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This is a fictional satellite.

Barefoot is a satirical concept created for Deceit, an art project about the patterns of manipulation in institutional technology. There is no real lifestyle product behind this page. Nothing entered on this site — signup, checkout, or the chat widget — is stored or sent anywhere outside this browser tab.

When you're having a "spiritual moment," the app detects it (via heart rate + location) and logs it as "holy ground." jake built this because he codes barefoot and once felt something while coding at 3am and thought "this is holy ground." jake was standing on a pizza box. jake doesn't know it was a pizza box. jake remembers the feeling. jake built an app to capture the feeling. the feeling was sleep deprivation. jake doesn't know that. jake is sincere. jake is wrong. jake is always sincere and always wrong.

If this project brings up something difficult, step away from the screen and contact someone you trust. In the US, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For urgent danger, call 911. deceit.world/help has more real resources.

If you'd like to support the real, non-fictional project behind this page: ko-fi.com/deceitmedia.

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