DIGITAL HIJACK
etoy.SHARE-CERTIFICATES EYA No. 033 and No. 041
etoy.SHARE-CERTIFICATES EYB No. 042 and No. 045
OFFICIAL digital hijack RELEASE ON THE NET
the official release date of the digital hijack net action.
between march 31 and july 31 1996, etoy.SOFTWARE-AGENTS automatically infiltrated the world wide web's global search engines (lycos, infoseek, altavista, etc.) by placing over a thousand designated keywords (porsche, startrek, bondage, selbstmord, censorship, fassbinder, etc.) within the top 10 rankings, thereby setting up a trap for net travelers and technology tourists. with this action, etoy demonstrated the «space» behind the popular interfaces of the world wide web. they took control of the systematic illusion of net-quests for information.
the weak points of the internet and the twilight zone of the medium formed the location of the action. search-servers were transformed into a stage: etoy.UNDERGROUND FEEDING THE INFO-SPIDERS !
the scene of the crime is open to the public and is still frequently visited by many inquisitive users: http://www.hijack.org/
