October 2016 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

SAVE THE DATE: "Overlapping Rights" - U. Bocconi, 3 novembre 2016
by Aura Bertoni Oct. 25, 2016

Oct. 25, 2016

Cari amici della lista Nexa, il centro ASK Bocconi prosegue il suo ciclo seminariale. Vi segnalo che giovedì 3 novembre alle ore 11 sarà presente Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University School of Law) con un intervento dal titolo Overlapping Rights: When Creative Works Become Brands (and What Is Wrong with It) L'incontro si terrà nell'edificio Grafton, Via Roentgen 1, stanza 1-C3-sr01. Per informazioni: ASK - Art, Science and Knowledge tel. +39 02 5836 3710 ask(a)unibocconi.it A presto, Aura Aura Bertoni, PhD, LLM Bocconi University ASK Research Centre Department of Legal Studies Via Roentgen 1 20136 Milan Italy +39 02 5836 5771

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Recensione nostro libro su internet e salute (Le Monde)
by Antonio Casilli Oct. 25, 2016

Oct. 25, 2016

In Le Monde di oggi, una recensione del nostro ultimo libro "Le phénomène 'pro-ana'. Troubles alimentaires et réseaux sociaux" (Il fenomeno 'pro-ana'. Disturbi alimentari e reti sociali, Presses des Mines, 2016) Les sites « pro-ana » passés au crible http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2016/10/24/les-sites-pro-ana-passes-… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow, Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS) Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS)

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Artificial intelligence 'judge' developed by UCL computer scientists
by Alessandro Mantelero Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

Artificial intelligence software that can find patterns in highly complex decisions is being used to predict our taste in films, TV shows and music with ever-increasing accuracy. And now, after a breakthrough study by a group of British scientists, it could be used to predict the outcome of trials. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/24/artificial-intelligence-… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero @mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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Spies for Hire
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

HOW THE UAE IS RECRUITING HACKERS TO CREATE THE PERFECT SURVEILLANCE STATE <https://theintercept.com/2016/10/24/darkmatter-united-arab-emirates-spies-f…> In July, Simone Margaritelli, an Italian security researcher, boarded a Boeing 777 in Rome headed for Dubai, a city now billing itself as a tech startup hub. He had a big job interview with a new, well-funded cybersecurity company called DarkMatter, whose self-described mission is to “safeguard the most complex organizations,” from government to the private sector, by preventing and fighting malicious cyberattacks and providing secure methods of communication — defensive cybersecurity, rather than offensive, which involves breaking into online systems and devices for espionage or destruction. A friend of a friend had recommended Margaritelli, who was invited to spend five days in the United Arab Emirates at the company’s expense to learn more about the job. When he arrived in Dubai, the City of Gold, he found a full schedule of outings and a deluxe suite at the Jannah Marina Bay Suites hotel. Margaritelli used to be a “blackhat” — a hacker looking to break into electronic systems. Now he works for a mobile security firm called Zimperium, where he still hunts for security flaws but does so to help people fix them. I “break stuff to make the world a safer place,” his website reads. He’s most well known for a portable tool he developed called Bettercap, used to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, where a hacker can eavesdrop or sometimes alter private communications between individuals. When he arrived at the 29th floor of the Marina Plaza for his interview, the company representative described a plan to deploy electronic probes all over major cities in the UAE, which a team of hackers would then break into, guaranteeing access for DarkMatter and its customer — the Emirati government. The mission would be for the “exclusive” benefit of national security, Margaritelli was told. “Imagine that there’s a person of interest at the Dubai Mall, we’ve already set up all our probes all over the city, we press a button and BOOM! All the devices in the mall are infected and traceable,” Margaritelli wrote in a blog post recounting his experience. Margaritelli declined to pursue the job offer. After his post, titled “How the United Arab Emirates Intelligence Tried to Hire Me to Spy on Its People,” began circulating, DarkMatter issued a single terse Twitter reply. The company said it preferred “talking reality & not fantasy.” [...]

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HLR: "New Technology on the Block"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

*New Technology on the Block** **Exploring the legal and regulatory implications of the blockchain** * By Michael Fitzgerald, October 10, 2016 n a global economy with increasingly far-flung workforces, companies often need to pay contract workers in other countries. They can do it the conventional way, involving processing an invoice and either cutting a check or collecting and managing direct-deposit data. Along the way, currency has to be converted, meaning a middleman is paid a percentage to make the exchange. Or companies can pay in bitcoin. The payment with the digital currency is immediate, and if the worker lives in a country such as India that has a bitcoin exchange, there are minimal fees to convert. Compared with conventional banking, it is simpler, cheaper and faster. By now, many people are familiar with bitcoin. What’s less well known is the currency’s technological underpinning, the blockchain, an emergent technology that could reshape financial and property markets, and the legal frameworks that support them. […] Continua qui: http://today.law.harvard.edu/feature/new-technology-block/

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Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking
by Alberto Cammozzo Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

<https://www.propublica.org/article/google-has-quietly-dropped-ban-on-person…> When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s “number one priority when we contemplate new kinds of advertising products.” And, for nearly a decade, Google did in fact keep DoubleClick’s massive database of web-browsing records separate by default from the names and other personally identifiable information Google has collected from Gmail and its other login accounts. But this summer, Google quietly erased that last privacy line in the sand – literally crossing out the lines <https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/archive/20160325-20160628/> in its privacy policy that promised to keep the two pots of data separate by default. In its place, Google substituted new language that says browsing habits “may be” combined with what the company learns from the use Gmail and other tools. The change is enabled by default for new Google accounts. Existing users were prompted to opt-in to the change this summer. The practical result of the change is that the DoubleClick ads that follow people around on the web may now be customized to them based on your name and other information Google knows about you. It also means that Google could now, if it wished to, build a complete portrait of a user by name, based on everything they write in email, every website they visit and the searches they conduct. [...]

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Re: [nexa] 45° Nexa Lunch Seminar - 26 ottobre 2016
by Francesco Ruggiero Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 26 ottobre 2016, dalle ore 13 alle ore 14, si svolgerà il 45° Nexa Lunch Seminar, con un incontro dal titolo: *"Wikidata Birthday. Incontro sullo stato attuale di Wikidata al suo quarto anno di vita".* Ospite dell'incontro *Alessio Melandri* (Fellow Centro Nexa). Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: *https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-45 <https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-45>* Cordiali saluti, Francesco Il giorno 18 ottobre 2016 12:37, Francesco Ruggiero < francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-45> > [image: NEXA] > > 45°Nexa Lunch Seminar > Mercoledi 26 ottobre 2016, ore 13.00 - 14.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-45 > Wikidata birthday > Incontro sullo stato attuale di Wikidata al suo quarto anno di vita > > Speaker > Alessio Melandri (Fellow Centro Nexa) > > This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > Il 29 ottobre 2012 nasce un'importante base di conoscenza collaborativa: > Wikidata. *Un database libero, collaborativo, multilingue che raccoglie > dati strutturati.* Su di esso si appoggiano in primis Wikipedia e gli > altri progetti Wikimedia. Informazioni libere e machine-readable fanno di > Wikidata il punto centrale delle strategie che coinvolgono i dati di molti > progetti e organizzazioni. > > La vision di Wikipedia: *"Imagine a world in which every single human > being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge"*, nata per soddisfare > la sete di informazioni umana, rivive in Wikidata trasformando la somma > della conoscenza in dati strutturati, interrogabili semanticamente da > persone e macchine. > > Il quarto compleanno di Wikidata è un'occasione per esplorare ciò che il > progetto ha raccolto fino ad oggi. Per osservare le domande a cui già ha > fornito una risposta e quelle a cui lo farà a breve. Per cercare di intuire > come ciò cambierà il modo di interfacciarsi con la conoscenza. > > > *Ingresso libero - Saranno disponibili panini e bibite per coloro che si > saranno registrati su http://lunch45.eventbrite.com > <http://lunch45.eventbrite.com> entro il 24 ottobre.* > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [MELANDRI]] > > ALESSIO MELANDRI è full stack developer presso Synapta - startup torinese > specializzata nel Web semantico e in applicazioni data-driven - e Fellow > del Centro Nexa su Internet & Società. Laureato in ingegneria informatica > al Politecnico di Torino e studente del relativo corso magistrale, ha > esperienza come programmatore, in particolare nel campo dei linked data. > Nella maggior parte dei progetti in cui è coinvolto lavora con i dati, > raffinandoli, interrogandoli e sviluppando visualizzazioni. Ha una > predilezione per il software libero e gli open data collaborando, nel tempo > libero, a Wikipedia, Wikidata e OpenStreetMap. > > Letture consigliate e link utili: > > - Wikipedia’s Next Big Thing: Wikidata, A Machine-Readable, > User-Editable Database Funded By Google, Paul Allen And Others > <https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/30/wikipedias-next-big-thing-wikidata-a-mach…> > - Wikidata: A Free Collaborative Knowledgebase > <http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/10/178785-wikidata/fulltext> > - From Freebase to Wikidata: The Great Migration > <http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/arch…> > > > > > Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e > “Nexa Lunch Seminar” > > Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino > (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca > indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla > società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. > > Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del > mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre > le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con > Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di > incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i > temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social > networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di > espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto > altro. > > Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i > direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico > di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo > staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. > > Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i > “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. > > Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle > ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". > Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: > http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. > > See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious > about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed > in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise > noted. > > Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono > disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events > Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this > newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription > preferences, please click here > <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. > > Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more > <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > -- > Francesco Ruggiero > Communication Manager > > Nexa Center for Internet & Society > Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN > Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino > > web: http://nexa.polito.it > mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it > tel. +39 011 090 7219 > <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>

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la decisione tedesca contro Facebook/WhatsApp (full text)
by Guido Noto La Diega Oct. 23, 2016

Oct. 23, 2016

Potete finalmente trovare il full text della decisione tedesca contro il trasferimento di dati da WhatsApp a Facebook all'indirizzo https://www.academia.edu/29363167/EXCLUSIVE_LEAK_The_German_decision_agains… Cheers, Guido Dr. Guido Noto La Diega <https://uk.linkedin.com/in/guido-noto-la-diega-ph-d-6696146> Northumbria University School of Law City Campus East, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST noto.la.diega(a)gmail.com +44 (0) 191 227 5562 @guidonld You can access my papers on Academia.edu <https://northumbria.academia.edu/GuidoNotoLaDiega> and on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) <http://ssrn.com/author=1794950> This e-mail and any attachment hereto are strictly confidential and are exclusively intended for the person above identified. Without intended recipient’s entitlement, use, copy and dissemination of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received it in error, please advice us immediately by telephone and return the documents received to the above address, deleting the files. Thank you. Unless necessary, please do not print this e-mail.

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Self-driving cars: Get Off the Trolley Problem
by Alessandro Mantelero Oct. 22, 2016

Oct. 22, 2016

Get Off the Trolley Problem Self-driving cars shouldn’t have to choose who to protect in a crash. By Frank Pasquale http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/10/self_driving_… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero @mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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Website's operator is legitimate to store personal data in order to protect itself against cyberattacks
by Diego Giorio Oct. 22, 2016

Oct. 22, 2016

Segnalo questa interssante sentenza: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-10/cp160112en.… <http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-10/cp160112en.…> Buon WE a tutti<http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-10/cp160112en.…> <http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-10/cp160112en.…> D. <http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-10/cp160112en.…>

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