September 2015 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

"VW Accused Of Using Software To Fool Emissions Tests: Welcome To The Internet Of Cheating Things"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

VW Accused Of Using Software To Fool Emissions Tests: Welcome To The Internet Of Cheating Things from the /is-that-domestic-appliance-lying-to-you?/ dept There have been a number of stories on Techdirt recently about the increasing use of software in cars, and the issues that this raises. For example, back in April, Mike wrote about GM asserting that while you may own the car, the company still owns the software <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150421/23581430744/gm-says-that-while-y…> that runs it. You might expect GM to come out against allowing you to modify that software, but very recently we reported that it had received support <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150909/16165032210/epa-sides-with-gm-te…> from a surprising quarter: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA had a particular concern that engine control software might be tampered with, causing cars to breach emissions regulations. We've just found out that the EPA was right to worry about this <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/business/volkswagen-is-ordered-to-recall-…>, but not for the reason it mentioned, as the The New York Times explains: /The Environmental Protection Agency issued [the German car manufacturer Volkswagen] a notice of violation and accused the company of breaking the law by installing software known as a "defeat device" in 4-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi vehicles from model years 2009-15. The device is programmed to detect when the car is undergoing official emissions testing, and to only turn on full emissions control systems during that testing. Those controls are turned off during normal driving situations, when the vehicles pollute far more heavily than reported by the manufacturer, the E.P.A. said. / […] Continua qui: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150920/03163032307/vw-accused-using-sof… / /

Sept. 21, 2015

L'ondata di leggi liberticide lambisce ormai le coste sudamericane

by Antonio Casilli

Nel 2014 il Brasile ci ha dato il Marco Civil d’Internet. Nel 2015, ci "regala" la proposta di legge PL 215, ennesimo pacchetto di misure di sorveglianza di massa e di repressione della libertà d'espressione online. http://www.brasilpost.com.br/cts-fgv/liberdades-sob-ataque_b_8149356.html?n… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS)

Sept. 21, 2015

The data protection credibility crisis

by Alessandro Mantelero

Interessante editoriale pubblicato su International Data Privacy Law The data protection credibility crisis Christopher Kuner, Fred H. Cate, Christopher Millard, Dan Jerker B. Svantesson and Orla Lynskey http://idpl.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/3/161.full -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Full-Tenured Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai Visiting Professor, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero

Sept. 20, 2015

Re: [nexa] "Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem with Disruption"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Davide, criticare (fattualmente) CC e le sue esagerazioni non vuol dire che la disruption non esiste. jc On 19/09/15 16:11, David Orban wrote: > Che ci sia difficoltà nell'applicare le lezioni dell'approccio alle > situazioni presenti o future è di poco conforto a Kodak, Nokia, > Digital Equipment, Blockbuster e tante altre aziende i cui prodotti e > servizi, nonché modello di business non si sono adeguati a quello che > la tecnologia ha permesso di fare ai loro concorrenti. > > > > > David Orban > "What is the question that I should be asking?" > twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:02 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it > <mailto:demartin@polito.it>> wrote: > > Basta avere pazienza. > Prima o poi la pelle floscia di concetti senza contenuto > ci passerà davanti trascinata dalla corrente del fiume. > > jc > > Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the > Problem with Disruption > > September 16, 2015 > > A new study by Andrew A. King and Baljir Baatartogtokh in the MIT > Sloan Management Review has marshaled the best evidence yet to > show that Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation is > deeply flawed. The study—which is put in its larger context in > this insightful article by Evan Goldstein in the Chronicle of > Higher Education—found that only 9 of 77 cases that Christensen > used as examples of disruptive innovation actually fit the > criteria of his own theory. Economists and business school > thinkers have known that disruptive innovation was problematic for > quite a while. For instance, the economist Kenneth Simon wrote a > paper on the topic as early as 2009. But the dissent of these > thinkers rarely entered public view, perhaps because speaking up > would have gone against the academic code that forbids publicly > attacking one’s own. > > […] > > Continua qui: > http://leevinsel.com/blog/2015/9/16/snake-oil-for-the-innovation-age-christ… > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Sept. 19, 2015

Re: [nexa] "Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem with Disruption"

by David Orban

Che ci sia difficoltà nell'applicare le lezioni dell'approccio alle situazioni presenti o future è di poco conforto a Kodak, Nokia, Digital Equipment, Blockbuster e tante altre aziende i cui prodotti e servizi, nonché modello di business non si sono adeguati a quello che la tecnologia ha permesso di fare ai loro concorrenti. David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" twitter, linkedin, etc: davidorban On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:02 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: > Basta avere pazienza. > Prima o poi la pelle floscia di concetti senza contenuto > ci passerà davanti trascinata dalla corrente del fiume. > > jc > > Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem > with Disruption > > September 16, 2015 > > A new study by Andrew A. King and Baljir Baatartogtokh in the MIT Sloan > Management Review has marshaled the best evidence yet to show that Clayton > Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation is deeply flawed. The > study—which is put in its larger context in this insightful article by Evan > Goldstein in the Chronicle of Higher Education—found that only 9 of 77 > cases that Christensen used as examples of disruptive innovation actually > fit the criteria of his own theory. Economists and business school thinkers > have known that disruptive innovation was problematic for quite a while. > For instance, the economist Kenneth Simon wrote a paper on the topic as > early as 2009. But the dissent of these thinkers rarely entered public > view, perhaps because speaking up would have gone against the academic code > that forbids publicly attacking one’s own. > > […] > > Continua qui: > http://leevinsel.com/blog/2015/9/16/snake-oil-for-the-innovation-age-christ… > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Sept. 19, 2015

"Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem with Disruption"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Basta avere pazienza. Prima o poi la pelle floscia di concetti senza contenuto ci passerà davanti trascinata dalla corrente del fiume. jc Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem with Disruption September 16, 2015 A new study by Andrew A. King and Baljir Baatartogtokh in the MIT Sloan Management Review has marshaled the best evidence yet to show that Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation is deeply flawed. The study—which is put in its larger context in this insightful article by Evan Goldstein in the Chronicle of Higher Education—found that only 9 of 77 cases that Christensen used as examples of disruptive innovation actually fit the criteria of his own theory. Economists and business school thinkers have known that disruptive innovation was problematic for quite a while. For instance, the economist Kenneth Simon wrote a paper on the topic as early as 2009. But the dissent of these thinkers rarely entered public view, perhaps because speaking up would have gone against the academic code that forbids publicly attacking one’s own. […] Continua qui: http://leevinsel.com/blog/2015/9/16/snake-oil-for-the-innovation-age-christ…

Sept. 19, 2015

Margaret Atwood on freedom

by J.C. DE MARTIN

"Digital technology has made it easier than ever to treat people like domesticated animals farmed for profit." juan carlos *We are double-plus unfree* /Our governments now treat us like cattle – governed by fear, we have surrendered too many of our hard-won freedoms. It’s time to recapture the territory we’ve ceded/ Margaret Atwood Friday 18 September 2015 11.00 BST http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/18/margaret-atwood-we-are-double-…

Sept. 18, 2015

versione italiana di copyright 2.0

by Simone Aliprandi

Ogni tanto alcuni miei studenti mi chiedono se esiste una versione italiana del paper sul copyright 2.0 http://nexa.polito.it/nexafiles/Making%20Copyright%20Fit%20for%20the%20Digi… del nostro Marco Ricolfi? Esiste? Anche una versione in bozza non ufficiale non sarebbe male. Un caro saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org | http://www.array.eu

Sept. 18, 2015

Economist: "Digital Taylorism"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

E se lo dice persino l'Economist... juan carlos ..................... *Digital Taylorism* A modern version of “scientific management” threatens to dehumanise the workplace Sep 12th 2015 | From the print edition FREDERICK TAYLOR was the most influential management guru of the early 20th century. His “Principles of Scientific Management” was the first management blockbuster. His fans included Henry Ford, who applied many of his ideas in his giant River Rouge car plant, and Vladimir Lenin, who regarded scientific management as one of the building blocks of socialism. Taylor’s appeal lay in his promise that management could be made into a science, and workers into cogs in an industrial machine. The best way to boost productivity, he argued, was to embrace three rules: break complex jobs down into simple ones; measure everything that workers do; and link pay to performance, giving bonuses to high-achievers and sacking sluggards. […] Continua qui: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21664190-modern-version-scientific-m…

Sept. 18, 2015

Re: [nexa] "Welcome to hell: Apple vs Google vs Facebook and the slow death of the web"

by Stefano Quintarelli

È una battaglia tra billing e ad che consolida i big 3 Il 17 settembre 2015 17:53:03 "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > *Welcome to hell: Apple vs Google vs Facebook and the slow death of the > web** > * > By Nilay Patel on September 17, 2015 08:32 am > > So let's talk about ad blocking. > > You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user > experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and > power in Silicon Valley. And titanic battles between large companies > with lots of money and power tend to have a lot of collateral damage. > > iOS 9 came out yesterday (in fits and starts) and with it, support for > content blockers in iOS 9. There is already a little cottage industry of > ad blockers available, and you should definitely try one or two — they > will radically improve your mobile web experience, because they will... > block huge chunks of the web from loading. > > Those huge chunks — the ads! — are almost certainly the part you don't > want. What you want is the content, hot sticky content, snaking its way > around your body and mainlining itself directly into your brain. Plug > that RSS firehose straight into your optic nerve and surf surf surf 'til > you die. > > […] > > Continua qui: > http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/17/9338963/welcome-to-hell-apple-vs-google-v… > > > > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

Sept. 17, 2015