Electronic Countermeasures

Electronic Countermeasures is a flock of drones that work together to create a pirate file-sharing network for users to locally connect to, providing radical infrastructure for local communities to anonymously share data with each other. I love that they act not only advocate for more connections with our local communities, but also as a performance piece, with the drones’ beautiful choreography and softly glowing LEDs. The project was created by Liam Young of Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, along with a team of nine people, including a smaller project team and a trio of drone pilots. I’m reminded of the Dead Drops project, both of which point us towards a future where we’ll see more ad-hoc communal storage spaces, especially in light of government efforts like PRISM, compromising the data we share with larger, faceless corporations.

[Additional, excellent interview by TorrentFreak available here!]

Drone in mid-air.