ScareMail in The Guardian

Since launching ScareMail a couple weeks ago, there has been a significant amount of media coverage. I’ve been thinking a lot about how ScareMail has been discussed across various types of media, including articles, comments, commentary, and social media sites like Reddit. I expect to post some writing about this soon. In the meantime, here is a list of a few interesting quotes. Following that are links to the major articles themselves.

…creative civil disobedience in the digital age. –Slate

Grosser … is the unrivaled king of ominous gibberish. –Chicago Tribune

…don’t blame us when the feds knock on your door. –FastCoExist

Articles About ScareMail

• The Atlantic: The Art Project That Wants the NSA to Read Your Email
• The Guardian: ScareMail plugin will flag all your email to the NSA
• Slate: The Gmail Extension That Aims to Drown the NSA in Nonsense
• Der Spiegel: So liest die NSA auch Ihre E-Mails [Germany]
• Chicago Tribune: Art project adds tinge of terror to everyday email
• FastCoExist: ScareMail Gets the NSA’s Attention By Mixing Some Terrorism Into Your Mundane Emails
• VentureBeat: Nerve gas, riot, & Al Qaeda: ScareMail stuffs e-mail with ‘scary’ keywords to confuse NSA filters
• Silicon Angle: ScareMail: The Ultimate Plan to Overwhelm the NSA
• Kaosenlared: Scaremail: Usando el sinsentido en la Lucha contra la Vigilancia en la red [Spain]
• VilaWeb: Farenheit 451 contra l’espionatge americà al vostre correu [Spain]
• De Standaard: E-mailplugin brengt NSA-afluisterfilters in de war [Belgium]
• HP/De Tijd: De NSA terugpesten: maak je e-mails terroristisch [Netherlands]
• RT: ‘ScareMail’ seeks to confuse NSA programs with nonsense [Russia]
• Radio 24syv: Aflyttet, Uge 41 (radio) [Netherlands] — starts at 34:00
• LaTeleLibre: L’Acte Subversif de Manifestation Numérique [France]
• Korben: Coucou la NSA! [France]
• Daily Dot: Want to get the NSA’s attention? Try ScareMail
• Big Think: Scaremail: Using Nonsense to Fight Surveillance
• eTeknix: ScareMail Browser Extension Seeks to Confuse and Overload NSA Monitoring Systems
• ALT1040: Ya puedes burlarte de la vigilancia de la NSA con ScareMail [Mexico]
• Bustle: ScareMail Gmail Extension Designed to Confuse NSA Spies
• BestVPN: ScareMail takes a different approach to NSA snooping
• Amusement: Want Some NSA Fun? Install ScareMail On Your Browser and Confuse the Agency [France]
• Insights and Rants: ScareMail is a fun way of showing the NSA the middle finger [South Africa]
• Opposing Views: ScareMail Plugin Designed to Flood NSA With Gibberish
• Reddit /r/privacy: Fill NSA servers with junk — ScareMail adds unique “scary” stories to email signatures in order to disrupt NSA surveillance