Sketch for CryWolf project
This is a rough sketch for CryWolf, a multi-purposed tool capable of interfering, intervening and analyzing systems of surveillance. Unfortunately, and since I have been lacking equipment and editing capabilities over the holidays, the uploaded video is neither self-authored or hundred percent fit for use .
The optimal video would be filmed in realtime with a neutral light setting in High Definition quality.
In its most fundamental sense, CryWolf is an open-source, conceptual tool, based on an act with a video projection. Depending on the act, CryWolf can be used as a means of counterintelligence, as a decoy or as a hacking tool.
The Single Impulse Response act you can complete by yourself whereas the rest of the acts listed demands two or more participants.
To complete an act, each unit will need:
A pocket or mini projector with a built-in or external, portable power-source.
Depending on the projector, you might need an external device for data-input (most devices, however, have built-in storage or card slots)
To download the CryWolf videofile or use a self-authored video.
A target wall/area (surveilled)
Acts (Legality may vary, depending on usage and local laws)
Single Impulse Response
The video is projected on a single targeted wall, letting the user gain information about the response time as well as the character of the reaction. From this, the user will the able to map the reactive security protocols of the targeted system.
Decoy
The video is projected on a wall which belongs to the same reactive system as the actual targeted wall. This will allow users to act elsewhere while the reactive system focuses on the decoy.
Local Impulse Response
The videos (preferably more than one) are projected simultaneously on a series of surveilled walls, which are inside a “closed” compound or complex (e.g. a harbor area) and therefore part of the same central reactive system.
Observations will enable users not only to map the reactive security protocol but also its capabilities.
Distributed Impulse Response
The videos are projected simultaneously on a multitude of surveilled walls in a greater urban environment and the act is performed repeatedly over a preordained timespan.
Besides mapping the security protocols by different reactive systems, the users might also be able to create a “Cry Wolf” scenario, in which the reactive systems become unresponsive due to desensitization.
