October 2013 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

The Darkest Place on the Internet Isn’t Just for Criminals
by gianluca Oct. 19, 2013

Oct. 19, 2013

The Darkest Place on the Internet Isn’t Just for Criminals [...] This sounds nuts, yes? Makes us all seem like criminals? Except that even legitimate, nonshady organizations have migrated onto the Darknet to make sure their doings stay away from prying eyes./The New Yorker/, for example—not exactly famous as a hive of evildoers—ran a Tor-hiddenservice <https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/securedrop>built by the hacker Aaron Swartz andWIRED‘s investigations editor, Kevin Poulsen, so whistleblowers can securely leave documents or messages. (Tor <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-en…>is one of those pieces of encrypting software you need to access the Darknet in the first place.) [...] continua qui http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/10/thompson/ buon we

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Atlantic: "Google's Ngram Viewer Goes Wild"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 18, 2013

Oct. 18, 2013

Google's Ngram Viewer Goes Wild With the addition of wildcard search-term capabilities, Google's fabulous language-analysis tool gets even more powerful. BEN ZIMMER <http://www.theatlantic.com/ben-zimmer/>OCT 17 2013, 9:17 AM ET It's been nearly three years since Google rolled out its Ngram Viewer <http://books.google.com/ngrams/>, allowing armchair historians to plot the trajectories of words and phrases over time based on an enormous corpus of data extracted from the Google Books digitization project. Since then, there have been numerous studies seeking to glean some cultural significance from the graphs of falling and rising word usage. And the graphs themselves have inspired imitators: Recently, the engineering team behind Rap Genius introduced Ngram-style graphing of historical word frequency in rap lyrics <http://news.rapgenius.com/Sameoldshawn-rap-stats-breaking-down-the-words-in…>, and, more bizarrely, /New York Times/wedding announcements <http://news.rapgenius.com/Atodd-when-harvard-met-sally-n-gram-analysis-of-t…>. (You can even compare the hiphop and matrimonial datasets <http://news.rapgenius.com/Atodd-when-harvard-met-suge-what-do-rappers-have-…>.) As the Ngram model extends its influence, Google continues to tinker, making improvements to the Ngram Viewer's already slick interface. Last year saw a major upgrade <http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/bigger-better-google-…>, with a sizable increase in the underlying data spanning English and seven other languages, as well as the introduction of part-of-speech tagging and mathematical operators that allowed for more sophisticated searches. Today, meet Ngram Viewer 3.0 <http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2013/10/enhancing-linguistic-search-with…>. While the corpus itself hasn't expanded in this version, the search features have become even more useful, especially now that wildcards are in the mix. [...] Continua qui: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/googles-ngram-viewer-…

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SAVE THE DATE - Conferenza Nexa su Internet & Società 2013: Internet & Democrazia - 30 novembre 2013
by Giuseppe Futia Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

ConferenzaNexasu Internet & Società 2013: Internet & Democrazia http://nexa.polito.it/conf2013 <http://nexa.polito.it/conf2013> Sabato 30 Novembre 2013 - Dalle ore 9.30 alle ore 18.00 Università degli Studi di Torino Campus Luigi Einaudi - Sala Lauree Blu Lungo Dora Siena, 100 (mappa <https://maps.google.it/maps?q=Campus+Luigi+Einaudi&ll=45.074293,7.699721&sp…>) Ingresso libero e gratuito fino ad esaurimento posti Registrazione obbligatoria entro il*23 novembre 2013*all'indirizzo:https://nexa2013.eventbrite.com/ <https://nexa2013.eventbrite.com/> La*quartaConferenzaNexasu Internet & Società*sarà un momento di riflessione e discussione sul tema "*Internet & Democrazia*". I ricercatori e i fellow del CentroNexasu Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino ne parleranno con esperti, policy makers, professionisti, appassionati e semplici cittadini. Nell'aprile di quest'anno il CentroNexasi è già occupato del tema "Internet & Democrazia" co-organizzando diversi incontri in occasione diBiennale Democrazia 2013 <http://nexa.polito.it/biennale-democrazia-2013>. Tra i relatori già confermati: * Fabio Chiusi <http://chiusinellarete-messaggeroveneto.blogautore.repubblica.it/>(giornalista e ricercatore) * Luca De Biase <http://blog.debiase.com/>**(Fondazione <Ahref) * Fiorella De Cindio <http://www.lic.dico.unimi.it/decindio.php>(Università degli Studi di Milano*)* * Peppino Ortoleva <http://www.unito.it/unitoWAR/page/dipartimenti8/D075/D075_personale_batch_B…>(Università degli Studi di Torino) * Alina Ostling <http://alinaostling.wordpress.com/about-me/>(European University Institute) * Elena Pavan <http://nexa.polito.it/people/epavan>(Università degli Studi di Trento) * Ben Wagner <http://eui.academia.edu/BenWagner>(European University Institute) Finito l'incontro, l'attenzione si sposta presso il localeBlah Blah <http://www.blah-blah.it/>(Via Po, 21 <https://maps.google.it/maps?q=Via+Po,+21,+Torino,+TO&hl=it&ll=45.068747,7.6…>- Torino) dove dalle ore 19 si svolgerà una sessione sullo stato diCreative Commons in Italia <http://creativecommons.it/>, continuando la tradizione degli incontri annualiCC-IT <http://www.creativecommons.it/eventi>. Maggiori dettagli sul programma verranno pubblicati prossimamente all'indirizzohttp://nexa.polito.it/conf2013 <http://nexa.polito.it/conf2013>.

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Fwd: EFF and BoingBoing highlight CC's support for copyright reform
by Federico Morando Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

Ho il piacere di segnalare, tramite due ottimi blog post che ne parlano, il recente policy statement di Creative Commons in tema di riforma del diritto d'autore. Cari saluti, Federico (CC Italia public lead) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [cc-affiliates] EFF and BoingBoing highlight CC's support for copyright reform Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:22:33 +1100 Hi all CC's statement on copyright reform has been picked up and amplified by both EFF and BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/2013/10/16/cc-tells-the-copyright-office.html https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/creative-commons-policy-statement-sup… Big congratulations to Tim Vollmer, Paul Keller and all others who played a key role in crafting this joint statement from our affiliates, staff and Board. It's a big achievement, and an important step for CC. Good to know people are listening. Jessica Coates Global Network Manager Creative Commons creativecommons.org <http://creativecommons.org><mailto:jessica@creativecommons.org>

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Webinar: Il regolamento #ddaonline ai raggi X
by Blengino Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

Allego la locandina di una iniziativa nata su twitter, liquida ed informale, grazie alla redazione di Medialaws.eu <http://www.medialaws.eu/il-regolamento-ddaonline-ai-raggi-x-webinar-18-otto bre/> . Un incontro via web, domani alle 16, per confrontarci e provare a fare il punto sulle criticità del regolamento a tutela del diritto dautore sulle reti di comunicazione elettronica: per cercare di capire utilità, limiti e rischi delliniziativa di AGCOM. Ci si può ancora registrare inviando un e-mail a webinar(a)medialaws.eu Un grazie a Medialaws.eu Carlo

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Seminario 24 ottobre 2013 "La P.A. tra trasparenza e privacy: seminario del Garante privacy"
by Mauro Alovisio Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

*Gent.mi * *nel complimentarmi per presentazione del libro di ieri sera al Nexa in materia di trasaprenza, segnalo seminario di interesse in materia di trasparenza e privacya cura del Garante. * *cordiali saluti * Mauro Alovisio ** *"La P.A. tra trasparenza e privacy: seminario del Garante" * *"La Pubblica Amministrazione tra domanda di trasparenza e protezione dei dati personali"*. E' questo il tema del seminario <http://www.garanteprivacy.it/garante/document?ID=2694945>organizzato dal Garante per la privacy nell'ambito della XXX Assemblea dell'Anci<http://www.anci.it/index.cfm?layout=dettaglio&IdDett=43413>, e intorno al quale l'Autorità ha chiamato a discutere e confrontarsi l'Anci, le Regioni, il Dipartimento della funzione pubblica, il mondo accademico. Obiettivo del seminario - in programma* *il *24 ottobre 2013 alle ore 10,00 alla Fortezza Da Basso a Firenze* - è quello di richiamare l'attenzione delle amministrazioni pubbliche, in primo luogo di quelle locali, sulla necessità di un corretto bilanciamento tra esigenze di trasparenza sull'attività dei soggetti pubblici e diritto dei cittadini a veder tutelata la loro sfera privata. Ai lavori, introdotti da Valdimiro Boccali, Sindaco di Perugia, parteciperanno Licia Califano, Componente dell'Autorità Garante per la privacy; Luciano Vandelli, Ordinario di diritto amministrativo all'Università di Bologna; Antonio Naddeo, Capo Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica; Andrea Simi, Responsabile della struttura Trasparenza, contrasto alla corruzione e semplificazione del Segretariato Generale della Regione Lazio; Claudio Filippi, Dirigente del Dipartimento libertà pubbliche e sanità del Garante. Il workshop sarà anche l'occasione per fornire indicazioni operative utili per una corretta attuazione delle norme contenute nel recente Decreto legislativo n.33 del 2013. *Roma, 17 ottobre 2013* http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/… ** * *

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What Does It Mean for the U.S. to 'Lose Control of the Internet?' - Atlantic Mobile
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/what-does-it-mean-for-t… (Sent from my tiny screen wireless device. Excuse brevity and or typos)

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Vote on the EU Data Protection Package
by Alessandro Mantelero Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

The EP's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs scheduled the votes on the reports on the Data Protection Regulation (rapporteur: Jan Philipp ALBRECHT (Greens/EFA, DE)) and Directive (rapporteur: Dimitrios DROUTSAS (S&D, GR)) for Monday, 21 October 2013 at 6.30 p.m. in Strasbourg. The committee will adopt a mandate for negotiations with the Council in order to try and reach a common agreement on the Data Protection package before the European elections in May 2014. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/it/libe/home.html#! -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Former Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero http://polito.academia.edu/alessandromantelero http://it.linkedin.com/pub/alessandro-mantelero/29/723/a48 https://twitter.com/mantelero Department of Management and Production Engineering Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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FW: [governance] Network Neutrality: from Architecture to Norms
by Luca Belli Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

Buongiorno a tutti, Per chi fosse interessato: Dear all I would like to invite you to IGF workshop N° 340 Network Neutrality: from Architecture to Norms that I am organising in partnership with Net Neutrality User Forum, from Republic of Korea. The workshop will take place on 23 October (i.e. Day 2) from 14:30 to 16:00, in Room #4 Uluwatu 1. The discussions held during this workshop will be an important basis for the Meeting of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality that will take place on 25 October (i.e. Day 4) from 9:00 to 10:30 in Room #7 Kintamani 1. Both on-site and remote participation are welcome and encouraged.Below, you will find the workshop agenda as well as the list of panellists. See you in Bali!Luca Co-organisers:· Mr Luca Belli, CERSA, PRES Sorbonne University· Mr Chun Eung Hwi, Net Neutrality User ForumPanellists:· Mr Alejandro Pisanty, National Autonomous University of Mexico;· Ms Borami Kim, Net Neutrality User Forum of Korea;· Mr Jeremy Malcolm, Consumers International;· Mr Stuart Hamilton, International Federation of Library Associations;· Ms Roxana Radu, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies;· Mr Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change;· Ms Narine Khachatryan, Media Education Center;· Ms Fatima Cambronero, AGEIA DENSI;· Mr Michele Bellavite, ETNO;· Mr Frédéric Donck, Internet Society.Agenda:The workshop will start with a brief introduction by Mr Luca Belli, the moderator, aimed at setting the scene and structure the debate.Subsequently, two short keynotes will be delivered by Ms Borami Kim and Dr Alejandro Pisanty. Ms Kim will expose the “Net Neutrality User's Forum of Korea perspective on the benefits of network neutrality policies on end-users' rights”, whereas Dr Pisanty’s intervention will scrutinise the evolution “From Net Neutrality to Not Neutrality”.After having elucidated their perspectives, the keynote-speakers will engage in an interactive discussion, together with the other members of the panel. The discussion will be guided by the moderator and will explore such questions as a) what are the technical bases of NN? b) can such technical principles be properly translated into effective regulation? c) which Internet traffic management (ITM) practices hold promise to jeopardise end-users’ rights? d) how can fundamental rights and/or consumers’ rights be adversely affected by ITM measures? d) what kind of regulatory approach (if any) might be deemed as efficient in order to preserve the network neutrality principle?The audience will be involved in the discussion, which will be characterised by an open and inclusive format. In order to guarantee the liveliness of the debate, the participants will be asked to provide concise answers and statements (i.e. less than 2-minute-long). Luca Belli Doctorant en Droit PublicCERSA,Université Panthéon-AssasSorbonne University

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Seminario: "I controlli a distanza sui lavoratori in azienda" - 18 ottobre ore 15, Torino
by Giuseppe Futia Oct. 17, 2013

Oct. 17, 2013

Gentilissimi, vi segnaliamo che domani venerdì 18 ottobre dalle ore 15 presso il Palazzo di Giustizia Bruno Caccia di Torino si svolgerà il seminario "*I controlli a distanza sui lavoratori in azienda*". All'incontro parteciperà Mauro Alovisio<http://nexa.polito.it/people/malovisio>, fellow del Centro Nexa su Internet & Società. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili sulla locandina pubblicata sul sito del Consiglio dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Torino<http://www.ordineavvocatitorino.it/sites/default/files/documents/AIGA%2018%…> . Cordiali saluti, -- ------------------------------------------------- Giuseppe Futia Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it tel. +39 011 090 7219

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