Radical software group is a loosely defined ensemble of artists and programmers, working collaboratively in digital media. Fuel is a field of stars that are fueled by network traffic. Fuel 2002 by scott snibbe and radical software groups. Each star is an ip address either on your network, or. Fuel 2002 by scott snibbe and radical software groups carnivore. Carnivore is a surveillance tool for data networks, developed by radical software group.
Technically, the work can perform the same operations as the fbi version. As founder of the radical software group rsg, and lead developer on the carnivore project, i will describe the technological, philosophical, and political reasons for launching the project. New documents shed more light on fbis carnivore cnet. Carnivore is a networked art project that takes its name from the software dcs, which is used by the fbi to perform. New documents shed more light on fbis carnivore the agency releases fresh documents about the controversial technology, and critics immediately lambaste it as. Three declassified letters from radical software group members relating. The stars emit energy, grow, and collapse as quanta of traffic pass through them. Sensitive to specific keywords, file types and programs in the data traffic of the computer or network, the system enabled effective surveillance of common internet communication in america.
Radical software group, or rsg named for radical software, the seminal 1970s magazine, has focused on network environments and interface design, including the awardwinning software tool carnivore. Galloways loose affiliation of a dozen programmingsavvy artists, carnivore has two. Version 8 april 2016 carnivore is a processing library that allows you to perform surveillance on data networks. Radical software group, carnivore it was really great to see all of the existing carnivore clients at one time. Carnivore listens to internet traffic email, web surfing, etc. Radical software group rsg electronic arts intermix.
A few months later, radical software group rsg introduced rsg carnivore, a perl script poem in the form of a free tool. No doubt the fact that none of these projects was by an africanindeed, that there was almost no work at the festival by third world citizensconfirmed the curators notion of unpluggedness, but it struck a clanging note on the hopeful globalist ear. A simple carnivore client print packets in processing console note. Using processing you are able to animate, diagnose, or interpret the network traffic in any way you wish. He is a founding member of the radical software group rsg, and his art projects include carnivore awarded a golden nica at ars electronica 2002, and kriegspiel based on a war game originally designed by guy debord. Alex galloway and radical software group carnivore. When do you want to start using the class time to start actually working on your projects. Carnivore archive want notes for a liberated computer language black hawk down fork how to play world of warcraft how to win super mario bros low level allstars pixel prepared playstation reboot wysiwyg available via electronic arts intermix twitter.
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