Dutch art project exposes extent of surveillance, tests limits of law

Apr 272016
 
 April 27, 2016  Posted by  Featured News, Non-U.S., Online, Surveillance

Grace Dobush writes:

…. With the advent of global surveillance, “Our world is becoming better behaved, but perhaps less human,” said Tijmen Schep, creative director of the Dutch arts collective SETUP, which for the past two years has worked on building a national database of Dutch citizens based solely on open source data.

The initial point of the project – originally known as the National Birthday Calendar – was to create a provocative, interactive site that would know every Dutch citizen’s birthday and recommend gifts based on their personal preferences. It became so easy to gather the information about people, and they collected so much that they began referring to it as the DIY NSA, a tongue-in-cheek reference to a do-it-yourself National Security Agency.
Read more on Christian Science Monitor.

 

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