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We, the creators of 'PRISM: The Beacon Frame', wish to express our
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disappointment at the disabling of a crucial element of this work at
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Transmediale 2014, with the threat of reporting us to the German Federal Police.
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As such we've agreed that it is not in our interests to maintain the work in its
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original form. 
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It was our intention to provide an opportunity for public to critically engage
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precisely the same methods of cellular communications interception used by
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certain governments against their own people and people in sovereign states. It
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was not, in any way, our intention to harm anyone and nor did we. 
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We note that the German Parliament, right next door, has suffered directly by
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way of such violations.
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It is vital that technology-based art remain a frame with which we can develop
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critical discourses about the world we live in, from the engineered to the
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cultural and political. Sometimes that requires that we are not limited by
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exaggerated fears and legal definition, but that we act proportionally and with
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conscience in our efforts to understand the power struggles and tensions in our
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(technically mediated) environment. 
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Sometimes this means taking risks, risks without intention to harm but to
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engender wider critical insights.
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We wish to thank the Festival Director and the Curatorial Team from ArtHackDay
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and LEAP for representing us to the best of their ability.
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   "The Critical Engineer considers the exploit to be the most desirable form of
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    exposure."
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Julian Oliver and Daniil Vasiliev
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http://criticalengineering.org
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http://criticalengineering.org