Some people just don't understand the dangers of
         | indiscriminate surveillance."
         | 
         | -- _Deus Ex_ (2000)
        
           | spacecadet wrote:
           | Deus Ex <3
        
         | theshaper wrote:
         | Not exactly, but...
         | 
         | Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift':
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I
        
       | skygazer wrote:
       | Between this and the artist showcasing the surveillance state via
       | traffic cam selfies, I kinda love the idea of "artists to the
       | rescue".
        
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