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Hasan Elahi ran into some trouble with

Hasan Elahi ran into some trouble with the FBI in 2002 (they thought he was a terrorist) and ever since, he's been voluntarily tracking his movements and putting the whole thing online: photos of meals, photos of toilets used, airports flown out of, credit card receipts, etc. His goal is to flood the market with information, so it devalues the information that the authorities have on him.

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This entry was published on October 20, 2006 at 09:01 am.

Tags for this entry:  hasanelahi  terrorism  911  art  poptech2006  poptech  conferences 

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