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Transparency Grenade Collects and Leaks Sensitive Data
Zothecula writes "If you thought WikiLeaks was a disruptive idea, the transparency grenade is going to blow you away. This tiny bit of hardware hidden under the shell shaped like a classic Soviet F1 hand grenade allows you to leak information from anywhere just by pulling a pin. The device is essentially a small computer with a powerful wireless antenna and a microphone. Following 'detonation,' the grenade intercepts local network traffic and captures audio data, then makes the information immediately available online."
Combine this with intel's solar powered chips and you can spread them like johnny appleseed where they're needed. Or, as a variation, set them up as fileservers with copies of music, movie, and media files and seed them everywhere until the *IAA's give up the ghost for good.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
It's not marketing, like you'd think. If you RTFA...
"The Transparency Grenade was created in January 2012 by Julian Oliver for the Studio Weise7 exhibition at Labor 8, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, curated by Transmediale 2012 Director, Kristoffer Gansing."
And on their webpage you get more information...
"The Studio Weise7 exhibition brings together a series of works that frame a volatile interrogation of our increased dependence on machines, computer networks, databases and digital automation. The works consist of curious devices, software and circuitry, each representing a unique, critical engagement with the challenges of our "techno-political condition". In doing so, they serve as triggers for discourse, code for study and tools for deployment."
So this device is them attempting to market an idea, and their art, rather than a product.
This is my footer. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Well the problem is that you tuned out after looking at the pictures.
It was made for an art exhibit in Germany and the creator is working on making an app for Android phones that will mimic the basic functionality.
The open sourcing and commoditization of hardware is bringing us the kind of technology that once required the R&D budget of a large company or the CIA..
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
The powerful already have all the tools they need to eliminate your privacy. This is a tool for us to eliminate their privacy.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Because it's an art project. It's not meant to be a production device.
It's. Art.
Admit nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter-accusations.
Just because it's art does not mean that it isn't stupid.
Come to think of it, I need that printed up on a shirt....
Misery loves company. Online misery loves unsuspecting random strangers.
The grenade would report back absolutely no information.
Ahh, so because it's shaped like a grenade it constitutes art
No, it's art because it was made by hand, there's only one of them, and it's on display at a fucking art exhibition.