August 2016 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

"WEF: Blockchain will become the 'beating heart' of finance"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*WEF: Blockchain will become the 'beating heart' of finance* Oscar Williams-Grut Aug. 12, 2016, 10:00 AM 893 The World Economic Forum (WEF) has concluded that blockchain technology "will fundamentally alter the way financial institutions do business around the world" after a year-long study of the emerging technology. WEF's "Future of Financial Infrastructure" report, published on Friday, said distributed ledger technology, more commonly known as blockchain, "has great potential to drive simplicity and efficiency" in financial services and "will redraw processes and call into question orthodoxies that are foundational to today’s business models." […] Continua qui: http://uk.businessinsider.com/world-economic-forum-potential-of-blockchain-…

Aug. 16, 2016

Re: [nexa] Pokémon Go: un lavoro come un altro...

by Antonio Casilli

Hello, io ho parlato spesso della leva fiscale per "restituire alla collettività il valore captato dai giganti di internet attraverso la commercializzazione dei dati personali prodotti dagli utilizzatori" --> nel mio libro sul digital labor (un estratto qui: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01145718/document) e in diverse occasioni pubbliche in Europa (v. selezione in italiano e francese: https://mensuel.framapad.org/p/ihBydtCM83) Paesi che hanno cominciato a ragionare sulla questione: - In Francia, l'argomento è stato inizialmente avanzato in questo rapporto del Ministero delle finanze (2013 http://www.economie.gouv.fr/files/rapport-fiscalite-du-numerique_2013.pdf) e in questa nota analitica dell'agenzia statale France Stratégie (2014 http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/sites/strategie.gouv.fr/files/atoms/files/note…) Più recentemente se n'è parlato nel rapporto del Consiglio Nazionale del Digitale (CNNum 2016, al quale ho partecipato anche io in qualità di esperto http://cnnumerique.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Rapport-travail-version-fi…) - In Corea, il Ministero delle finanze ha adottato un altro approccio che consiste nel tassare i produttori di "beni elettronici" (che siano aziende o privati). Una legislazione specifica è in vigore da ormai dieci anni (http://www.wired.com/2007/07/south-korea-beg/) ma si concentra principalmente sull'industria dei videogames, che laggiù è enorme, lasciando generalmente in pace i mastodonti locali come Naver, Afreeca o Kakao. Spero che queste piste siano utili, ---a ----- Mail original ----- De: "Marco Ciurcina" <ciurcina(a)studiolegale.it> À: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Cc: "Antonio Casilli" <antonio.casilli(a)telecom-paristech.fr> Envoyé: Lundi 15 Août 2016 10:57:37 Objet: Re: [nexa] Pokémon Go: un lavoro come un altro... Ti risulta ci sia qualcuno che ha iniziato a ragionare sulla possibilità d'usare la leva fiscale per riequilibrare questa iniqua sottrazione di valore dai cittadini? Mi domando se ci potrebbe essere il modo per avvantaggiare con una leva fiscale soprattutto i paesi (come la Francia e l'Italia) che, per lo più, utilizzano servizi di questo tipo erogati da fornitori esteri. m.c. In data sabato 13 agosto 2016 15:56:06, Antonio Casilli ha scritto: > "[...] Even gamers who never spend a cent on in-app purchases or promotions > are effectively producing information that becomes a commodity owned by > Niantic. The free distribution of Pokemon Go can be likened to the free > distribution of a tool that lets us make stuff that then belongs to someone > else. This tool is pretty fun to use. But this should not distract us > completely from what's at stake. Work might be fun but that doesn't make it > any less a form of labour. And as our everyday urban lives are increasingly > commodified, it's time to start seeking answers about how the spoils of our > labour (or "playbour'') are collected and distributed." > > http://www.smh.com.au/comment/how-pokemon-go-will-make-money-from-you-201608 > 02-gqj457.html

Aug. 15, 2016

Re: [nexa] Pokémon Go: un lavoro come un altro...

by Marco Ciurcina

Ti risulta ci sia qualcuno che ha iniziato a ragionare sulla possibilità d'usare la leva fiscale per riequilibrare questa iniqua sottrazione di valore dai cittadini? Mi domando se ci potrebbe essere il modo per avvantaggiare con una leva fiscale soprattutto i paesi (come la Francia e l'Italia) che, per lo più, utilizzano servizi di questo tipo erogati da fornitori esteri. m.c. In data sabato 13 agosto 2016 15:56:06, Antonio Casilli ha scritto: > "[...] Even gamers who never spend a cent on in-app purchases or promotions > are effectively producing information that becomes a commodity owned by > Niantic. The free distribution of Pokemon Go can be likened to the free > distribution of a tool that lets us make stuff that then belongs to someone > else. This tool is pretty fun to use. But this should not distract us > completely from what's at stake. Work might be fun but that doesn't make it > any less a form of labour. And as our everyday urban lives are increasingly > commodified, it's time to start seeking answers about how the spoils of our > labour (or "playbour'') are collected and distributed." > > http://www.smh.com.au/comment/how-pokemon-go-will-make-money-from-you-201608 > 02-gqj457.html

Aug. 15, 2016

Re: [nexa] Is Your Sex Toy Spying on You?

by Marco Ciurcina

Trovo eticamente più accettabile un oggetto del genere di tanti prodotti e servizi che si presentano "smart, clean and cool" e violano il corpo digitale degli utenti nello stesso modo. L'utente di un sex toy, nella normalità dei casi, non disdegna la pornografia sul (e nel) suo corpo analogico e quindi non dovrebbe avere niente da dire contro la pornografia sul (e nel) suo corpo digitale. Buon Ferragosto! :-) m.c. In data domenica 14 agosto 2016 10:30:36, Alberto Cammozzo ha scritto: > Hackers reveal smart sex toy sends intimate information back to > manufacturer. > > <http://europe.newsweek.com/your-sex-toy-spying-you-489328?rm=eu> > > > Hackers have revealed that an internet-connected sex toy is sending > intimate information back to its manufacturer for the purpose of “market > research.” > > The We-Vibe 4 Plus is designed to be controlled remotely through a > smartphone app, so that couples can use it when they are not together. > It was revealed that data from the device, such as its temperature and > vibration intensity, is being collected by the manufacturer. > > The privacy issue was brought to light at the Def Con hacking convention > by two hackers, who use the online monikers Goldfisk and Follower. In a > talk titled “The Internet of Vibrating Things,” the pair demonstrated > how data is sent to We Vibe maker Standard Innovation. > > They also demonstrated that it is possible for third parties to > intercept the data, as well as remotely take control of the vibrator and > commit what is “potentially sexual assault.” > > The presentation description stated: “As teledildonics come into the > mainstream, human sexual pleasure has become connected with the concerns > of privacy and security already familiar to those who previously only > wanted to turn on their lights, rather than their lover.” > > Standard Innovation has admitted to collecting the information but says > that it is doing so for “market research purposes, so that we can better > understand what settings and levels of intensity are most enjoyed.” > > In a statement, Standard Innovation president Frank Ferrari said that > the temperature data collected is not precise enough to know how it is > being used by the user. > > Ferrari said: “Our reason for collecting CPU temperature data is purely > for hardware diagnostic purposes. Our EULA and privacy policy does > disclose that we may collect data, but we are currently in the process > of reviewing our privacy and data collection protocols in an effort to > provide more transparency for our customers.” > > It is not the first time that vulnerabilities with smart sex toys have > been exposed. In March, security researchers demonstrated how a > web-connected vibrator could be hacked. According to experts, companies > too often treat security as an afterthought when producing > internet-enabled devices. > > Chris Boyd, an analyst at the security firm Malwarebytes, told Newsweek > in an interview earlier this year: “The problem here is that many > Internet of Things devices [smart devices connected to the internet] are > horribly broken security-wise because it costs money to ensure a > reasonable standard of protection on a product.” > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Aug. 15, 2016

How to Hack an Election in 7 Minutes

by Alberto Cammozzo

chiunque esca vincitore dalle prossime elezioni USA forse non sapremo mai se è quello che la gente ha effettivamente votato. With Russia already meddling in 2016, a ragtag group of obsessive tech experts is warning that stealing the ultimate prize—victory on Nov. 8—would be child’s play. <www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/2016-elections-russia-hack-how-to-h…> "We read the code, and found really, really bad problems,” Wallach tells me, sitting in his Houston dining table. He catches himself. “Actually, let me change that,” he says. “We found unacceptable problems.”

Aug. 14, 2016

Om Malik: "Apple, Google, Amazon, and the Advantages of Bigness"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Apple, Google, Amazon, and the Advantages of Bigness** * By Om Malik August 9, 2016 At some point in a big, successful company’s life, it comes up against the problem of the law of large numbers. In the simplest terms, a fast-growing company can’t keep growing at the same fast rate forever. It eventually has to slow down. For years, people have been looking for signs that Apple is finally hitting its growth limits. And this year Apple revenue fell for the first time since 2003. The same concerns face other giants in the tech economy: Google (now part of the parent company Alphabet), Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook. And, yet, for a brief time in July, the stock markets, arbiters of future fortunes, anointed those five technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook—as the top five American companies by market capitalization. Market value changes all the time, but, still, for that moment, they were the Big Five. […] Continua qui: http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/apple-google-amazon-and-the-adva…

Aug. 14, 2016

"Twitter refuses to explain censorship of verified journalist accounts in post-coup Turkey"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Twitter refuses to explain censorship of verified journalist accounts in post-coup Turkey** * Efe Kerem Sozeri — 2016-08-12 07:22 p.m. | Last updated 2016-08-13 05:13 a.m. Twitter has made a name for itself as a champion of free speech around the world. Following the recent coup attempt in Turkey, however, something has changed in the way it approaches censorship, and the company refuses to talk about it. Twitter’s policy toward Turkey—limited “censoring to avoid a ban”—puts the company between a rock and a hard place: If Twitter does not comply with Turkey’s ever-increasing censorship requests to silence dissidents, it may face a nationwide ban that silences everyone. But this bullying has just gained more ground against press freedoms in Turkey with Twitter censoring journalists’ accounts that Turkish government wants banned. […] Continua qui: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/twitter-censorship-journalists-turkey-coup/

Aug. 14, 2016

Lavoratori delle piattaforme in sciopero: il caso Deliveroo

by Antonio Casilli

Altro settore (ristorazione), altro paese (Regno Unito) ma stessa storia: piattaformizzazione del lavoro e lavoratori che si sindacalizzano (leggere il comunicato del sindacato indipendente IWGB alla fine, e se ve la sentite c'è anche uno "strike (crowd)fund" al quale si può contribuire). #DeliverooStrike: sciopero selvaggio per i lavoratori on demand "Mercoledì 10 agosto, alle 17.00, i corrieri di Deliveroo sono scesi in sciopero e in più di cento si sono riuniti a Torrington Place, davanti alla sede centrale dell'azienda. I piloti protestano contro la proposta di modifica contrattuale che stabilisce il passaggio da una paga su base oraria (7£ all'ora + 1£ a consegna) ad una a cottimo (£3.75 a consegna)." http://www.chicago86.org/lotte-in-corso/europa/regno-unito/1019-deliveroost… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS)

Aug. 14, 2016

Is Your Sex Toy Spying on You?

by Alberto Cammozzo

Hackers reveal smart sex toy sends intimate information back to manufacturer. <http://europe.newsweek.com/your-sex-toy-spying-you-489328?rm=eu> Hackers have revealed that an internet-connected sex toy is sending intimate information back to its manufacturer for the purpose of “market research.” The We-Vibe 4 Plus is designed to be controlled remotely through a smartphone app, so that couples can use it when they are not together. It was revealed that data from the device, such as its temperature and vibration intensity, is being collected by the manufacturer. The privacy issue was brought to light at the Def Con hacking convention by two hackers, who use the online monikers Goldfisk and Follower. In a talk titled “The Internet of Vibrating Things,” the pair demonstrated how data is sent to We Vibe maker Standard Innovation. They also demonstrated that it is possible for third parties to intercept the data, as well as remotely take control of the vibrator and commit what is “potentially sexual assault.” The presentation description stated: “As teledildonics come into the mainstream, human sexual pleasure has become connected with the concerns of privacy and security already familiar to those who previously only wanted to turn on their lights, rather than their lover.” Standard Innovation has admitted to collecting the information but says that it is doing so for “market research purposes, so that we can better understand what settings and levels of intensity are most enjoyed.” In a statement, Standard Innovation president Frank Ferrari said that the temperature data collected is not precise enough to know how it is being used by the user. Ferrari said: “Our reason for collecting CPU temperature data is purely for hardware diagnostic purposes. Our EULA and privacy policy does disclose that we may collect data, but we are currently in the process of reviewing our privacy and data collection protocols in an effort to provide more transparency for our customers.” It is not the first time that vulnerabilities with smart sex toys have been exposed. In March, security researchers demonstrated how a web-connected vibrator could be hacked. According to experts, companies too often treat security as an afterthought when producing internet-enabled devices. Chris Boyd, an analyst at the security firm Malwarebytes, told Newsweek in an interview earlier this year: “The problem here is that many Internet of Things devices [smart devices connected to the internet] are horribly broken security-wise because it costs money to ensure a reasonable standard of protection on a product.”

Aug. 14, 2016

Pokémon Go: un lavoro come un altro...

by Antonio Casilli

"[...] Even gamers who never spend a cent on in-app purchases or promotions are effectively producing information that becomes a commodity owned by Niantic. The free distribution of Pokemon Go can be likened to the free distribution of a tool that lets us make stuff that then belongs to someone else. This tool is pretty fun to use. But this should not distract us completely from what's at stake. Work might be fun but that doesn't make it any less a form of labour. And as our everyday urban lives are increasingly commodified, it's time to start seeking answers about how the spoils of our labour (or "playbour'') are collected and distributed." http://www.smh.com.au/comment/how-pokemon-go-will-make-money-from-you-20160… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS)

Aug. 13, 2016