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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nJAN JELINEK \u2013 SOCIAL ENGINEERING<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\u201cPermit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nA great idea always raises the question \u2018Why didn\u2019t anyone think of this before\u2019?
Everyone with an online existence has experienced the nauseating phenomenon of phishing<\/em> mails, but it requires some kind of genius to turn it into art. Enter Jan Jelinek<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, who did exactly this. <\/p>\nOn Social Engineering<\/em><\/strong>, he used thirteen text fragments from phishing emails and transformed them using speech synthesis tools into spoken or sung texts. For this, he used the kind of speech synthesis that is easily distinguished as such, not the recent AI tools that can hardly be distinguished from natural speech. After all, any alert person could distinguish a phishing mail from a real person\u2019s mail in a similarway.<\/p>\nThe texts are then extensively manipulated and \u2018transformed into abstract textures\u2019<\/em>, and that is the moment this idea becomes true sound art. It is fascinating in such a way that you might actually welcome the next phishing mail you receive, imagining in your mind \u2018what would Jan Jelinek<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>would have made from this?\u2019 <\/p>\nThe tracks on Social Engineering<\/em><\/strong> (which are perfectly mastered by Rashad Becker<\/em> by the way), were originally conceived as a radio h\u00f6rspiel <\/em>for the Sudwestrundfunk\/ARD<\/a> but it definitely deserves a wider listen. The vinyl version contains all of the \u2018lyrics\u2019<\/em> printed but I guess the tracks are pretty self-explanatory in itself. Stay aware!<\/p>\n
A great idea always raises the question \u2018Why didn\u2019t anyone think of this before\u2019? On Social Engineering<\/em><\/strong>, he used thirteen text fragments from phishing emails and transformed them using speech synthesis tools into spoken or sung texts. For this, he used the kind of speech synthesis that is easily distinguished as such, not the recent AI tools that can hardly be distinguished from natural speech. After all, any alert person could distinguish a phishing mail from a real person\u2019s mail in a similarway.<\/p>\n The texts are then extensively manipulated and \u2018transformed into abstract textures\u2019<\/em>, and that is the moment this idea becomes true sound art. It is fascinating in such a way that you might actually welcome the next phishing mail you receive, imagining in your mind \u2018what would Jan Jelinek<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>would have made from this?\u2019 <\/p>\n The tracks on Social Engineering<\/em><\/strong> (which are perfectly mastered by Rashad Becker<\/em> by the way), were originally conceived as a radio h\u00f6rspiel <\/em>for the Sudwestrundfunk\/ARD<\/a> but it definitely deserves a wider listen. The vinyl version contains all of the \u2018lyrics\u2019<\/em> printed but I guess the tracks are pretty self-explanatory in itself. Stay aware!<\/p>\n
Everyone with an online existence has experienced the nauseating phenomenon of phishing<\/em> mails, but it requires some kind of genius to turn it into art. Enter Jan Jelinek<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, who did exactly this. <\/p>\n