November 2014 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Whatsapp Just Switched on End-to-End Encryption
by gianluca quaglia Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Whatsapp Just Switched on End-to-End Encryption for Hundreds of Millions of Users Growing up in Soviet Ukraine in the 1980s, Whatsapp founder Jan Koum learned to distrust the government and detest its surveillance. After he emigrated to the U.S. and created his ultra-popular messaging system decades later, he vowed that Whatsapp would never make eavesdropping easy for anyone. Now, Whatsapp is following through on that anti-snooping promise at an unprecedented scale. On Tuesday, Whatsapp announced that it’s implementing end-to-end encryption, an upgrade to its privacy protections that makes it nearly impossible for anyone to read users’ messages—even the company itself. Whatsapp will integrate the open-source software Textsecure, created by privacy-focused non-profit Open Whisper Systems, which scrambles messages with a cryptographic key that only the user can access and never leaves his or her device. The result is practically uncrackable encryption for hundreds of millions of phones and tablets that have Whatsapp installed—by some measures the world’s largest-ever implementation of this standard of encryption in a messaging service. [...] continua qui http://www.wired.com/2014/11/whatsapp-encrypted-messaging/?mbid=social_fb

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ESCLUSIVO. Il documento riservato della Presidenza Italiana del Consiglio UE su Net Neutrality. Blocco all'accesso in via amministrativa.
by Fulvio Sarzana Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Esclusivo. Il documento riservato della Presidenza Italiana del Consiglio Europeo sulla Net Neutrality. Il Governo Italiano prevede la possibilità di bloccare i siti in via amministrativa. Obama si impone sulla Federal Trade Commission e prende una posizione chiara sulla net neutrality, mentre il Governo Italiano propone agli altri Stati dellUnione, in qualità di Presidente del Consiglio dellUnione Europea, la possibilità di bloccare il traffico in via amministrativa su ordine dellAutorità nazionale di regolazione ( in Italia AGCOM). E un documento esplosivo quello che si palesa agli occhi dei Delegati dei Governi dellUnione il 14 novembre scorso. La Presidenza Italiana del Consiglio Europeo fa circolare nel Gruppo di lavoro composto dai delegati degli altri Paesi dellUnione -che rimangono sbalorditi ed estremamente freddi sulla proposta des italiens- un documento riservato in cui lItalia propone gli emendamenti alle Norme Comunitarie in via di approvazione sulla Net Neutrality. Il testo si occupa del cosiddetto digital single market, altrimenti detto connected continent, e la precedente versione, ad opera però della Commissione e non del Consiglio Europeo, risaliva al 19 settembre scorso. Incredibilmente, nel documento, tra una messe di disposizioni normative che riguardano argomenti quali la politica europea dello spettro radio e il roaming, compare la possibilità di ordinare ai provider di bloccare i siti internet in via amministrativa, senza dunque passare per un Giudice. Segue su www.fulviosarzana.it ************************************* Avv. Fulvio Sarzana di Sant'Ippolito Studio Legale Sarzana e Associati Via Velletri, 10 - 00198 Roma Tel. +39 06 3211553 Tel. +39 06 97614489 Fax. +39 06 97256424 skype fulvio.sarzana <http://www.lidis.it/> http://www.lidis.it ************************************* This message and any file transmitted are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please You should not copy or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information please visit our website at <http://www.lidis.it/> http://www.lidis.it . --- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. http://www.avast.com

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Il copyright degli enti pubblici e il principio open by default
by Simone Aliprandi Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Segnalo che sono disponibili le slides e il video integrale del webinar che ho tenuto la scorsa settimana per la piattaforma e-learning di Regione Lombardia, intitolato "Il copyright degli enti pubblici e il principio open by default": http://aliprandi.blogspot.com/2014/11/copyright-enti-pubblici-open-webinar.… Comments and sharing are welcome. Un cordiale saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org | http://www.array.eu

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questa settimana a Lucca FuturText2014 sul rapporto originale/copia
by Simone Aliprandi Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Giovedì si aprirà l'edizione 2014 di FuturText, evento organizzato da Indire e Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, che si articolerà su vari appuntamenti nei giorni 20, 21 e 22 novembre a Lucca. Il tema di quest'anno è il rapporto tra originale e copia nel mondo digitale. Keynote del convegno di apertura di giovedì mattina, il fotografo Oliviero Toscani e Giovanni Biondi (Presidente Indire). Maggior i dettagli, qui: http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/2014/11/futurtext-originale-copia-lucca.html. Un cordiale saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org | http://www.array.eu

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(long) "Google’s secret NSA alliance: The terrifying deals between Silicon Valley and the security state"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Sunday, Nov 16, 2014 12:58 PM CET *Google’s secret NSA alliance: The terrifying deals between Silicon Valley and the security state* /Inside the high-level, complicated deals -- and the rise of a virtually unchecked surveillance power/ Shane Harris In mid-December 2009, engineers at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, began to suspect that hackers in China had obtained access to private Gmail accounts, including those used by Chinese human rights activists opposed to the government in Beijing. Like a lot of large, well-known Internet companies, Google and its users were frequently targeted by cyber spies and criminals. But when the engineers looked more closely, they discovered that this was no ordinary hacking campaign. In what Google would later describe as “a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China,” the thieves were able to get access to the password system that allowed Google’s users to sign in to many Google applications at once. This was some of the company’s most important intellectual property, considered among the “crown jewels” of its source code by its engineers. Google wanted concrete evidence of the break-in that it could share with U.S. law enforcement and intelligence authorities. So they traced the intrusion back to what they believed was its source — a server in Taiwan where data was sent after it was siphoned off Google’s systems, and that was presumably under the control of hackers in mainland China. “Google broke in to the server,” says a former senior intelligence official who’s familiar with the company’s response. The decision wasn’t without legal risk, according to the official. Was this a case of hacking back? Just as there’s no law against a homeowner following a robber back to where he lives, Google didn’t violate any laws by tracing the source of the intrusion into its systems. It’s still unclear how the company’s investigators gained access to the server, but once inside, if they had removed or deleted data, that would cross a legal line. But Google didn’t destroy what it found. In fact, the company did something unexpected and unprecedented — it shared the information. […] Continua qui: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/16/googles_secret_nsa_alliance_the_terrifying_… /Excerpted from “@WAR: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex” by Shane Harris. Copyright © 2014 by Shane Harris. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.// // //Shane Harris is the author of The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State, which won the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism and was named one of the best books of 2010 by the Economist. Harris won the 2010 Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense. He is currently senior writer at Foreign Policy magazine and an ASU fellow at the New America Foundation, where he researches the future of war. /

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Quali testimonianze rimarranno di noi dell'era digitale?
by La Zanna Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Segnalo un'interessante intervista su Le Scienze di questo mese: Vinton Cerf - Il futuro a rischio della conoscenza. Il tema è il rischio della perdita della documentazione a causa delle caratteristiche dei supporti digitali. Oggi, persino io ho dei dati su dischetti da 5', forse ancora leggibili, ma che di fatto sono inutilizzabili perché poco pratico estrarli, visto il supporto, il sistema operativo e i SW necessari per la lettura. Inviato con AquaMail per Android http://www.aqua-mail.com

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Guardian: "Facebook, Google and Apple lobby for curb to NSA surveillance"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

*Facebook, Google and Apple lobby for curb to NSA surveillance* /A coalition of the biggest names in consumer technology have backed a US bill that would limit surveillance and prevent bulk email collection// / Samuel Gibbs theguardian.com, Monday 17 November 2014 13.28 GMT A coalition of technology and internet companies is lobbying to curb US National Security Agency surveillance powers and for more transparency on government data requests. The Reform Government Surveillance coalition, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Apple, added its support for the race to pass a bill through the US Senate before the end of the year, which would inhibit mass data collection from emails and internet metadata. “The Senate has an opportunity this week to vote on the bipartisan USA Freedom Act,” said the coalition in an open letter sent to the Senate. “We urge you to pass the bill, which both protects national security and reaffirms America’s commitment to the freedoms we all cherish.” The bill would also allow technology companies to disclose the number and types of data demands from government as part of the continued transparency push from the industry. […] Continua qui: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/17/facebook-google-apple-lob…

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[Segnalazione] Evento di formazione e networking per Piemonte Visual Contest
by Fabio Malagnino Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

Cari Nexiani il Piemonte Visual Contest, il concorso che quest'anno chiede di mappare il Piemonte su OpenStreetMap, entra nel vivo *Sabato 22 novembre* ore *15,30* presso *Toolbox Coworking *appuntamento con *Il Mappathon di Piemonte Visual Contest* *Incontro di formazione su OpenStreetMap e networking *un pomeriggio dedicato ad approfondire temi e tools per candidare un proprio progetto al concorso #Piemonteviz La prima parte dell'incontro illustra quali open data regionali sono disponibili e offre idee su cosa mappare; la seconda parte prevede un workshop di formazione all'uso di OSM: mappers esperti spiegano come raccogliere e implementare i dati, quali tool e servizi utilizzare, come realizzare mashup con altre fonti. Segue un aperitivo di networking, anche per facilitare la costituzione di gruppi di lavoro. Programma completo su www.piemontevisualcontest.eu/workshop È necessaria l'iscrizione su https://mappathon-pvc.eventbrite.it Lasceremo spazio alle idee che arrivano dai partecipanti, quindi potreste brevemente illustrare il vostro progetto se cercate altre persone per costituire un gruppo di lavoro. ci vediamo sabato in allegato la locandina dell'evento a presto Fabio Malagnino

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OSF: "Case Watch: Top Argentine Court Blazes a Trail on Online Free Expression"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

*Case Watch: Top Argentine Court Blazes a Trail on Online Free Expression* In "Case Watch" reports, lawyers at the Open Society Justice Initiative provide analysis of notable court decisions and cases that relate to our work to advance human rights law around the world. /On October 28, the Supreme Court of Argentina issued a groundbreaking judgment on the question of whether search engines are liable for unlawful third-party content appearing in search results. The ruling, in Belén Rodriguez v. Google, is one of the first of its kind in Latin America and will have important repercussions for Internet freedom in Argentina and beyond.// / *The Case* Maria Belén Rodriguez, an Argentine fashion model, sued Google and Yahoo! Argentina in connection with search results that linked her to several pornographic websites. The claimant argued that even though it was the third-party sites that had violated her reputation, privacy, and image rights, the search engines had contributed to such primary violations by including links to those sites in their search results. In addition, she claimed that by including copies of photographs of her (known as thumbnails) in their search results, the defendants had violated her right to control her image under Argentine copyright laws. She demanded that the search engines omit such search results in the future and pay damages for the harm caused. […] Continua qui: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/case-watch-top-argentine-court…

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Libro: "The Onlife Manifesto - Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

Il libro curato per Springer dal prof. Luciano Floridi *"The Onlife Manifesto - Being Human in a Hyperconnected Era"* è liberamente scaricabile a questo indirizzo: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6 Noto che il libro è pubblicato con licenza Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial. Oltre alla curatela del prof. Floridi (Garante Nexa), il libro contiene anche contributi del prof. Ugo Pagallo, Faculty Fellow Nexa. L'iniziativa "Onlife" della Commissione Europea era stata presentata in anteprima a Torino nel settembre 2012 (v. http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-45) juan carlos

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