AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Navigate Post-Factual Society
KEYWORDS
internet safety, sharing, public space
COUNTRY
Germany
DESIGNED BY
Aram Bartholl
WEBSITE
https://deaddrops.com/
DEAD DROPS
‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space.
In a world where the Internet is being more and more monitored and filtered, there is a urge to find new ways to send and share data over uncensored networks. Apart from the traditional computer networks, there are other kind of networks that could be used to transfer data without worrying too much about technical solutions to counterfeit Internet censorship and stupid copyright laws. The public transport network is one of them and it can be used to anonymously transfer data via physical devices like USB keys or memory card at a quite reasonable speed compared to usual networks, especially when transferring large volumes of data. Started by a Berlin based media artist during his stay in NYC in October 2010, The DeadDrops project proposes a solution to send data to someone else in a city anonymously using USB flash drives embedded into walls, public spaces and transportation.