SkyLift

April 1, 2017

SkyLift V0.3 (2018 build) Photo ©Adam Harvey SkyLift # Made for !Mediengruppe Bitnik’s Assange Room. Developed in collaboration with Surya Mattu SkyLift is a zero-click Wi-Fi geolocation spoofing device that virtually relocates visitors to Julian Assange’s residence at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The device was made for !Mediengruppe Bitnik’s Assange room and works by broadcasting Wi-Fi signals (beacon frames) that exploit Wi-Fi geolocation services. Thanks to a web-residency grant from Schloss Solitude SkyLift now runs on the ESP8266, a low-cost Arduino-compatible Wi-Fi microcontroller, and is open source. ...