10 - Obfuscation

Created by Andreas Gajdošík

deliberate stupidity

foot dragging

feigned ignorance

slowdowns

pretense of compliance

Poaching

Squating

Weapons of the Weak

Konformita

Uprising

merchandise shrinkage

Pilfering

obfuscation

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uzivani bez omezeni

slander

neuzivani sluzeb / sifrovani

It’s not just armed uprising or nothing at all

gossip

evasive muttering

Situations arise in which we are obligated to be visible.

Obfuscation does sometimes come in handy for powerful actors with strong systems for privacy already in place, and we discuss that aspect accordingly, but it is a tool more readily adopted by those stuck with a weak system.

Strong cryptography - optimal system

Obfuscation is not only for the weak

Obfuscation

bolstering strong security systems

Opting out

individuals’ opting out of any platform, service, or interaction that would misuse their data. This is a solution that seems to be free of moral compromise—they disagree and therefore decline, causing no trouble. Though such opting out may be possible for a very narrow range of possible users and uses, it isn’t a practical or reasonable choice for all.

Martyrdom is rarely a productive choice in a political calculus

Utility of obfuscation

covering up some specific action

Obfuscation is, in part, a troublemaking strategy.

making it harder for adversary

mere gesture of refusal

Obfuscation obscures by making noise and muddying the waters; it can be used for data disobedience under difficult circumstances and as a digital weapon for the informationally weak.

Trace Noizer - Annina Rüst

http://www.anninaruest.com/a/tracenoizer/index.html

Super Villainizer - Annina Rüst

http://www.anninaruest.com/a/supervillainizer/index.html

relying on superior technological solutions

Net art - Examples of obfuscation

Relying on businesses

Relying on government

Decoy Browsing Triptych - Plummer Fernandez

https://www.plummerfernandez.com/works/decoy-browsing-triptych/

Adoption is fraught with complex engineering and usability issues for the developers.

But they operate slowly, and whatever momentum propels agents of government and law in the direction of protecting privacy in the public interest it is amply counterbalanced by opposing forces of corporations and other insti- tutional actors, including government itself.

Go Rando - Ben Grosser

https://bengrosser.com/projects/go-rando/

Facebook-rocking-best-automation

https://github.com/mig1984/facebook-rockin-best-automation-selenium-scrape-no-api-tool-bot-machine-made-to-destroy-facebook 

it isn’t in a company’s interest to support general restraints on access to this information.