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Carnivore : Golden Nica / Net Vision

A software application which turns your computer into a personal data surveillance tool is winner of the Golden Nica in the category Net Vision. Carnivore is created by RSG, an all-star collective of computer artists selected from cities around the world.

Carnivore is a surveillance tool for data networks. At the heart of the project is CarnivorePE. It serves this data stream over the net to an unlimited number of creative interfaces. Each interface is specially designed to animate, diagnose, or interpret the network traffic in different ways.

CarnivorePE is inspired by DCS1000, a piece of software used by the FBI to perform electronic wiretaps. (Until recently, DCS1000 was known by its nickname 'Carnivore .') Improving on the FBI software, CarnivorePE features exciting new functionality including: artist-made diagnosic clients, remote access, full subject targetting, full data targetting, volume buffering, transport protocol filtering, and an open source software license. Carnivore is created by the Radical Software Group (RSG) founded in 2000 by Alexander R. Galloway. Continually in flux, RSG membership expands and contracts to accommodate the task at hand. Collaborators are selected according to their unique area of expertise such that advanced production in several genres of contemporary computer art is possible, including network environments and interface design.

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