During my time in China in 2018, face recognition technology was outwardly celebrated by the media and inwardly concerning for the general population. In the
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Human friendly face obfuscation for avoiding AI face recognition and tracking. Jip van Leeuwenstein: Surveillance Exclusion
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What would you do to get those clicks on your website? It depends on the era. As I said in Part I, in the early
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Beautiful reimagining of 90’s products in a parallel world where Social Media happened early and without internet. Social IRL. Ordering prints for myself here. Sheng
Read moreConspiracy Capitalism: From SEO To Sandy Hook – Part 1
Sitting here on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Perpignan, during the Coronavirus lockdown, I’ve been reminded about some thoughts I’d been having about Conspiracy Capitalism.
Read moreNudged to the Right: A YouTube Algorithm Tale
Every few days I check in on a few Facebook pages and Twitter accounts associated with the Irish Alt-Right and/or patriots. It’s a bad habit
Read moreAnti-Facial Recognition Arrests in Russia
Artist/activists in Russia are arrested for wearing making which subverts facial recognition software. They REALLY want to see your face… https://observers.france24.com/en/20200214-russian-artists-facial-recognition-makeup-arrested Previously: https://www.euronews.com/2017/06/23/moscow-artist-arrested-for-wearing-a-virtual-reality-headset Adam Harvey’s
Read moreGoogle Maps Hacks – Simon Weckert
Google Maps Hacks is a performance and installation by the Berlin artist Simon Weckert. Consisting of a hand cart containing 99 smart phones, running Google
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