New York artist spying on people in Apple Store

A painter from Brooklyn came to the attention of Apple and has attracted too much attention, as I dared to install spyware on computers in New York City Apple retail outlets trade Stores. Managed data software continually built computers Camera took pictures of all who approached him. As a result, images were sent by the same program on remote servers belonging to this man's creativity.

According to Apple InsiderThis artist named Kyle MacDonald (Kyle McDonald) started a creative project «People Staring at Computers» ( «People are looking at the computer"). Within three days of the program has been installed on 100 computers in several Apple Store. Artist lecturing all pictures in a specially created blog. In early July, MacDonald showed even at the same points of sales Apple Store (Apple without permission, of course) of his tricks. At some point, the computer began to show that just finished shooting their cameras that introduced customers to some confusion.

People Staring at Computers from kyle McDonald on Vimeo.

However, the project has not worked for a long time. Soon, one of Apple engineers have found someone else's software in one demonstrated in the store computer and examined it, thereby revealing the artist's work. As a result, for further proceedings in McDonald were seized two of his computer, iPod, and two flash drive. MacDonald himself accused of computer fraud.

However, the artist does not consider himself guilty. The essence of his project was to show people, with what kind of computer they are working for - knowing that this is a soulless machine, and that nobody sees. Besides, according to him, before running the original project, he received permission to take photographs of the Apple Store stores the guards. The artist even asked some visitors that they will not mind if he will take them to a photo. Finally, McDonald said he was ready to remove from its database snapshots of those who do not want them to be stored there.