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His other projects are so interesting. I love this one

https://rootkid.me/works/exhibit-a





Oh, that is fantastic.

What would really finish it for me, though, is if, when the button is released, the device shows a website, with URL visible, with a photo of the criminal, with added facial recognition and lookup of social media to find their identity.

What fun!


The narration is very nice. Any idea of what the data could be? He mentions that it's legal for him to store but illegal to sell abroad and ranges from "bad to very bad".

It's in teh description: "launching a fully functional darknet marketplace (http://spectretjag3wni6fzt445qwgokqlxnfz7fxkicj5efxjywlinibm...) that offers a trove of illegal data for sale across borders"

> offers a trove of illegal data for sale

I'm precisely asking for speculation on what this data could be, which is the goal of the artist as stated in his video


Stolen PII/identities/passwords are one of the most common you'll find.

I don't need that, I already have a Twitter account



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