Category: Surveillance in the Simulation
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Solar SatTrack: Energy/Surveillance Final
Group Concept We want to construct an antenna that is powered by a Voltaic battery that recharges with solar energy. With this solar-powered antenna, we want to capture radio signals using a Raspberry Pi and Software Defined Radio (SDR) accessories/software and transmit them to a website we will design with art to visualize what is…
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Surveilling the Blockchain
The two readings on how AdTech, private data selling, and the government using these to leverage an unprecedented amount of surveillance unsettled me. I knew things were bad, but that really drilled down a visceral sense of where we’re at in the surveillance game right now. I may be a drop in the ocean but…
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Surveillance Capitalism and Me
Prompt Instagram Ad Examination In my internet experience, I have either become numb to the ads served up to me or my AdBlocker/YouTube Premium prevents me from seeing the more noticeable stuff. However, I noticed the ads I see the most common while online is on Instagram. On Instagram, ads are served as camouflaged posts…
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Worker Surveillance and BaBump
P5 sketch Inspired by the topic of worker surveillance and the inefficacy of hiding: https://editor.p5js.org/ryrotella/sketches/SXoeb5_Jl Prompt Pick a surveillance art artwork either discussed or that you find, and review it. Discuss the methods and technologies used. Does it have an argument or a point of view? If so, how effective is it? Extra cred: reach…
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Requests
Coming into the Requests assignment, I feel pretty numb about being surveilled. As someone who’s been “online” and an active user of social media for almost a decade, I already have an awareness that I’m being tracked. I’ve always balanced out any anxiety of being tracked with the knowledge that my data is a drop…
Ryan Rotella 