June 2013 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Economist: "Secrets, lies and America’s spies"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013

Uno dei migliori commenti che abbia letto finora su questa vicenda. juan carlos ------ Surveillance Secrets, lies and America’s spies A government’s first job is to protect its citizens. But that should be based on informed consent, not blind trust Jun 15th 2013 |From the print edition <http://www.economist.com/printedition/2013-06-15> CONSTANT vigilance: that is the task of the people who protect society from enemies intent on using subterfuge and violence to get their way. It is also the watchword of those who fear that the protectors will pursue the collective interest at untold cost to individual rights. Edward Snowden, a young security contractor, has come down on one side of that tussle by leaking documents showing that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on millions of Americans’ phone records and on the internet activity of hundreds of millions of foreigners. The documents, published by the /Guardian /and the /Washington Post/, include two big secrets (see article <http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21579473-americas-national-security-…>). One is a court order telling Verizon, a telecoms company, to hand over “metadata”, such as the duration, direction and location of subscribers’ calls. The other gives some clues about a programme called PRISM, which collects e-mails, files and social-networking data from firms such as Google, Apple and Facebook. Much of this eavesdropping has long been surmised, and none of it is necessarily illegal. America gives wide powers to its law-enforcement and spy agencies. They are overseen by Congress and courts, which issue orders to internet firms. [...] Continua qui: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21579455-governments-first-job-protec…

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Guidelines on "business and human rights" for the ICT sector
by Andrea Glorioso June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013

Cari tutti, vorrei segnalare che la Commissione Europea ha pubblicato, dopo un lungo lavoro di analisi e consultazione, tre guide "pratiche" su "business and human rights" in tre settori, ovvero "employment and recruitment agencies", "oild and gas" e (probabilmente di maggior interesse per questa lista) "Information and Communication Technology". Potete trovare le guide e altro materiale su "business and human rights", parte delle attivita` della Commissione Europea sulla responsabilita` sociale d'impresa (Corporate Social Responsibility) qui: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sustainable-business/corporate-soci… . A presto, Andrea -- I speak only for myself. Sometimes I do not even agree with myself. Keep it in mind. Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro

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How Google Will Use High-Flying Balloons to Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands
by gianluca June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013

How Google Will Use High-Flying Balloons to Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands Not much happens in Geraldine, a small farming community in the interior of the South Island of New Zealand, about 85 miles from Christchurch. So when Hayden MacKenzie, a fourth-generation farmer there, picked up the phone last Tuesday and got a request to participate in a secret project—one that he wouldn’t even learn about until he signed a vow of silence—he and his wife Anna figured that they’d take a shot. That evening, two men showed up at his cozy farmhouse. They bore a peculiar red device, a sphere slightly bigger than a volleyball perched on a short collar, and attached it to his roof. Then they left. Only when the men returned the next day did they reveal what they were up to. Inside the red ball was an antenna that would give the MacKenzies Internet access. It was custom-designed to communicate with a similar antenna that would be floating by in the stratosphere, over 60,000 feet above sea level. On a solar-powered balloon. Oh, and the men work for Google. [...] continua qui http://www.wired.com/business/2013/06/google_internet_balloons/ qgl

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Lessig su Privacy e Sicurezza
by Masera Anna June 17, 2013

June 17, 2013

Ascoltate Lessig: "Che governi usino tecnologia per proteggere la nostra sicurezza, ma anche la nostra privacy" http://t.co/k1GENkKDhh Inviato da iPhone

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Fw: [Creis_Terminal] Extrait du sommaire d'EpiNet n°156 de juin 2013
by Mariella Berra June 16, 2013

June 16, 2013

----- Original Message ----- From: <jp.archambault(a)laposte.net> To: "creis_terminal lecreis org" <creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:48 AM Subject: [Creis_Terminal] Extrait du sommaire d'EpiNet n°156 de juin 2013 Bonjour, Pour information. Jean-Pierre Archambault Extrait du sommaire d'EpiNet n°156 de juin 2013 ****************************************************** http://www.epi.asso.fr/epinet/epinet156.htm * Éditorial : Un rapport qui fera date mais des débats manqués. * Articles : http://www.epi.asso.fr/revue/articsom.htm - Enseigner la science informatique. Jean-Pierre Archambault. - Tribune libre : Un système d'information : oui, pourquoi pas, mais est-ce vraiment nécessaire ? Laurent Bloch. - « Une science encore incertaine » : l'émergence de l'informatique dans la recherche et l'enseignement supérieur français. Pierre Mounier-Kuhn. - Apprentissage mobile ou M-Learning : opportunités et défis Pour une culture numérique. Jean-Pierre Archambault, Gilles Dowek * Rapports et documents : http://www.epi.asso.fr/revue/docsom.htm - Faire entrer l'École dans l'ère du numérique (MEN). - À propos du rapport de l'Académie des Sciences sur « L'enseignement de l'Informatique en France ». Position de la SIF. - Rapport de la SIF sur la formation des enseignants d'ISN - Communiqué de l'EPI du 25 mai 2013. Sur le rapport de l'Académie des Sciences. * Le Libre, des textes à lire : http://www.epi.asso.fr/linux0.htm#textes - L'April se penche sur le projet de loi d'orientation et de programmation pour la refondation de l'école de la République - Donner la priorité au logiciel libre à l'École : lettre à Vincent Peillon. * ITIC : enseignement de l'informatique et des TIC : http://www.epi.asso.fr/revue/iticsom.htm - Introduction aux machines virtuelles. Laurent Bloch. - Enseignement de l'informatique en Suisse. Brice Canvel aux Journées ISN de Nancy. - Les Terriens apprennent la science informatique aux extra-terrestres. Véronique Poirel. - Logiciels libres et cursus informatique au lycée et au collège, pas sans former les enseignants. Colin de la Higuera. - Informatique et Sciences du Numérique. La lettre de l'Éducation en Bourgogne. - Quels sont ces métiers du numérique auxquels initie l'ISN ?. L'association pasc@line. * Une nouvelle rubrique en construction: Articles et documents publiés par l'EPI concernant : Recherche en Sciences de l'Éducation et Innovation pédagogique dans le domaine de l'Informatique et des TIC à l'École. Didactique de l'informatique http://www.epi.asso.fr/revue/rech1som.htm * Et toujours, les autres rubriques habituelles et, au jour le jour, le Bloc-notes : les actions en cours, l'actualité, "ISN en direct" : http://www.epi.asso.fr/blocnote/blocsom.htm#actualite (+ toutes nos excuses pour les doublons éventuels) Bien cordialement Le secrétariat EPI bureau(a)epi.asso.fr EPI ; Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris VI tour 26, Boîte courrier 169, 4 place Jussieu 75252 PARIS cedex 05 Paris, 16-06-2013 Une messagerie gratuite, garantie à vie et des services en plus, ça vous tente ? Je crée ma boîte mail www.laposte.net _______________________________________________ Creis_terminal mailing list Creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org https://listes.globenet.org/listinfo/creis_terminal

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Dimt - Avviata un'azione legale per l'accertamento dell'intervenuto pubblico dominio sulla canzone Happy Birthday
by vale.it.newsletters＠gmail.com June 16, 2013

June 16, 2013

Vi segnalo questo articolo relativo ai diritti d'autore sulla canzona "Happy Birthday". http://www.dimt.it/interna.php?id_sezione=29&id_articolo=756&noNav#.Ub3sVKV… A presto, V

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Fwd: [IP] NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 16, 2013

June 16, 2013

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IP] NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:55:28 -0400 From: Dave Farber <dave(a)farber.net> Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Dewayne Hendricks* Date: Sunday, June 16, 2013 Subject: [Dewayne-Net] NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>> [Note: This item comes from reader Randall Head. DLH] NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too. By Declan McCullagh June 15 2013 <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-admits-listening-to-u.s-p…> The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed "simply based on an analyst deciding that." If the NSA wants "to listen to the phone," an analyst's decision is sufficient, without any other legal authorization required, Nadler said he learned. "I was rather startled," said Nadler, an attorney and congressman who serves on the House Judiciary committee. Not only does this disclosure shed more light on how the NSA's formidable eavesdropping apparatus works domestically, it also suggests the Justice Department has secretly interpreted federal surveillance law to permit thousands of low-ranking analysts to eavesdrop on phone calls. Because the same legal standards that apply to phone calls also apply to e-mail messages, text messages, and instant messages, Nadler's disclosure indicates the NSA analysts could also access the contents of Internet communications without going before a court and seeking approval. The disclosure appears to confirm some of the allegations made by Edward Snowden, a former NSA infrastructure analyst who leaked classified documents to the Guardian. Snowden said in a video interview that, while not all NSA analysts had this ability, he could from Hawaii "wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president." There are serious "constitutional problems" with this approach, said Kurt Opsahl, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who has litigated warrantless wiretapping cases. "It epitomizes the problem of secret laws." The NSA yesterday declined to comment to CNET. A representative said Nadler was not immediately available. (This is unrelated to last week's disclosure that the NSA is currently collecting records of the metadata of all domestic Verizon calls, but not the actual contents of the conversations.) [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/14798382-eb93fc78> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-58a8a…> Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-…> [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com>

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How the Internet has changed political fact-checking - Oxford Magazine
by Federico Guerrini June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

What exactly can the Web do to enhance fact-checking? The answer lies in five key points: real time checking, gamification, open data, crowd sourcing and semantic analysis of content. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/news/item/article/from-tra… ---------------------------------------------------- spero di interesse per la lista Fed.

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Manuale: "The CryptoParty Handbook"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/know> The CryptoParty Handbook * print this page <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/know/2969#> * add comment <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/know/2969#addcomment> * More Sharing Servicesshare this <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4c873bb26489d97f> * RSS for this category <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/know/?cat=250&feed=rss2> * posted by MJC <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/know/author/m> * posted on 6 October 2012 * updated on 6 October 2012 * viewed 562 This 392 page, Creative Commons licensed handbook <https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoPartyHandbook> is designed to help those with no prior experience to protect their /basic human right/ to Privacy in networked, digital domains. By covering a broad array of topics and use contexts it is written to help anyone wishing to understand and then quickly mitigate many kinds of vulnerability using free, open-source tools. Most importantly however this handbook is intended as a reference for use during Crypto Parties. Download HTTP Direct Download * You can download the 392 page book as a free, 28Mb PDF here <http://www.hostb.org/97/download> About this book The CryptoParty Handbook was born from a suggestion by Marta Peirano <http://petitemedia.es/> and Adam Hyde <http://www.booksprints.net/> after the first Berlin CryptoParty, held on the 29th of August, 2012. Julian Oliver <http://julianoliver.com/> and Danja Vasiliev <http://k0a1a.net/>, co-organisers of the Berlin CryptoParty (along with Marta) were very enthusiastic about the idea, seeing a need for a practical working book with a low entry-barrier to use in subsequent parties. Asher Wolf, originator of the CryptoParty movement, was then invited to join in and the project was born. This book was written in the first 3 days of October 2012 at Studio Weise7, Berlin, surrounded by fine food and a lake of coffee amidst a veritable snake pit of cables. Approximately 20 people were involved in its creation, some more than others, some local and some far (Melbourne in particular). The facilitated writing methodology used, Book Sprint <http://www.booksprints.net/>, is all about minimising any obstruction between expertise and the published page. Face-to-face discussion and dynamic task-assignment were a huge part of getting the job done, like any good CryptoParty! The open source, web-based (HTML5 and CSS) writing platform Booktype <http://www.sourcefabric.com/en/booktypepro/> was chosen for the editing task, helping such a tentacular feat of parallel development to happen with relative ease. Asher also opened a couple of TitanPad pages to crowd-source the Manifesto and HowTo CryptoParty chapters. Combined, this became the official CryptoParty Handbook by midnight October the 3rd, GMT+1. The Book Sprint was 3 days in length and the full list of onsite participants included: Adam Hyde (facilitator), Marta Peirano, Julian Oliver, Danja Vasiliev, Asher Wolf, Jan Gerber, Malte Dik, Brian Newbold, Brendan Howell, AT, Carola Hesse, Chris Pinchen, .. with cover art (illustrations to come) by Emile Denichaud. Other material included https://www.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship https://www.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ The material used in the second half of this book borrows from 2 books previously sprinted by FLOSS Manuals : "How to Bypass Internet Censorship" 2008 & 2010 http://www.howtobypassinternetcensorship.org/ Available from FLOSS Manuals in 8 languages Adam Hyde (Facilitator), Alice Miller, Edward Cherlin, Freerk Ohling, Janet Swisher, Niels Elgaard Larsen, Sam Tennyson, Seth Schoen, Tomas Krag, Tom Boyle, Nart Villeneuve, Ronald Deibert, Zorrino Zorrinno, Austin Martin, Ben Weissmann, Ariel Viera, Niels Elgaard Larsen, Steven Murdoch, Ross Anderson, helen varley jamieson, Roberto Rastapopoulos, Karen Reilly, Erinn Clark, Samuel L. Tennyson, A Ravi "Basic Internet Security" 2011 http://basicinternetsecurity.org/ Adam Hyde (Facilitator), Jan Gerber, Dan Hassan, Erik Stein, Sacha van Geffen, Mart van Santen, Lonneke van der Velden, Emile den Tex and Douwe Schmidt

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Oggi meritano vostra attenzione 2 commenti su La Stampa... Eccoli
by Masera Anna June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

V. Zagrebelsky su #Datagate http://www.lastampa.it/2013/06/14/cultura/opinioni/editoriali/lequilibrio-t… De Martin Su #AgendaDigitale http://www.lastampa.it/2013/06/14/cultura/opinioni/editoriali/un-passo-avan… Inviato da iPhone

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