Surveillance Archives - Herbert R. Sim

Artificial Intelligence and the End of Informational Privacy

January 22, 2023

My illustration entitled: "The Privacy Eclipse" - a radiant AI sphere passes before a symbolic moon marked “PRIVACY,” casting the city into an informational eclipse. I protect the citizens beneath a translu...

Cypherpunkism Against Digital Colonialism

September 19, 2022

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled "Breaking the Algorithmic Chains" - Citizens are bound by chains made from data streams, platform logos, identity profiles and surveillance codes. I break the chains using a luminou...

CBDCs, Stablecoins and Programmable Money

September 24, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Three Rivers of Digital Money" - Three luminous rivers—CBDCs, stablecoins and Bitcoin—flow through a futuristic city. I stand at their intersection, examining who controls eac...

Against Digital Absolutism: Why Cypherpunkism Is Not Anti-State or Anti-Corporation

August 22, 2019

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Shield Against Absolutism" - I raise a luminous shield between citizens and two corrupted manifestations of power: an all-seeing surveillance state and an exploitative corpora...

The Cypherpunkism FAQ: Twenty Objections Answered

November 12, 2018

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Hydra of Misconceptions" - I confront a twenty-headed mechanical hydra whose heads symbolize recurring misconceptions: “privacy protects criminals,” “decentralization creates ...

The Cypherpunkist Test: Who Does the Technology Empower?

October 10, 2018

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Cypherpunkist’s Litmus Test" - I place different technologies—AI, digital currency, social platforms, biometrics and brain–computer interfaces—into a luminous testing apparatu...

Metadata Is Power

July 25, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why Protecting the Contents of a Message Is No Longer Enough My illustration entitled: "The Digital Breadcrumb Trail" - I walk through a dark futuristic city, unknowingly leaving glowing footprints beh...

Cryptography Is Applied Freedom

June 17, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why Mathematics Must Protect the Freedoms Institutions Cannot Always Guarantee Above is my illustration entitled: "The Bridge Beyond Permission". A vast chasm separates citizens from communication, com...

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