CYBORG UNPLUG JULIAN OLIVER

For those concerned about privacy, today’s technology brings new challenges: companies big and small are building pervasive product lines around tiny, network-enabled computers with powerful cameras, sensors and microphones. From tiny wireless cameras to quadcopters/drones, these new technologies —while not always intended as such— are routinely used to compromise privacy in the home, hotel and workplace. Cyborg Unplug is a privacy appliance for the home, hotel and workplace. It detects and optionally disconnects selected devices known to pose a risk to personal privacy, stopping streams of image, video and audio data to the Internet. Using a Virtual Private Network, this little plug also encrypts your Internet traffic, locking out spies along the route.

Julian Oliver Oliver is a New Zealander, Critical Engineer and artist based in Berlin. His work and lectures have been presented at many museums, galleries, international electronic-art events and conferences, including the Tate Modern, Transmediale, the Chaos Computer Congress, Ars Electronica, FILE and the Japan Media Arts Festival. Julian has received several awards, most notably the distinguished Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica 2011 for the project Newstweek (with Daniil Vasiliev).
https://julianoliver.com/