insert_coin: Prix Ars Electronica Start Page
Von Dragan Espenschied, Alvar C.H. Freude, 05.04. 2001, 17:19:11

 
 
  This work is a real-life experiment, first tried on unsuspecting students, now open for public access. See the description in Link in neuem Fenster anzeigengerman or a translated summary in Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenenglish.

Through secretly modifying the network we were able to manipulate the data people working at a small german academy were accessing from the internet. Through a filter software we wrote, we manipulated the whole world wide web from the view of the students.

To experience the same filtered view of the web as the students did, change the proxy settings in your browser to the following (HTTP only!):

Proxy: www.a-blast.org
Port: 7007

Ask your (network) administrator, if you don't know how to set up the proxy or change your browser preferences.

Please try this settings on any site, for example these ones:
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://www.google.com/ (view some results)
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://www.zeit.de/
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,101074,00.html
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://mail.yahoo.com/
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://www.slashdot.org/
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://rhizome.org/fresh/
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://www.cnn.com/
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenhttp://www.csu.edu.au/australia/

Also we recommend to start up a Windows Napster client.


Download the logfiles, where all manipulations (more then 600000) are listed:
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigeninsert_coin-FilterLog.zip (Windows, Mac)
Link in neuem Fenster anzeigeninsert_coin-FilterLog.tar.gz (Unix)
 
 
Theory and description
 
  Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenGerman Version

Link in neuem Fenster anzeigenEnglish Version (summary)
 
 
Please note ...
 
  For understanding insert_coin it really necessary to read the experiment's Link in neuem Fenster anzeigendescription (or the Link in neuem Fenster anzeigengerman version) and use the proxy. You can not understand insert_coin by viewing it only 3 minutes, sorry!

If you have (technical) questions or problems, please call: ++49 179 1346471
 
 
 
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