Many designs of sand plotters are found on the Internet. When I first thought of doing this, I was unaware of how well trodden the path is, however I am not discouraged because it will be a good test of fabrication and still leave plenty of scope for designing patterns that can also be interactive to external environmental factors.… More...
As part of our planning for the next Assignment for Computational Arts-based Research, my theme will be Privacy Concerns, Tracking, Surveillance of individuals, Public Privacy.
How much are we being tracked by government agencies, companies?
How much is revealed already?
“In the wake of the Government’s proposed “Snoopers’ Charter”, ORG asks why intrusive new laws are being suggested, if they are needed at all and what the alternatives are. Some of the UK’s most prominent surveillance experts examine the history of UK surveillance law and the challenges posed by the explosion of digital datasets. Contributors include journalist Duncan Campbell, legal expert Angela Patrick from Justice, Richard Clayton of Cambridge University Computer Labs and Peter Sommer, Visiting Professor at De Montfort University.”
Snowden Global surveillance disclosures
Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World
places-google-earth-wont-let-you-see
Satellite_map_images_with_missing_or_unclear_data
ispy-cia-campaign-steal-apples-secrets
This is a concern of mine, for example, even yesterday (14th February) 2018), Amber Rudd announced a new means of tracking citizens in their internet activity.
Google have increased the resolution of the street mapper software. Up until recently, a house might be only a vague blob, until now.
My home address is revealed on my ‘whois’ search on my website. I have to pay the hosting company extra to hide it.
Tracking through cookies – possible eavesdropping of metadata on personal emails, e.g. correspondence appearing on Facebook.
Amber Rudd and her efforts to ‘fight’ terrorism may be circumvented:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/isis-propaganda-home-office-algorithm-asi
by…
https://www.asidatascience.com/ (recruiting now!)
I will explore the contrast between the uninvited (yet legal) surveillance of my own ‘back yard’ vis a vis my un-noticed intrusion to neighbouring houses Wi-Fi (illegal).
If there is a problem undertaking this option, I will be investigating ‘hidden/secret’ sites in UK and abroad to see how much can be gathered using web tools such as Google maps.
I may only in the end enact the possibility of the latter to avoid problems with the law – however, I will use publicly available data online to show how international companies like Google intrude on our private lives. I will use Actor-Network theory to take us through the players in this scene, illustrating with real life examples.
I will investigate how much can be found out about me in the public domain online.
I will explore tools for intrusion, legal and illegal. (Kali Linux tools, Aircrack-ng, Reaver, Pixiewps, Wireshark.)
Using Actor network theory to determine who is the victim and who is the perpetrator, are they both?
Video capture, demonstration of software intrusion tools using Kali Linux on Raspberry Pi.
How close can I get with Google streetview of private and secret establishments, recording this using Camtasia.
Logging into password protected Wi-Fi in public spaces using open source Linux distro Kali Linux (covertly) via hidden battery powered headless Pi Zero. (possibly will not be available as there may be legal issues here.)
Possible logging of public data traffic and using Wireshark for forensic study.
Timeline for project milestones
Week 1, 2. Further research
Week 3. Artefact 1; covert monitoring of data
Week 4. Google Street view compilation
Budget (if any)
Raspberry Pi 3, Pi Zero (already have these)
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My last visit to Berlin was in 1990 in early March, a few months after the fall of the Berlin wall, Checkpoint Charlie was still in operation while I was there, East Berlin still wearing the ragged clothing of tears of Soviet rule; the flower stall, a bucket of daffodils, the greengrocer shop => a pile of huge unwashed potatoes with can of Coca-Cola placed on top.… More...
Abandoned the waterproof sleeves idea and decided to do more sewing, not pvc/plastic welding. (from previous blog post)
My dog Baxter is an excellent model and his old coat is never used because he hates wearing it, so I gathered my Arduino Liliypad, compass sensor and other materials listed here:
Bill of Materials:
Friday, February 9 2018, 09:35:35
Assembly List
Label Part Type Properties
Part1 Lilypad Arduino Board type Lilypad Arduino
Part2 Seven-Segment LED Backpack 1.2 Inch Digits variant Red; part # 1270
Part3 16 NeoPixel Ring variant variant 1; part # 1463
Part4 FTDI Basic Programmer type Basic; voltage 5V
Real Time Clock ZS-042 RTC Module chip DS3231; variant variant 4
U1 HMC5883L package 16lpcc; axis 3; variant smd
U2 LIPO-2000mAh package lipo-2000; variant 2000mAh
Shopping List
Amount Part Type Properties
1 Lilypad Arduino Board type Lilypad Arduino
1 Seven-Segment LED Backpack 1.2 Inch Digits variant Red; part # 1270
1 16 NeoPixel Ring variant variant 1; part # 1463
1 FTDI Basic Programmer type Basic; voltage 5V
1 ZS-042 RTC Module chip DS3231; variant variant 4
1 HMC5883L package 16lpcc; axis 3; variant smd
1 LIPO-2000mAh package lipo-2000; variant 2000mAh
(I used a 2 x aaa battery as well)
Exported with Fritzing 0.9.3- https://fritzing.org… More...
Three readings this week, we have:
Ways of Machine Seeing by Geoff Cox
A Future for Intersectional Black Feminist Technology Studies by Safiya Umoja Noble
How we are teaching computers to understand pictures by Fei Fei Lee
“Drawing on the two readings consider your example in relation to “ways of machine seeing”.… More...
Inspired by Johan Gielis, Paul Bourke’s website deals with, among other geometry, supershapes.
THE FORMULA
see also https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282433972_Examples_of_Supershapes
Extended to 3d the formula extends as:
Daniel Schiffman excellent youTube on this, here is the code for Processing sketch taken from his gitHub:
Also see Reza Ali’s Website – more supershapes.… More...
Be seen and anticipate problems on the road:
I did 14,000 miles last year – rode up to Tiblisi and down to Athens, two trips to France / Pyrenees. I have information on board the bike – GPS, time, temperature, mpg, range… I have to click through the information button to get each piece of information. … More...
Were asked to pair up and touch each others palms for 3 minutes; 90 seconds with eyes closed, 90 seconds with them open, then write our experiences, taking 10 minutes.
The first part was to stare into each others eyes for ten seconds.… More...
Digital Narratives and Witnessing: The Ethics of Engaging with Places at a Distance and Instrumental Vision by Rose Woodcock
We had two reading this week; the common theme was how technology impacts on our perception of the world. In the first, we hear of the ethics of engaging with Places at a distance, in the second reading, with objects ‘closer up’ – in our heads, as part of virtual reality.… More...
