March 2016 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Segnalazione evento su digitale e scuola

by Elìa Bellussi

Buongiorno a tutti, spero di fare cosa gradita nel segnalare il workshop "Il digitale nella scuola" che si terrà sabato 12 dalle 14:00 alle 17:30 presso il liceo artistico Renato Cottino di Via Castelgomberto, 20 a Torino. Cordialmente, Elia Bellussi --- /Sono passati pochi mesi dalla pubblicazione del Decreto Direttoriale del MIUR (DD 50 del 25.11.2015) in cui si stabilisce, tra le altre cose, che in tutti gli istituti scolastici venga istituita la figura dell’animatore digitale (AD). Il docente individuato dovrà occuparsi di applicare il Piano Nazionale della Scuola Digitale nel proprio istituto (PNSD).// / /Nel decreto è previsto un finanziamento per la formazione di queste nuove figure che avverrà nei prossimi mesi, ma sfogliando la rete è possibile leggere di tante iniziative che hanno già preso il via.// / / //Sono esempi di “Buone pratiche”, ma quello che più colpisce è l’entusiasmo che si percepisce quando si leggono i contenuti dei Social Network e dei gruppi spontanei che si stanno costituendo.// //Un esempio di progettazione è quello pianificato dalla Prof.ssa Nadia Cervellera. animatore digitale del Liceo Artistico Renato Cottini di Torino. Il workshop contiene molti degli ingredienti citati nel Piano Nazionale della Scuola Digitale e vede il coinvolgimento di alcune istituzioni e Partner. Si tratta di un’iniziativa in cui la scuola si apre al territorio e alla città, di sabato pomeriggio e prevede il patrocinio della Circoscrizione 2 Santa Rita-Mirafiori Nord./ // /L’evento organizzato dall’AD Nadia Cervellera, dal prof. Stefano Mercurio (docente dei giovani mentor) da Elia Bellussi (Presidente del Museo Piemontese dell’informatica MuPIn) e dal vicepresidente del Museo Andrea Poltronieri, si terrà il 12 marzo nei locali della sede del Liceo R. Cottini di via Castelgomberto, 20 alle ore 14,00.// //Si tratta di un CoderDojo dove giovani studenti/mentor in una sessione pomeridiana di sabato insegneranno a 25 bambini, in una fascia compresa fra i 6 e 14 anni le fondamenta del Coding, sviluppando in sole 3 ore dei semplici videogame e storytelling.// //Il CodeDojo Torino è l’unico in tutta Italia gestito da mentor adolescenti./ // /*Ma come si svolgerà questa attività?*// //Una settimana prima del workshop il gruppo CodeDojo di Torino pubblicherà un evento nella nota piattaforma Eventbrite, invitando presso il Liceo R. Cottini, 25 bambini di fascia compresa fra 6 e 14 anni accompagnati da un genitore. Questi porteranno un computer, il figlio e una merenda. Alle 14.00 inizieranno le registrazioni./ // /*E i bambini?*// //I bambini saranno aiutati a posizionare i loro computer nell’atrio mostre dell’istituto. Alle 14.30 un Mentor del CoderDojo “aprirà le danze” istruendo i bambini passo dopo passo fino allo sviluppo del lavoro finito.// //Diversi mentor, alcuni giovanissimi, assisteranno i bambini costruendo con loro percorsi individuali. Seguirà una pausa per la merenda dove i ragazzi dovranno abbandonare la loro postazione per potersi svagare qualche minuto. Infine lo sprint conclusivo. Al termine i bambini proietteranno alla presenza dei genitori i loro lavori./ // /*E i genitori?*// //Nell’aula magna del liceo Cottini si terrà un seminario sui temi del digitale con la partecipazione di esperti del settore e autorità del mondo della scuola; contemporaneamente, nel contesto del Piano Nazionale Scuola Digitale e in occasione della settimana della //Rosa Digitale <http://www.rosadigitale.it>//, il gruppo CoderDojo di Torino coinvolge 25 bambini in una sessione di Coding di 3 ore./ // /*Ingresso gratuito*/ // /Intervengono:/ // * /Antonio Balestra , dirigente scolastico/ * /Umberto d’Ottavio, deputato Commissione istruzione/ * /Alfonso Lupo, presidente associazione DSchola/ * /Daniela Tornielli, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino/ * /Cecilia Stajano, Fondazione Mondo Digitale/ * /Giovanna Giordano, Dirigente informatica, scrittrice/ * /Laura Onofri, Consigliere Comunale Torino/ * /Laura Orestano, SocialFare CEO e Wister/ * /Dennis Maseri, Coordinatore V° Commissione Consiliare Circoscrizione 2 Città di Torino/ * /Sara Moiso, socia Centro Studi Informatica Giuridica Ivrea Torino/ * /Elia Bellussi, Presidente Museo Piemontese Informatica/ // /Modera Nadia Cervellera Animatore Digitale del Liceo R.Cottini/ // /Per iscrizioni al CoderDojo cliccare //questo link <https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-pinkdojo-coderdojo-torino-22508929815>//./ // /Per iscrizioni al workshop cliccare //questo link <https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-workshop-il-digitale-nella-scuola-225…>//./ // /Per maggiori informazioni: //Coderdojo Torino <http://www.coderdojotorino.it>//oppure //Museo Piemontese dell’Informatica <http://www.mupin.it>/ -- CoderDojo Champion di Torino Presidente associazione culturale "Museo Piemontese dell'Informatica - MuPIn" Strada Carignano, 48 - 10024 - Moncalieri (TO) Codice fiscale: 94064820015 Mobile: +39 333 68 92 117 - Web: http://www.mupin.it

March 8, 2016

Re: [nexa] 84° Mercoledì di Nexa - 9 marzo 2016 (registrazione su: http://casati2016.eventbrite.com)

by Giuseppe Futia

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che domani mercoledì 9 marzo, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, si svolgerà l'84° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: "*Words of digital wisdom*". Ospite dell'incontro il Prof. *Roberto Casati* (CNRS, Institut Jean Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure - Parigi). Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-84. Cordiali saluti, Giuseppe Il giorno 25 febbraio 2016 08:18, Giuseppe Futia <giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-84> > [image: NEXA] > > 84° Mercoledì di Nexa > Mercoledi 9 marzo 2016, ore 18.00 - 20.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-84>http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-84 > Words of digital wisdom > > Speaker > Roberto Casati (CNRS, Institut Jean Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure - > Parigi) > > Registrazione all'indirizzo: http://casati2016.eventbrite.com > > This event will be webcast live: <http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events> > http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > "*In the last two years, after the publication of a book on "digital > colonialism", I started collecting data about ways of describing > activities, objects and behaviors gathering around "online life" and about > the way we should conceive of pre-digital life. I'll present a list of > those descriptions, in order to suggest some corresponding redescriptions > that may help us in making fine-grained decisions about the digital > migration. Digital natives are actually digitally coerced children, > multitasking is actually task-switching, and holidays should not turn into > working from picturesque places*". > > BIOGRAFIA - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [Roberto Casati]] > > ROBERTO CASATI (Milano, 9 novembre 1961) è un filosofo italiano. Direttore > di Ricerca al Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) > all'Institut Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure di Parigi, è autore di saggi > specialistici e di divulgazione, e ha insegnato in diverse università > europee e statunitensi. Dopo avere studiato filosofia del linguaggio con > Andrea Bonomi all'università degli Studi di Milano ed esservisi laureato > nel 1985, nel 1991 ha ottenuto due dottorati di ricerca: uno a Milano con > lo stesso Bonomi e uno a Ginevra con Kevin Mulligan. Maggiori informazioni > sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-84. > > Letture consigliate e link utili: > > - Roberto Casati, *Contro il colonialismo digitale > <http://www.laterza.it/index.php?option=com_laterza&Itemid=97&task=schedalib…>*, > Editori Laterza, 2013 > - *A BETTER Digital Agenda for Education > <http://www.shadowes.org/24/?p=1012>*, 2015 > - OECD, *Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection* > <http://www.oecd.org/publications/students-computers-and-learning-9789264239…>, > PISA, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2015 > > > > > 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> > 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 > >

March 8, 2016

conferenza stampa di presentazione di spid - 8 marzo 2016 a Roma

by Mauro Alovisio

Gent.me/mi segnalo dal sito dell'Agid SPID, conferenza stampa di presentazione *Venerdì, 4 Marzo, 2016* Martedì 8 marzo alle ore 9,30 - presso la sala Giannini di Palazzo Vidoni - si terrà la conferenza stampa di presentazione di SPID, il sistema pubblico di identità digitale. [image: SPID, conferenza stampa di presentazione] All’incontro parteciperanno il Ministro per la Semplificazione e la Pubblica amministrazione Marianna Madia, il direttore generale di AgID Antonio Samaritani, i responsabili delle amministrazioni centrali e locali che per prime consentiranno l’accesso ai propri servizi tramite SPID, e i primi gestori di identità digitale accreditati. Hanno già confermato la loro presenza il presidente dell’Inps Tito Boeri, l'amministratore delegato di Poste Italiane Francesco Caio, l’amministratore delegato di Tim/Gruppo Telecom Italia Marco Patuano, l'amministratore delegato di Infocert Danilo Cattaneo, il consigliere per l’innovazione del governo Paolo Barberis, il digital champion Riccardo Luna, l’On. Stefano Quintarelli, presidente del Comitato di indirizzo di AgID e l’On. Paolo Coppola, Consigliere per la digitalizzazione del Ministro per la pubblica amministrazione e la semplificazione. I giornalisti e i cine-foto-operatori interessati a seguire l’evento possono accreditarsi entro le ore 14,00 di lunedì 7 marzo 2016 scrivendo a: contattistampa(a)governo.it (link sends e-mail) <contattistampa(a)governo.it>. Pagina interna sull'argomento: Sistema Pubblico di Identità Digitale <http://www.agid.gov.it/agenda-digitale/infrastrutture-architetture/spid/per…> - [image: Facebook logo] Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//www.agid.gov.it/notizie/2016/…> - [image: Twitter logo] Twitter <http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//www.agid.gov.it/notizie/2016/03/04/sp…> Ultimo aggiornamento 04 Marzo 2016 Cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio

March 7, 2016

"White House Asked Google & Facebook To Change Their Algorithms To Fight ISIS; Both Said No"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*White House Asked Google & Facebook To Change Their Algorithms To Fight ISIS; Both Said No* Earlier this year, we wrote about how ridiculous the federal government's view of Silicon Valley seemed to be, in that they had this weird belief that by nerding a little harder, we could somehow "disrupt" ISIS. The thinking seemed confused, and somewhat typical of people who don't understand technology or how Silicon Valley works. It's "magic wand" thinking. People who don't understand technology tend to view technology as a sort of magic -- and thus, they assume it can do anything. And, right now, a bunch of those people in the White House want that magic wand to make ISIS disappear from the Internet. Buzzfeed's Sheera Frenkel has a great detailed report looking "inside" the administration's attempt to have Silicon Valley help in the fight against ISIS. […] Continua qui: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160225/23143333717/white-house-asked-go…

March 6, 2016

CDT: "Issue Brief: A “Backdoor” to Encryption for Government Surveillance"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

PDF: https://cdt.org/files/2015/12/Issue-brief-A-backdoor-to-encryption-for-gove… ---- *Issue Brief: A “Backdoor” to Encryption for Government Surveillance * March 03, 2016 Security & Surveillance Encrypting smartphones and other devices helps protect against malicious hacking, identity theft, phone theft, and other crimes. However, a government mandate requiring companies to build a “backdoor” into encryption for surveillance would put consumers at grave risk and impose heavy costs on US businesses. The government can obtain information for investigations from other sources, and may be able to compel an individual to decrypt information with a search warrant. What companies have done recently: Apple and Google recently announced that their smartphones will be “encrypted by default.” All the data stored on the phone itself will be unreadable to anyone who accesses the phone without knowing the device passcode, in order to unlock the encryption. Weak encryption (or obvious passwords) can be broken, but Apple and Google will apply strong encryption to their devices. Many other companies and nonprofits have long offered products and services secured by strong encryption to the public. […] Continua qui: https://cdt.org/insight/issue-brief-a-backdoor-to-encryption-for-government…

March 4, 2016

ONU: Apple-FBI case could have serious global ramifications for human rights: Zeid

by J.C. DE MARTIN

French, Spanish and Arabic versions, see below Apple-FBI case could have serious global ramifications for human rights: Zeid GENEVA (4 March 2016) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday urged the US authorities to proceed with great caution in the ongoing legal process involving the Apple computer company and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), given its potentially negative ramifications for the human rights of people all over the world. “In order to address a security-related issue related to encryption in one case, the authorities risk unlocking a Pandora’s Box that could have extremely damaging implications for the human rights of many millions of people, including their physical and financial security,” Zeid said. “I recognize this case is far from reaching a conclusion in the US courts, and urge all concerned to look not just at the merits of the case itself but also at its potential wider impact.” “The FBI deserves everyone’s full support in its investigation into the San Bernardino killings,” Zeid said. “This was an abominable crime, and no one involved in aiding or abetting it should escape the law. But this case is not about a company – and its supporters -- seeking to protect criminals and terrorists, it is about where a key red line necessary to safeguard all of us from criminals and repression should be set.” “There are many ways to investigate whether or not these killers had accomplices besides forcing Apple to create software to undermine the security features of their own phones. This is not just about one case and one IT company in one country. It will have tremendous ramifications for the future of individuals’ security in a digital world which is increasingly inextricably meshed with the actual world we live in.” “A successful case against Apple in the US will set a precedent that may make it impossible for Apple or any other major international IT company to safeguard their clients’ privacy anywhere in the world,” the UN Human Rights Chief said. “It is potentially a gift to authoritarian regimes, as well as to criminal hackers. There have already been a number of concerted efforts by authorities in other States to force IT and communications companies such as Google and Blackberry to expose their customers to mass surveillance.” “Encryption tools are widely used around the world, including by human rights defenders, civil society, journalists, whistle-blowers and political dissidents facing persecution and harassment,” Zeid said. “Encryption and anonymity are needed as enablers of both freedom of expression and opinion, and the right to privacy. It is neither fanciful nor an exaggeration to say that, without encryption tools, lives may be endangered. In the worst cases, a Government’s ability to break into its citizens’ phones may lead to the persecution of individuals who are simply exercising their fundamental human rights.” “There is, unfortunately, no shortage of security forces around the world who will take advantage of the ability to break into people’s phones if they can,” the High Commissioner said. “And there is no shortage of criminals intent on committing economic crimes by accessing other people’s data. Personal contacts and calendars, financial information and health data, and many other rightfully private information need to be protected from criminals, hackers and unscrupulous governments who may use them against people for the wrong reasons. In an age when we store so much of our personal and professional lives on our smart phones and other devices, how is it going to be possible to protect that information without fail-safe encryption systems?” “So, in essence, what we have here is an issue of proportionality: in order to possibly – but by no means certainly -- gain extra information about the dreadful crime committed by Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife in San Bernardino, we may end up enabling a multitude of other crimes all across the world, including in the United States. The debate around encryption is too focused on one side of the security coin, in particular its potential use for criminal purposes in times of terrorism. The other side of the security coin, is that weakening encryption protections may bring even bigger dangers to national and international security.” The UN human rights chief noted the decision earlier this week by a federal magistrate judge, in a separate case in New York, to reject a Government request to compel Apple to help it extract information from an iPhone belonging to a suspect in a drugs case. He urged States to take inspiration from the Apple-FBI cases to hold a much-needed profound examination of the highly complex and constantly evolving issues relating to privacy and security in the digital age, given the importance of strong encryption in safeguarding security and human rights. Recalling a ground-breaking report on encryption by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression David Kaye,* which concluded that encryption deserves strong protection, and an earlier report on ‘Privacy in the Digital Age’ produced by the UN Human Rights Office,** Zeid called on the 47-Member State Human Rights Council in particular to continue to examine the dramatic impact digital and other new technologies are having, and will continue to have, on human rights across the globe. ENDS * 22 May 2015 report on encryption and anonymity by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/095/85/PDF/G1509585.pdf?O…. Drawing from research on international and national norms and jurisprudence, and the input of States and civil society, the report concludes that encryption and anonymity enable individuals to exercise their rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age and, as such, deserve strong protection. ** See: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session28/Documents/A_… For more information on this issue go to:http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/DigitalAge/Pages/DigitalAgeIndex.aspx To access a video clip of the High Commissioner's statement, please use the following link: http://we.tl/rrp5zycFQr For more information and media requests, please contact please contact Rupert Colville (+41 22 917 9767 / rcolville(a)ohchr.org) or Cécile Pouilly (+41 22 917 9310 / cpouilly(a)ohchr.org) For your news websites and social media: Multimedia content & key messages relating to our news releases are available on UN Human Rights social media channels, listed below. Please tag us using the proper handles: Twitter: @UNHumanRights Facebook: unitednationshumanrights Instagram: unitednationshumanrights Google+: unitednationshumanrights Youtube: unohchr _________________________________________ El caso Apple-FBI puede tener serias ramificaciones globales para los derechos humanos: Zeid GINEBRA (4 de marzo de 2016) – El Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urgió este viernes a las autoridades de los Estados Unidos a proceder con gran cautela en el caso en desarrollo que involucra a la empresa de computadores Apple y la Agencia Federal de Investigación (FBI, por sus siglas en inglés), debido a sus ramificaciones potencialmente negativas para los derechos humanos de las personas en todo el mundo. “Con el fin de resolver un tema de seguridad relativo a la encriptación en un caso, las autoridades corren el riesgo de abrir una Caja de Pandora con implicaciones extremadamente perjudiciales para los derechos humanos de millones de personas, incluyendo su seguridad física y financiera”, expresó Zeid. “Reconozco que este caso está lejos de llegar a una conclusión en los tribunales estadounidenses, y exhorto a todos los involucrados a considerar no sólo los méritos del caso en sí mismo, sino también su impacto potencialmente más amplio”. “El FBI merece apoyo total en sus investigaciones sobre la matanza de San Bernardino”, dijo Zeid. “Se trata de un crimen abominable y ningún cómplice o encubridor debería escapar de la ley. Pero éste no es un caso en el que una compañía –y sus seguidores- quieran proteger a delincuentes y terrorista, sino de dónde debería establecerse el límite necesario para proteger a todos de los criminales y de la represión”. “Hay muchas formas de investigar si los perpetradores tenían cómplices, en vez de forzar a Apple a crear programas informáticos para minar los elementos de seguridad de sus propios teléfonos. No se trata solamente de un caso y una empresa informática en un país. Ello tendrá enormes ramificaciones en el futuro para la seguridad de los individuos, en un mundo digital que creciente e inextricablemente se engrana con el mundo real en que vivimos”. “Un caso exitoso contra Apple en los Estados Unidos sentará un precedente que podría hacer imposible para Apple o cualquier otra gran compañía informática internacional protejer la privacidad de sus clientes en cualquier lugar del mundo”, añadió el Jefe de Derechos Humanos de la ONU. “Sería un regalo para regímenes autoritarios, así como para delincuentes informáticos. Ya existe una serie de iniciativas concertadas por autoridades en otros Estados para forzar a empresas informáticas y de comunicaciones tales como Google y Blackberry a exponer a sus clientes a la vigilancia en masa”. “Las herramientas de encriptación son ampliamente utilizadas en todo el mundo, incluso por los defensores de derechos humanos, la sociedad civil, periodistas, los informantes y disidentes políticos que enfrentan persecución y acoso”, señaló Zeid. “La encriptación y el anonimato son necesarios pues habilitan las libertades de expresión y de opinión, así como el derecho a la privacidad. No es una fantasía ni una exageración decir que, sin herramientas de encriptación, podría haber vidas en peligro. En los peores casos, la capacidad de un gobierno para entrar en los teléfonos de sus ciudadanos puede llevar a la persecución de individuos que simplemente están ejerciendo sus derechos humanos fundamentales”. “Desafortunadamente, no escasean en el mundo las fuerzas de seguridad que, si pueden, sacarán ventaja de la capacidad de intervenir los teléfonos de las personas”, dijo el Alto Comisionado. “Y tampoco escasean los intentos criminales de cometer delitos económicos mediante el acceso a la información de otras personas. Los contactos personales y los calendarios, la información financiera y la información de salud, así como muchos otros datos legítimamente privados necesitan ser protegidos de criminales, piratas y gobiernos inescrupulosos que pueden usarlos contra las personas por las razones equivocadas. En una era en que almacenamos tanto de nuestras vidas personales y profesionales en nuestros teléfonos inteligentes y otros dispositivos, ¿cómo se podrá proteger esa información sin sistemas de encriptación a prueba de fallas?” “Entonces, en esencia, lo que enfrentamos aquí es un asunto de proporcionalidad: para posiblemente –pero sin certeza alguna- obtener información adicional sobre el espantoso crimen cometido por Syed Rizwan Farook y su esposa en San Bernardino, podemos terminar posibilitando un sinfín de otros crímenes por todo el mundo, incluso en los Estados Unidos. El debate en torno a la encriptación está demasiado enfocado en una cara de la moneda de la seguridad, en particular su potencial uso con fines criminales en tiempos de terrorismo. El otro lado de la moneda es que debilitar las protecciones de la encriptación puede acarrear peligros aún mayores para la seguridad nacional e internacional”. El jefe de derechos humanos de la ONU mencionó también una decisión adoptada esta semana por un juez federal en otro caso en Nueva York, de rechazar una solicitud del gobierno para obligar a Apple a ayudar a extraer información de un iPhone que pertenece a un sospechoso en un caso sobre drogas. Zeid exhortó a los Estados a inspirarse en los casos Apple-FBI para llevar a cabo un muy necesario y profundo examen de los asuntos altamente complejos y en constante evolución que se relacionan con la privacidad y la seguridad en la era digital, dada la importancia de una fuerte encriptación para el resguardo de la seguridad y los derechos humanos. Haciendo referencia a un revolucionario informe* sobre encriptación realizado por el Relator Especial de la ONU sobre libertad de expresión, David Kaye, cuyas conclusiones señalan que la encriptación merece fuerte protección, y un informe anterior sobre ‘Privacidad en la Era Digital’ producido por la Oficina de Derechos Humanos de la ONU**. Zeid llamó en particular al Consejo de Derechos Humanos –compuesto por 47 Estados miembros- a continuar examinando el dramático impacto que las tecnologías digitales y otras tienen –y continuarán teniendo- sobre los derechos humanos alrededor del mundo. FIN *Informe del 22 de mayo de 2015 sobre encriptación y anonimato del Relator Especial de la ONU sobre libertad de expresión (en inglés) https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/095/85/PDF/G1509585.pdf?O…. Basándose en investigación sobre normas y jurisprudencia nacional e internacional, e insumos de Estados y la sociedad civil, el informe concluye que la encriptación y el anonimato permiten a los individuos ejercer sus derechos a la libertad de opinión y de expresión en la era digital y que, como tal, merece una fuerte protección. **Vea:http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session28/Documents/A_HRC_28_39_ENG.doc Para más información sobre este tema, visite:http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/DigitalAge/Pages/DigitalAgeIndex.asp Para sitios web y medios sociales: Los mensajes clave sobre nuestros comunicados de prensa están disponibles en los siguientes canales de medios sociales de ONU Derechos Humanos. Por favor, menciónenos utilizando las direcciones apropiadas. Twitter: @UNHumanRights Facebook: unitednationshumanrights Instagram: unitednationshumanrights Google+: unitednationshumanrights Youtube: unohchr (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

March 4, 2016

Google Accused Of Violating Illinois Privacy Law By Compiling 'Faceprints'

by Alessandro Mantelero

Google has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit in Illinois for allegedly violating a state privacy law by collecting people's "faceprints" without their consent. "Google has created, collected and stored, in conjunction with its cloud-based 'Google Photos' service, millions of 'face templates' (or 'face prints') -- highly detailed geometric maps of the face -- from millions of Illinois residents, many thousands of whom are not even enrolled in the Google Photos service," Illinois resident Lindabeth Rivera alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Illinois. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/270341/google-accused-of-viol… -- 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 EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

March 4, 2016

Re: [nexa] Importante: The New Mind Control

by Stefano Quintarelli

ROTFL!! On 03/03/2016 15:31, Andrea Glorioso wrote: > Vabbeh, ma tanto "competition is a click away" :) > > (Scusate, non ho resistito) > > Andrea > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Alberto Cammozzo <ac+nexa(a)zeromx.net > <mailto:ac+nexa@zeromx.net>> wrote: > > Grazie. Veramente strabiliante. > > [...] In most countries, 90 per cent of online search is conducted > on Google, which gives the company even more power to flip elections > than it has in the US and, with internet penetration increasing > rapidly worldwide, this power is growing. In our /PNAS/ article, > Robertson and I calculated that Google now has the power to flip > upwards of /25 per cent of the national elections in the world/ with > no one knowing this is occurring. In fact, we estimate that, with or > without deliberate planning on the part of company executives, > Google’s search rankings have been impacting elections for years, > with growing impact each year. And because search rankings are > ephemeral, they leave no paper trail, which gives the company > complete deniability. [...] > > Dal paper accademico pubblicato su PNAS: > <http://www.pnas.org/content/112/33/E4512.full.pdf> > > We present evidence from five experiments in two countries > suggesting the power and robustness of the search engine > manipulation effect (SEME). Specifically, we show that (i) bi- > ased search rankings can shift the voting preferences of un- > decided voters by 20% or more, (ii) the shift can be much > higher in some demographic groups, and (iii) such rankings can > be masked so that people show no awareness of the manip- > ulation. Knowing the proportion of undecided voters in a > population who have Internet access, along with the pro- > portion of those voters who can be influenced using SEME, > allows one to calculate the win margin below which SEME > might be able to determine an election outcome. > > > > Alberto > > > > On 02/03/2016 19:22, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > > https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-flips-elections-and-alters-our-thou… > > > jc > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > > -- > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > > > Nessun virus nel messaggio. > Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Versione: 2016.0.7442 / Database dei virus: 4537/11738 - Data di > rilascio: 03/03/2016 >

March 3, 2016

Re: [nexa] Importante: The New Mind Control

by Andrea Glorioso

Vabbeh, ma tanto "competition is a click away" :) (Scusate, non ho resistito) Andrea On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Alberto Cammozzo <ac+nexa(a)zeromx.net> wrote: > Grazie. Veramente strabiliante. > > [...] In most countries, 90 per cent of online search is conducted on > Google, which gives the company even more power to flip elections than it > has in the US and, with internet penetration increasing rapidly worldwide, > this power is growing. In our /PNAS/ article, Robertson and I calculated > that Google now has the power to flip upwards of /25 per cent of the > national elections in the world/ with no one knowing this is occurring. In > fact, we estimate that, with or without deliberate planning on the part of > company executives, Google’s search rankings have been impacting elections > for years, with growing impact each year. And because search rankings are > ephemeral, they leave no paper trail, which gives the company complete > deniability. [...] > > Dal paper accademico pubblicato su PNAS: > <http://www.pnas.org/content/112/33/E4512.full.pdf> > > We present evidence from five experiments in two countries > suggesting the power and robustness of the search engine > manipulation effect (SEME). Specifically, we show that (i) bi- > ased search rankings can shift the voting preferences of un- > decided voters by 20% or more, (ii) the shift can be much > higher in some demographic groups, and (iii) such rankings can > be masked so that people show no awareness of the manip- > ulation. Knowing the proportion of undecided voters in a > population who have Internet access, along with the pro- > portion of those voters who can be influenced using SEME, > allows one to calculate the win margin below which SEME > might be able to determine an election outcome. > > > > Alberto > > > > On 02/03/2016 19:22, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > >> >> https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-flips-elections-and-alters-our-thou… >> >> jc >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > -- -- 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

March 3, 2016

27th DEXA Conferences and Workshops

by Fernanda Faini

Carissimi, segnalo la 27th DEXA Conferences and Workshops che si terrà dal 5 all'8 settembre 2016 a Porto (Portogallo). L'editore di riferimento è Springer. Sul sito sono presenti le diverse Conferenze ospitate, i temi e le relative deadline per invio contributi: http://www.dexa.org Cari saluti Fernanda --- Fernanda Faini cell: 3385352449 mail: fernandafaini(a)gmail.com twitter: @fernandafaini facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fernanda.faini linkedIn: *https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandafaini <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandafaini>* skype: fernanda_pensiero sito web: *http://www.fernandafaini.it <http://www.fernandafaini.it>*

March 3, 2016