NSA – Watching Jeremy, Watching Me, Watching Jeremy

Do you want to talk to NSA and GCHQ?

jeremy — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:52:33 +0000

Do you know that the British and US embassies in Berlin have active spy stations capable of listening to all communication in the area known as government district? Their spying structures are physically hidden in the buildings of the embassies and are comprised of antenas and other devices capable of capturing communication signals, even from live mobile phone conversations.

Artists Mathias Jud and Christoph Wachter were invited by the Swiss embassy, just next door to US and UK buildings, to perform a work of art that would question the obscure powers of NSA and GCHQ in a very ironic way. Their answer to the invitation was a project called “can you hear me?” with anonymous open connection to wifi network through antenas installed on the roof of the Swiss embassy, and the possibility for anyone to talk back to NSA and GCHQ. In Jud’s own words: “Well, if they’re listening … let’s talk to them.”

Mathias Jud did an interesting TED talk about this and other installations, and said that for the “can you hear me?” project, they received more than 15,000 messages, including:

“@NSA My neighbours are noisy. Please send a drone strike.”

Day 73: Do you want to talk to NSA and GCHQ?

Jeremy, would you look at me differently if I used Tor or encrypted my emails? The NSA would…

jeremy — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:18:22 +0000

This message was inspired by this article in the guardian: “Attempts to stay anonymous on the web will only put the NSA on your trail” (by John Naughton)

Day 44: Jeremy, would you look at me differently if I used Tor or encrypted my emails? The NSA would…

Jeremy, are Five Eyes wide open? bit.ly/pi5eyes

jeremy — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:11:41 +0000

Day 30: Jeremy, are Five Eyes wide open? bit.ly/pi5eyes
[thanks to T.W.]

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité vs. Sécurité, Inégalité, Autorité?

jeremy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:48:36 +0000

Day 29: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité vs. Sécurité, Inégalité, Autorité?

Jeremy, does Theresa May want to read our conversation on surveillance? #IPBill

jeremy — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:21:57 +0000

Day 24: Jeremy, does Theresa May want to read our conversation on surveillance? #IPBill

UK government wants to snoop into our browsing history, Jeremy. #IPBill

jeremy — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:00:54 +0000

So, webcam is back to normal position…

Day 21: UK government wants to snoop into our browsing history, Jeremy. #IPBill

“Surveillance breeds conformity” (G. Greenwald)

jeremy — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:20:40 +0000

Day 16: “Surveillance breeds conformity” (G. Greenwald)

Jeremy, thanks to Snowden, we now know that you know!

jeremy — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:15:42 +0000

Day 9: “Jeremy, thanks to Snowden, we now know that you know!”

NSA and GCHQ are watching us all, Jeremy!

jeremy — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:43:38 +0000

Day 6: NSA and GCHQ are watching us all, Jeremy!