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WPost: "Tech companies urge lawmakers to reform NSA programs"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Tech companies urge lawmakers to reform NSA programs** * By Craig Timberg, Published: October 31 E-mail the writer Facebook, Google, Apple and three other leading technology companies on Thursday called for substantial reforms to the U.S. government's surveillance programs, which have drawn new scrutiny in the aftermath of revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The letter, sent to top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, endorses greater transparency in surveillance programs, long a goal for tech companies that must comply with government data requests from around the world. Yet it also goes further, urging U.S. lawmakers to enact reforms that would "include substantial enhancements to privacy protections and appropriate oversight and accountability mechanisms for those programs." [...] Continua qui: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/tech-companies-urge-lawma…

Nov. 1, 2013

tablet school

by Stefano Quintarelli

Ciao a tutti se qualcuno fosse interessato a venire martedi pv alla mattina con me a Bergamo a visitare la scuola "flagship" di Impara Digitale, per vedere come funziona una scuola in cui i libri li scrivono i ragazzi, e tutto si svolge con tablet e computer nel cloud, mi mandi mail... (pochi posti, si inizia alle 9 a BG) ciao, s. -- calendar: http://doodle.com/quinta conf room: http://quinta.quivideo.it blog: http://blog.quintarelli.it bitmessage id: BM-2DC6u7NoBoBwSEzX7C8iPjJNrAmZT5s3ms

Nov. 1, 2013

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