February 2017 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Rilascio di ooni-mobile, una app per misurare la censura
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 9, 2017

Feb. 9, 2017

Carissimi, siamo lieti di segnalarvi che l’Open Observatory of Network Interference <https://ooni.torproject.org/> (OONI) ha pubblicato “ooniprobe - Measure Internet Censorship & Performance”, una applicazione mobile per Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openobservatory.ooniprobe> e iOS <https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id1199566366>, progettata per tracciare e raccogliere dati che riguardano la censura su internet. L’applicazione mobile consentirà agli utenti di monitorare: ● Il blocco dei siti web; ● La presenza di sistemi responsabili di azioni di censura o sorveglianza; ● Velocità e performance della rete, inclusa la propria. OONI è un progetto di software libero che raccoglie ed elabora le misurazioni di rete <https://explorer.ooni.io/world/> allo scopo di rilevare anomalie, quali la censura, la sorveglianza e la manipolazione del traffico. Dal 2012, OONI ha raccolto milioni di misurazioni in più di 100 paesi in tutto il mondo. Allo sviluppo dell’applicazione mobile hanno collaborato, tra gli altri, Arturo Filastò <https://nexa.polito.it/people/afilasto>, Antonio Langiu <https://nexa.polito.it/people/alangiu>, e Davide Allavena <https://nexa.polito.it/people/dallavena>, Fellow del Centro Nexa, e Simone Basso <https://nexa.polito.it/people/sbasso>, Senior Research Fellow del Centro Nexa. In particolare, l'applicazione si basa sulla libreria di misure di rete measurement-kit <https://measurement-kit.github.io/>, sviluppata in collaborazione tra OONI e il Centro Nexa, e finanziata tramite il progetto MORFEO <https://nexa.polito.it/morfeo> e una successiva donazione di Measurement Lab <http://neubot.nexacenter.org/2016/02/03/measurement-kit-refinanced>. In allegato il Comunicato stampa e uno screenshot dell’applicazione. -- 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: 011 090 7219 -- 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: 011 090 7219 -- 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: 011 090 7219

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Are the US-EU data agreements still alive?
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 8, 2017

Feb. 8, 2017

Privacy Shield potrebbe essere già morto... <https://edri.org/are-the-us-eu-data-agreements-still-alive/> Late on the first day of Computers, Data Protection and Privacy (CPDP) Conference on 25 January 2017, word came through that US President Donald Trump had issued Executive Order (EO), “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”, which included the following: Privacy Act. Agencies shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law, ensure that their privacy policies exclude persons who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents from the protections of the Privacy Act regarding personally identifiable information. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jan Philipp Albrecht immediately tweeted <https://twitter.com/JanAlbrecht/status/824553962678390784> that the European Commission must suspend Privacy Shield and sanction the US for breaking the Umbrella Agreement. To the many experts at CPDP, the situation was less clear-cut. Much of the conference’s closing discussion, the Caspar Bowden panel on Privacy Shield and Mass Surveillance, focused on it. The executive order places three things at risk: Privacy Shield, the EU-US Umbrella Agreement, and the EU-US Passenger Name Records (PNR) Agreement. The Umbrella Agreement is a framework for transferring law enforcement data from the EU to the US, and was created under the Judicial Redress Act (JRA). Passed in 2015 as an enabler for Privacy Shield, the JRA gives citizens from the EU and its member countries limited rights under the US Privacy Act. The Umbrella Agreement and the list of EU countries were published in the Federal Register on 23 January 2017. Because the pre-conditions have now been met, a data protection lawyer Peter Swire, speaking at CPDP, said that the Umbrella Agreement will enter into force on 1 February. [] Alberto

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FORTUNE: "Denmark to Appoint a ‘Silicon Valley Ambassador’ As If Tech Was Its Own Country"
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 8, 2017

Feb. 8, 2017

Dalla rubrica Digital Policy News: http://www.pr-foundation.org/ In un'intervista al Washington Post il ministro degli Esteri danese Anders Samuelsen ha rivelato l'intenzione del suo governo di nominare un "ambasciatore digitale". Un'inedita figura di diplomatico per negoziare su questioni di privacy e sicurezza con i giganti della tecnologia, dal momento che, secondo il giudizio del ministro, "sono diventati una sorta di nuove nazioni e abbiamo bisogno di confrontarci con essi". L'articolo qui: http://fortune.com/2017/02/06/denmark-ambassador- apple-google/ 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: 011 090 7219 -- 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: 011 090 7219

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Published Joint Letter on Copyright reform for education
by Fabio Nascimbeni Feb. 8, 2017

Feb. 8, 2017

From Judith Blijden <jb(a)kl.nl> > > Dear all, > > We want to thank you again for supporting our joint letter and sharing it with your network to ask for more support. Because of this we have gathered support from 34 organisations and 17 individuals across Europe. We are certain this amplifies our voice for a better copyright for education within the European Union. > > Yesterday we shared the letter with about 300 MEPs, all those working on the copyright dossier in one form or another. We will keep you updated on their responses. Please feel free to share the letter with your (national) ministries, the MEPs you may be in contact with or anyone else willing to listen to the voice of education. > > We have published the letter on our blog here, called: “Clear statement from educational sector: we need a better copyright reform”: https://goo.gl/bVoX8x <https://goo.gl/bVoX8x> > > We hope you can share the letter through your different social media channels. You can retweet our tweet, share some template tweets like the ones below, or naturally create your own. > > Suggested tweets: > We need a better copyright reform for #education. Read our joint letter here on how to #FixCopyright https://goo.gl/bVoX8x <https://goo.gl/bVoX8x>: > Dear MEPs, 34 organisations across Europe fear education is left behind. Read our concerns here https://goo.gl/bVoX8x <https://goo.gl/bVoX8x> #fixcopyright > 34 organisations have shared their fear education is left behind in the (c) reform. Read our concerns https://goo.gl/bVoX8x <https://goo.gl/bVoX8x> #fixcopyright > Organisation across Europe have gathered forces for better copyright for education. Read our proposals https://goo.gl/bVoX8x <https://goo.gl/bVoX8x> #fixcopyright > > Kind regards, > > Judith Blijden, Olga Jurkowska, Lisette Kalshoven, Teresa Nobre and Alek Tarkowski > > > -- > Kennisland | www.kl.nl <http://www.kennisland.nl/> | t +31205756720 <tel:%2B31205756720> | m +31642002406 <tel:%2B31617450540> -- Fabio Nascimbeni Email: fabio.nascimbeni(a)gmail.com <mailto:fabio.nascimbeni@gmail.com> Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/ <http://linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/>

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Frodi con le carte di pagamento, ecco come rubano i nostri dati
by A Dicorinto Feb. 8, 2017

Feb. 8, 2017

È uscito il rapporto del MEF-- "Frodi con le carte di pagamento, ecco come rubano i nostri dati" Il rapporto del MEF (scaricabile) mostra il funzionamento del cash-out dei dati, ovvero come i criminali riescono a convertire in denaro i proventi delle attività illecite Pierluigi Paganini - 8 febbraio 2017 http://cybersecurity.startupitalia.eu/54100-20170208-rapporto_mef-frodi-car… -- Arturo Di Corinto www.dicorinto.it ---------------------------------> AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003 Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003

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Opportunità di fellowship Marie-Curie in Irlanda
by Ugo Pagallo Feb. 8, 2017

Feb. 8, 2017

Cari Tutti, ricevo e giro: forse a qualcuno in lista può interessare... Il GRCTC (http://www.grctc.com/) è un technology centre sito a Cork, Irlanda, finanziato da Enterprise Ireland ed ospitato dall'University College Cork (UCC). Si occupa di soluzioni per governance, risk e compliance nel settore finanziario. I nostri progetti sono incentrati su una piattaforma per la traduzione di testi giuridici in database semantici. A tal fine stiamo sviluppando un Controlled Natural Language chiamato Mercury, una ontologia di nome FIRO (Financial Industry Regulatory Ontology, http://www.grctc.com/platform-research/firo/) ed un tool chiamato Ganesha. Lo scorso 30 Gennaio è stata pubblicata una call Marie-Curie cofinanziata da Enterprise Ireland: http://www.horizon2020.ie/career-fit/ La call è diretta ai Technology Centre irlandesi, dei quali il GRCTC è uno dei pochi, e quindi abbiamo una buona possibilità di riuscita. Il salario è ottimo (EUR 60.000), il contratto da tre anni. La nostra intenzione è di sottomettere più di una application, e siamo alla ricerca di candidati all’altezza. Qualora doveste conoscere ricercatori con dottorato o almeno 4 anni di ricerca alle spalle che desiderano fare domanda, sarei felice di valutare assieme l’opportunità ed eventualmente aiutarli con l’application. Siamo principalmente interessati a computer scientist ed esperti di semantic web, logici ed esperti di rule-based reasoning, linguisti ed esperti di NLP. Per ulteriori informazioni potete scrivermi al mio indirizzo marcello.ceci(a)ucc.ie. Grazie per l'attenzione.

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Approvazione del regolamento sulla portabilità transfrontaliera dei servizi di contenuti online nel mercato interno (COM (2015) 627 final).
by Giulio Messori Feb. 7, 2017

Feb. 7, 2017

Gentilissimi, Sperando di fare cosa gradita, invio un mio articolo riportante alcune considerazioni a seguito dell'approvazione di stasera da parte della Commissione Europea del testo di regolamento sulla portabilità transfrontaliera dei servizi di contenuti online nel mercato interno (COM (2015) 627 final). Potete accedervi cliccando a questo link https://lnkd.in/dGxasRx Spero vogliate farmi sapere quali sono le vostre impressioni su quello che ritengo un altro importante passo verso il raggiungimento di un Digital Single Market compiuto. Cordialmente, Giulio Messori Juris Doctor - Member of ELI, European Law Institute, Vienna

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What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 7, 2017

Feb. 7, 2017

Omen nomen... <https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-…> Consumers have bought more than 11 million internet-connected Vizio televisions since 2010. But according to a complaint filed by the FTC and the New Jersey Attorney General <https://ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/02/vizio-pay-22-million-ftc…>, consumers didn’t know that while they were watching their TVs, Vizio was watching them. The lawsuit challenges the company’s tracking practices and offers insights into how established consumer protection principles apply to smart technology. Starting in 2014, Vizio made TVs that automatically tracked what consumers were watching and transmitted that data back to its servers. Vizio even retrofitted older models by installing its tracking software remotely. All of this, the FTC and AG allege, was done without clearly telling consumers or getting their consent. What did Vizio know about what was going on in the privacy of consumers’ homes? On a second-by-second basis, Vizio collected a selection of pixels on the screen that it matched to a database of TV, movie, and commercial content. What’s more, Vizio identified viewing data from cable or broadband service providers, set-top boxes, streaming devices, DVD players, and over-the-air broadcasts. Add it all up and Vizio captured as many as 100 billion data points each day from millions of TVs. Vizio then turned that mountain of data into cash by selling consumers’ viewing histories to advertisers and others. And let’s be clear: We’re not talking about summary information about national viewing trends. According to the complaint, Vizio got personal. The company provided consumers’ IP addresses to data aggregators, who then matched the address with an individual consumer or household. Vizio’s contracts with third parties prohibited the re-identification of consumers and households by name, but allowed a host of other personal details – for example, sex, age, income, marital status, household size, education, and home ownership. And Vizio permitted these companies to track and target its consumers across devices. That’s what Vizio was up to behind the screen, but what was the company telling consumers? Not much, according to the complaint <https://ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/162-3024/vizio-inc-vizio-insc…>. Vizio put its tracking functionality behind a setting called “Smart Interactivity.” But the FTC and New Jersey AG say that the generic way the company described that feature – for example, “enables program offers and suggestions” – didn’t give consumers the necessary heads-up to know that Vizio was tracking their TV’s every flicker. (Oh, and the “Smart Interactivity” feature didn’t even provide the promised “program offers and suggestions.”) The complaint <https://ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/162-3024/vizio-inc-vizio-insc…> alleges that Vizio engaged in unfair trade practices that violated the FTC Act and were unconscionable under New Jersey law. The complaint also alleges that Vizio failed to adequately disclose the nature of its “Smart Interactivity” feature and misled consumers with its generic name and description. To settle the case <https://ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/162-3024/vizio-inc-vizio-insc…>, Vizio has agreed to stop unauthorized tracking, to prominently disclose its TV viewing collection practices, and to get consumers’ express consent before collecting and sharing viewing information. In addition, the company must delete most of the data it collected and put a privacy program in place that evaluates Vizio’s practices and its partners. The order also includes a $1.5 million payment to the FTC and an additional civil penalty to New Jersey for a total of $2.2 million. [...]

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Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: US judge
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 6, 2017

Feb. 6, 2017

<http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/05/google-unlike-microsoft-must-turn-over-forei…> A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft Corp . U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Rueter in Philadelphia ruled on Friday that transferring emails from a foreign server so FBI agents could review them locally as part of a domestic fraud probe did not qualify as a seizure. The judge said this was because there was "no meaningful interference" with the account holder's "possessory interest" in the data sought. "Though the retrieval of the electronic data by Google from its multiple data centers abroad has the potential for an invasion of privacy, the actual infringement of privacy occurs at the time of disclosure in the United States," Rueter wrote. Google, a unit of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc, said in a statement on Saturday: "The magistrate in this case departed from precedent, and we plan to appeal the decision. []

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94° Mercoledì di Nexa - 8 febbraio 2017
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 6, 2017

Feb. 6, 2017

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 8 febbraio 2017, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, si svolgerà il 94° Mercoledì di Nexa, con un incontro dal titolo: *"An Integrated Domain: visions of a Connected Future".* Ospite dell'incontro *Jim Groom* (Reclaim Hosting). Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: *https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-94 <https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-94>* Cordiali saluti, Francesco 2017-01-30 12:02 GMT+01:00 Francesco Ruggiero <francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it> : > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-94> > [image: NEXA] > > 94° Mercoledì di Nexa > Mercoledì 8 febbraio 2017, ore 18.00 - 20.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-94 > An Integrated Domain: visions of a Connected Future > > Speaker > Jim Groom (Reclaim Hosting) > > This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > Visions of the future are often framed by the technologies that shape > them. This is readily apparent in popular culture’s treatment of the future > over the past 50 years. Several recurring themes of these fictional > projections have become contemporary concerns in 2017: the specter of > artificial intelligence, the rise of robots, virtual worlds, and the > existential question of self in an increasingly distributed and fragmented > reality. All of which points to an increasingly technological mediation of > both *reality and identity, raising the larger question of how we are > managing these changes culturally*. > > Are we teaching people to interrogate the way news is presented on social > media? Are we teaching students to understand the basic infrastructure of > the internet? Are we beginning to examine the ever-changing fault lines of > the reality that is framed for us on the web? *This talk will examine one > small project called Domain of One’s Own* happening at various > universities and colleges in North America, Great Britain, and Australia > that empowers faculty, students, and staff to both *manage and control > their online digital presence through an integrated online domain*. An > initiative that frames education as fundamental to preparing an entire > generation for the shifting notions of identity and reality that that will > everywhere shape our connected future. > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [GROOM]] > > JIM GROOM is the co-founder of Reclaim Hosting, an independent web hosting > company focused on the higher education community. Previously he was the > Executive Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies > and adjunct professor at the University of Mary Washington in > Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has been part of a number of exciting projects > at the University of Mary Washington. In 2006 he started the web-based > educational publishing platform ELS Blogs for the English Linguistics and > Speech department at UMW. This pilot project led to the development of UMW > Blogs in 2007 which has since become an enterprise level academic > publishing platform. In 2008 the madness that was EDUPUNK was attributed to > a series of posts he wrote on his personal blog. In 2010 he re-imagined the > Computer Science 106 course on Digital Storytelling at UMW as an open, > online community referred to as ds106—an experiment in teaching and > learning on the web that is still going strong and has been celebrated > internationally as a compelling community-based approach to online > learning. Additionally, he also helped spearhead an initiative at the > University of Mary Washington called A Domain of One’s Own that, starting > in Fall 2013, provided all incoming Freshman their own domain and web > hosting account. In 2015 he left Mary Washington to work full-time for > Reclaim Hosting, a company he co-founded that helps individuals, groups, > and institutions reclaim the web from the corporate silos. Finally, he > writes regularly about his work in educational technology–in addition to > several other interests such as film, literature, and media of all kinds–on > his home away from home: bavatuesdays.com <http://www.bavatuesdays.com>. > > *Letture consigliate e link utili:* > > - Jon Udell's, * A Domain of One's Own* > <https://www.wired.com/insights/2012/07/a-domain-of-ones-own/> > - Audrey Watters's, *A Domain of One's Own in a Post-Ownership Society* > <http://hackeducation.com/2016/08/23/domains> > - Jim Groom, *Domain of Online Scholarly Presence* > <http://bavatuesdays.com/domains-of-online-scholarly-presence/>. > - Andrew Rikard's, *Do I Own My Domain if You Grade It?* > <https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-08-10-do-i-own-my-domain-if-you-grade-it>. > > - Martha Burtis's, *Making, Breaking, and Rethinking Domain of One's > Own* > <http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/making-breaking-rethinking-web-…>. > > > > > > 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: 011 090 7219

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