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TheAppleBlog: Art or Virus? Symantec Villifies Spoof Apple “Trojan”
MacDailyNews: ‘Lose/Lose’ trojan game for Apple Mac is an art project that deliberately deletes files
The Next Web: Temporary.cc: the website that slowly deletes itself
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Interesting idea: Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. http://www.stfj.net/index2.php #fb 26 days ago |
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This art game deletes a file on your hard drive each time you kill an alien. But you have the option not to kill... http://bit.ly/JI7sJ #fb 11/5/2009 |
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'Art project' video game attacks Apple Mac machines http://bit.ly/294HHn |
Art or Virus? Symantec Villifies Spoof Apple “Trojan”
TheAppleBlog —
... The game, dubbed Lose/Lose, is the brainchild of Zach Gage, who created the program as part of an online art installation and released it for public download in September. It’s intended purpose is not to dupe unsuspecting gamers, but to pose questions about the relationship between killing in video games and real-life moral issues. Gage says as much in a statement on his website: ...
‘Lose/Lose’ trojan game for Apple Mac is an art project that deliberately deletes files
MacDailyNews —
... . More info and download link (if you're planning on reformatting a drive) via Zach Gage's website here . [Attribution: Infosecurity (UK). Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Carl H." for the heads up.]
Temporary.cc: the website that slowly deletes itself
The Next Web —
Temporary.cc is a very interesting art project by Zach Gage. Basically it is a self deleting website titled “the internet is forever”.
It shows that while everything you say and do online might feel permanent some things still fade away.
Every time you visit the page (do it now!) it gets a little smaller. As Zach explains:
Virtual data isn’t subject to decay like traditional media. Despite this, we can still lose personal data to disk failure, viruses, or accidental deletion. Unlike personal data however, data on the internet has a seemingly ...
