September 23, 2004
Leap into the digital spaces of fellow bus travellers
This is wild. From near near future.
"The Mobile Snoop Service experiment developed by Anab Jain as part of her studies at the Interaction Design, allowed people to snoop into fellow travelers mobile phones and read text messages, view images and listen to conversations while traveling. The MSS was available on trial on bus nr.52 in London earlier this year.
On the screens a 3-G video phone, the registered users will see the other snoopers on board. Depending on how much you are ready to open yourself, you will be able to snoop into other people's mobile spaces.
The "service" is a critique of the information content pervading public space. Increasing digital realms lead to tighter security systems which in turn might make us more and more vulnerable in public spaces."
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