July 2013 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Benkler: "Manning and Snowden light path for the US to return to its better self"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Il prof. Yochai Benkler (Harvard, Garante del Centro Nexa torna su tema sorveglianza e whistleblowing. juan carlos Manning and Snowden light path for the US to return to its better self /Since the 9/11 trauma, America has allowed the national security state to ride roughshod over vital liberties. This is a turning-point/ Yochai Benkler <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/yochai-benkler> guardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>, # Friday 26 July 2013 11.00 ED The closing arguments in the trial of Bradley Manning <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/bradley-manning>, where prosecutors are trying to persuade the judge that leaking to the press constitutes the treasonous act of aiding the enemy, came fast on the heels of the most significant bipartisan response to leak-based national security journalism that we have seen since the 1970s: Wednesday's vote on the Amash amendment <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/23/statement-press-secre…> in the House. At no time since the Obama administration <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/obama-administration> launched its war on national security journalism and its sources has the critical role of leaks and journalism been clearer. Without Edward Snowden <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/edward-snowden>'s whistleblowing and Glenn Greenwald <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/glenn-greenwald>'s reporting, NSA <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/nsa> surveillance <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/surveillance> would still have been in the dark, protected by secrecy and bolstered by the "least untruthful" lies James Clapper delivered to Senator Ron Wyden. Wednesday's vote in the House may well yet turn out to be a turning-point on much more than just NSA surveillance -- because dragnet surveillance of phone metadata is only one manifestation of our post-9/11 constitutional PTSD. [...] Continua qui: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/26/manning-snowden-us-bett…

July 26, 2013

Re: [nexa] I: Tempi moderni

by M. Fioretti

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 22:26:30 PM +0200, Diego Giorio wrote: > Non è mio costume intasare la mailng list con barzellette catene di > Sant'Antonio e simili questa in realtà è la trascrizione in Italiano di un video divulgativo dell'ACLU del 2004, sul futuro della sorveglianza tramite Internet e banche dati: http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/aclus-pizza-video-10-years-… http://www.amara.org/en/videos/PgdRv8HB57rE/info/ordering-pizza-in-the-futu… Marco F. -- M. Fioretti http://mfioretti.com http://stop.zona-m.net Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you

July 26, 2013

I: Tempi moderni

by Diego Giorio

Non è mio costume intasare la mailng list con barzellette catene di Sant'Antonio e simili, ma questa merita un'eccezione, visto che ironizza (ma poi neppure troppo) su temi tante volte dibattuti. Saluti e buone vancanze (da Montpellier) a tutti. Diego -----Messaggio originale----- Da: "Marina Maximova" <m.maximova(a)fatagroup.it> Inviata: 25 luglio 2013 18.11 A: "Marina Maximova" <m.maximova(a)fatagroup.it> Oggetto: I: Tempi moderni Da: Alessandra Marchetti [mailto:a.marchetti@fataepc.com] Inviato: 25/07/13 18:07 A: Alessandra Marchetti Oggetto: Tempi moderni Semplicemente F A N T A S T I C A !!!!! > > Pizzeria Google > -Pizzeria Google, buona sera… > -Pizzeria cosa? > -Pizzeria Google, signore. Cosa vuole ordinare? > -Ma, questo non era il numero della pizzeria Gino? > -Si signore, ma Google ha comprato la pizzeria e ora il servizio è più completo. > -Va bé, posso ordinare? > -Certo signor Rossi. Vuole la solita pizza? > -La solita pizza, ma lei sa mio nome? Lei mi conosce? > -E per l’identificatore di chiamate, controllando il suo numero di telefono le ultime 37 volte che ha ordinato una pizza, ha ordinato quattro formaggi. > -Non me lo sarei mai immaginato…. voglio proprio la quattro formaggi! > -Signore, posso farle un suggerimento? > -Certo!. Avete una nuova pizza nel menù? > -No signore, il menu non è diverso da prima, ma mi permetterei di suggerirle una pizza alla ricotta e rucola. > -Ricotta?!! Rucola?!! Nooooo! Io odio queste cose > -Ma signore, è una cosa buona per la sua salute, e anche perché il suo colesterolo non va così bene. > -Cosa?!! > -Abbiamo l’informazione dal laboratorio dove ha fatto le sue analisi, incrociando il suo nome e il suo telefono possiamo vedere il livello del colesterolo…. > -Non voglio una pizza così, anche perché prendo la mia medicina per il colesterolo e posso mangiare quello che voglio. > -Signore, mi dispiace ma lei non ha preso la sua medicina ultimamente. > -Come lo sa? ma lei mi sta guardando tutto il tempo?! > -Abbiamo accesso ai dati di tutte le farmacie della città. L’ultima volta che ha comprato la sua medicina fu tre mesi fa e la scatola contiene solo trenta compresse. > -È vero, ma.... ma lei come lo sa?.. > -Per la sua carta di credito… > -Cosaaaaa?!! > -Lei compra sempre la sua medicina nella farmacia Sori che le fa degli sconti se paga con la carta di credito della banca BANK. Grazie ai dati che abbiamo nel nostro data base su i suoi movimenti con la carta di credito,sappiamo che da tre mesi lei non ha comprato niente in questa farmacia. Ma l’ha utilizzata in altri negozi, questo vuol dire che non l’ha persa. > -E se avessi pagato in contante in farmacia?? Cosa mi dici ora?? > -Lei paga € 800 in contante alla sua domestica tutti i mesi e il resto delle spese le fa con la carta di credito. > -Come sa quanto pago la domestica?? > -Lei paga i contributi e le tasse. > -Ma vai ......!! > -Signore mi dispiace, ma è tutto nello schermo. Ho il dovere di aiutarla. > Credo che lei dovrebbe chiedere un appuntamento con il suo dottore, già che a quello scorso lei non è andato a portargli i risultati delle analisi, cosi le può cambiare i farmaci. > -Senti caro, sono stanco, non ce la faccio più, sono stufo di INTERNET, del PC, del XXI secolo, della mancanza della Privacy, dei DATA BASE, di questo paese e di tutti voi!!!! > -Ma, signore… > -Stai zitto!!! Me ne vado lontano da qui. In un paese dove non ci sia INTERNET, né computer, né telefono e ne gente che mi controlla!!! > -Ho capito…. > -Userò la mia carta di credito per la ultima volta per comprare un biglietto d’aereo e andarmene via il più lontano possibile!! > -Va bene, signor Rossi. > -Puoi cancellare la mia pizza!! > -Nessun problema, già cancellata. Solo una ultima cosa…. > -Cosa vuoi ?!!! > -Ha il passaporto scaduto…..

July 25, 2013

Il Gran Consiglio dell'Agcom vara oggi 25 luglio lo schema di regolamento sul diritto d'autore

by fulvio sarzana

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July 25, 2013

LLVM,

by gianluca

'There should be an industry standard for how code is shipped and executed, so that it would just work on different combinations of hardware.' http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/07/apple-google-llvm/ QGL

July 24, 2013

Possibili Interruzione servizi IT a partire dalle 19.00 di domani

by Luca Leschiutta

Buongiorno, giovedì 25 luglio (domani), a partire dalle ore 19.00, verrà effettuata un' articolata attività di manutenzione dei servizi di rete del Politecnico. Pertanto, a partire da tale orario e sino alle 9.00 del giorno seguente, potranno verificarsi interruzioni dei servizi IT forniti da Nexa. Cordiali saluti Luca Leschiutta ====================================== Dr. Luca Leschiutta, Ph.D. IT manager @ NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy Tel. +39 011 090 7218 Fax +39 011 090 7216 web: http://nexa.polito.it/people/lleschiutta =======================================

July 24, 2013

il licensing di dati georeferenziati

by Simone Aliprandi

Il licensing di dati georeferenziati: indicazioni per la scelta e applicazione della licenza più adatta: due documenti realizzati da me e Carlo Piana per il progetto FreeGIS.net. http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/2013/07/freegis-D52-D54-license-it.html Spero possano risultare utili. C'è più o meno tutto quello che c'è da sapere sul licenziamento dei dati geografici. Un caro saluto a tutti. Simone -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

July 24, 2013

Paper (2012): "Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Vecchio di un anno, ma forse è il caso di ripassarlo. juan carlos *Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like* Author:Barbara van Schewick (Stanford) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick> Publication Type: White Paper / Report Publication Date: June 11, 2012 Over the past ten years, the debate over "network neutrality" has remained one of the central debates in Internet policy. Governments all over the world, including the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, have been investigating whether legislative or regulatory action is needed to limit the ability of providers of Internet access services to interfere with the applications, content and services on their networks. Beyond rules that forbid network providers from blocking applications, content and services, non-discrimination rules are a key component of any network neutrality regime. Non- discrimination rules apply to any form of differential treatment that falls short of blocking. Policy makers who consider adopting network neutrality rules need to decide which, if any, forms of differential treatment should be banned. Network neutrality proponents generally agree that network neutrality rules should preserve the Internet?s ability to serve as an open, general- purpose infrastructure that provides value to society over time in various economic and non- economic ways. There is, however, a lot of uncertainty on how to get from a high-level commitment to network neutrality to a specific set of rules. The decision for a non-discrimination rule has important implications: Non-discrimination rules affect how the core of the network can evolve, how network providers can manage their networks, and whether they can offer Quality of Service. Often, it is not immediately apparent how a specific non-discrimination rule affects network providers? ability to offer Quality of Service. At the same time, it is unclear which forms of Quality of Service, if any, a network neutrality regime should allow. This paper proposes a framework that policy makers and others can use to choose among different options for network neutrality rules and uses this framework to evaluate existing proposals for non-discrimination rules and the non-discrimination rule adopted by the FCC in its Open Internet Order. In the process, it explains how the different non-discrimination rules affect network providers? ability to offer Quality of Service and which forms of Quality of Service, if any, a non-discrimination rule should allow. Download the full paper (PDF) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/downloads/20120611-NetworkNeutrality.pdf>. Download the Executive Summary (14 pages, PDF) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/downloads/20120611-NetworkNeutrality-Executive…>. Download the Condensed Summary (2 pages, PDF) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/downloads/20120612-NetworkNeutrality-Summary.p…>. Read a blog post discussing the main results of the paper. <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2012/06/network-non-discrimination-and-qu…> Read the press release <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/center-internet-and-society-director-bar…>. *About the Author* Barbara van Schewick <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick> is an Associate Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School, an Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering in Stanford University's Department of Electrical Engineering, Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, and a leading expert on network neutrality. Her research on the economic, regulatory, and strategic implications of communication networks bridges law, networking and economics. Her book Internet Architecture and Innovation <http://netarchitecture.org/> (MIT Press 2010) is considered to be the seminal work on the science, economics and policy of network neutrality. Her papers on network neutrality <http://netarchitecture.org/content/writing/> have influenced regulatory debates in the United States, Canada and Europe. Van Schewick has testified before the FCC in en banc hearings and official workshops. In October 2010, van Schewick received the Research Prize Technical Communication 2010 from the Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung for Communications Research for her pioneering work in the area of Internet architecture, innovation and regulation.

July 23, 2013

GIPO / call for expressions of interest / feasibility study for the Global Internet Policy Observatory

by Andrea.GLORIOSO＠ec.europa.eu

[ Apologies if you receive this message more than once. Please feel free to distribute among your contacts ] https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/global-internet-policy-observat… Global Internet Policy Observatory - call for expressions of interest for a feasibility study In the context of the Global Internet Policy Observatory<https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/commission-plans-guide-through-…> (GIPO) initiative, the European Commission will launch soon a call for tenders for a service contract of a maximum value of EUR 50,000. The purpose of this call for tenders is to develop a feasibility study which will provide: * an assessment of the technological requirements and available tools, to develop an online platform that would automatically collect and analyse information on Internet-related policy-making processes, as well as * a set of recommendations on the best "internal governance framework" for such platform in order to ensure the maximum levels of transparency, accountability, independence and inclusivity. In addition, the successful contractor will be expected to provide: * an online website, accessible to the Commission's services and to any other party the Commission might wish to grant access to, which will be used by the Contractor to set-up "live" demonstration versions of a limited number of technological tools analysed. The feasibility study is expected to last for a maximum duration of 4 months. Interested economic operators can express their interest to participate in the call for tender until 2 September 2013, in writing, by sending an e-mail to: * CNECT-D1(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:CNECT-D1@ec.europa.eu> and Andrea.Glorioso(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:Andrea.Glorioso@ec.europa.eu>. For clarity, the contracting authority will distribute the text of the call for tenders after 2 September 2013 and only to the economic operators which will have expressed their interest (as above) and to other economic operators as it deems appropriate, pursuant to the above-mentioned Rules of Application of the Financial Regulation. For further information, please refer to http://ec.europa.eu/contracts_grants/index_en.htm. Processing your reply to the ex-ante advertisement will involve the recording and processing of personal data (such as your name and address). Such data will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Unless indicated otherwise, any personal data requested are required to register your interest to participate in the call for tender and will be processed solely for that purpose by the Data Controller. You are entitled to obtain access to your personal data on request and to rectify any such data that is inaccurate or incomplete. If you have any queries concerning the processing of your personal data, you may address them to the Data Controller. You have the right of recourse at any time to the European Data Protection Supervisor for matters relating to the processing of your personal data. For the purpose of this ex-ante advertisement, the Data Controller shall be the Head of the Unit in charge of this call for tender: Eddy Hartog, DG CONNECT, Unit D1 Any queries concerning the processing of personal data of the Candidate can be addressed by e-mail to the following contact person: CNECT-DATA-PROTECTION-COORDINATOR(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:CNECT-DATA-PROTECTION-COORDINATOR@ec.europa.eu> by indicating the reference of the ex-ante advertisement. This publication is made pursuant to Article 124.1 (b) of the Rules of Application of the Financial Regulation that provides for an ex ante publication on the Institutions' websites of contracts with a value up to 60.000 EUR. Only the candidates invited by the contracting authority to participate in the procedure for awarding this low value contract will be admissible. Best, -- Andrea Glorioso (Mr) European Commission - DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology Unit D1 (International relations) + Task Force on Internet Policy Development Avenue de Beaulieu 25 (4/64) / B-1049 / Brussels / Belgium T: +32-2-29-97682 M: +32-460-797-682 E: Andrea.Glorioso(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:Andrea.Glorioso@ec.europa.eu> Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro The views expressed above are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. Les opinions exprimées ci-dessus n'engagent que leur auteur et ne sauraient en aucun cas être assimilées à une position officielle de la Commission européenne. Be transparent - Sign up to the European Commission's Register of Interest Representatives http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin

July 23, 2013

La Stampa (De Martin): "La palla al piede del Wi-Fi italiano"

by Giuseppe Futia

23.07.2013 La palla al piede del Wi-Fi italiano JUAN CARLOS DE MARTIN Il Wi-Fi in Italia sembra affetto da una maledizione. Ogni volta, infatti, che il suo uso sembra sul punto di venir finalmente liberalizzato qualche contraddizione nelle norme, qualche codicillo ignorato, qualche lacciolo ancora vigente salta fuori e si mette di traverso. Ritardando, quindi, il diffondersi in Italia di un’esperienza che all’estero è da anni normale, mentre da noi è ancora rara, ovvero, sedersi in un caffè, una biblioteca o un aeroporto e connettersi direttamente, semplicemente a Internet. Senza compilare moduli più o meno complessi, senza fornire i dati della propria carta di credito, senza doversi iscrivere a servizi di autenticazione. Sembra scontato, ma in Italia non lo è. E non da ieri: sono, infatti, ben otto anni che l’Italia ci tiene a far sapere al mondo che il Wi-Fi - la modalità di accesso a Internet più semplice, più economica, la più disponibile in dispositivi di tutti i tipi - proprio non le garba. [...] Continua qui: http://www.lastampa.it/2013/07/23/cultura/opinioni/editoriali/la-palla-al-p…<http://www.lastampa.it/2013/03/28/cultura/speciali/biennale-democrazia-2013…>

July 23, 2013