{"id":4745,"date":"2015-04-07T06:13:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2019-11-15T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:24:37","slug":"the-convoluted-art-of-making-private-and-anonymous-phone-calls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/the-convoluted-art-of-making-private-and-anonymous-phone-calls-2\/4745\/","title":{"rendered":"The Convoluted Art of Making Private and Anonymous Phone Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographer Curtis Wallen\u2019s latest exhibit, \u201cProposition For An On Demand Clandestine\u00a0<\/span>
\nCommunication Network,\u201d opened in a Brooklyn art-house Sunday. The work explored what it would\u00a0<\/span>take for a normal person to make a completely private and anonymous phone call\u00a0<\/span>in the age of\u00a0<\/span>ubiquitous Internet surveillance<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ultimately, Wallen\u2019s exhibit is an incredibly convoluted set of instructions that, theoretically speaking,\u00a0<\/span>
\ncan be followed in order to make a single phone call outside the scope of government surveillance.\u00a0<\/span>While Wallen is not a security expert by trade, he did buy a fake driver\u2019s license, Social Security number,\u00a0<\/span>insurance card and cable bill on Tor with Bitcoin in order to create a working fake identity, Aaron Brown,\u00a0<\/span>back in 2013.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nIn other words, he has relevant experience in\u00a0<\/span>the world of privacy and anonymity<\/span>. Of course, his\u00a0<\/span>techniques are subject to technical analysis and their efficacy is debatable, but, in this case, art is about\u00a0<\/span>the journey and this journey is an absurd one.\u00a0<\/span>Fast Company first reported on Wallen\u2019s project late last\u00a0<\/span>month<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The absurd lengths one man went to in order to make a completely private phone call: http:\/\/t.co\/i0yZJjtryK<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/a6sauhJRxH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fast Company (@FastCompany) April 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n