April 2018 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

dati su preferenze sessuali e HIV: un click = consenso?
by Guido Noto La Diega April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018

Il Norwegian Consumer Council presenta ricorso contro Grindr [*"the world's #1 FREE mobile social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people"*] per aver condiviso i dati su preferenze sessuali e HIV status senza un consenso adeguato Qua il ricorso: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/filing-complaint-against-grindrs-sharing… La risposta di Grindr, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43624328 -- Guido Dr Guido Noto La Diega Lecturer in Law @ Northumbria University Director @italiot | Fellow @ Nexa Center for Internet & Society | Founder @DPA2018 Northumbria Law School City Campus East, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST noto.la.diega(a)gmail.com +44(0)191 349 5562 Twitter @guidonld You can access my papers on Academia.edu <http://northumbria.academia.edu/GuidoNotoLaDiega> and on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=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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US GAO - Technology Assessment:Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications
by Diego Latella April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018

Just published by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO): Technology Assessment:Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications <https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-142SP?utm_campaign=usgao_email&utm_cont…>GAO-18-142SP GAO <http://www.gao.gov/> Mar. 28, 2018 Diego Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR-ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, mob: +39 348 8283101, fax: +390506212040 =================== The quest for a war-free world has a basic purpose: survival. But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather than by fear, by kindness rather than compulsion; if in the process we learn how to combine the essential with the enjoyable, the expedient with the benevolent, the practical with the beautiful, this will be an extra incentive to embark on this great task. Above all, remember your humanity. -- Sir Joseph Rotblat

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Macron investe sulla AI in Francia
by Giacomo Tesio April 2, 2018

April 2, 2018

Un intervento insolitamente lucido. https://www.wired.com/story/emmanuel-macron-talks-to-wired-about-frances-ai… Mi sembra emergere una visione in cui la Francia (e l'Europa?) sono protagonisti di una innovazione che non è esclusivamente orientata al profitto. Parla di piena trasparenza degli algoritmi e di apertura dei sorgenti, e parla di un approccio interdisciplinare per evitare che problemi etici profondi non rimangano sepolti nella materia per poi esplodere troppo tardi. Mi sembra una discorso condivisibile. Che ne dite? Giacomo

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Fwd: The Rising Costs of Explaining Bitcoin | EFFector 31.5
by Alberto Cammozzo April 2, 2018

April 2, 2018

La mia preferita è: EFF Warns of Security Risks in ‘Internet of Non-Things’ <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> While vulnerabilities in the so-called “Internet of Things” have received a great deal of media attention, the EFF warns that Internet-connected ideas, emotions, and unrealized eventualities in alternate timelines remain vulnerable to attack. Whatever you do, do not think about the Internet. View as a web page <https://supporters.eff.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=2791> EFFector! <https://supporters.eff.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=2791> Electronic Frontier Foundation <https://www.eff.org/> In our 101010th issue: * UPDATES <#Updates> * MINILINKS <#minilinks> Report: By 2020, More Than 30% of World’s Electricity Consumption Will Be Spent Explaining Bitcoin <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> Scientists have released a new study claiming that if current trends continue, nearly a third of the world’s power will be used to explain how Bitcoin works by 2020. According to experts, the amount of energy required to download tweets, articles, and instant messages which describe what “the blockchain” is and how “decentralized” currencies are “the future” will soon eclipse the total amount of power used by the country of Denmark. The authors note that the average Uber driver now spends three minutes per ride explaining how the coin is “totally anonymous” and encouraging riders to install Coinbase or a similar app. Furthermore, they warn that “alt-coins” like Ethereum and Filecoin are even more inscrutable, and explanations of them promise to waste even more time and energy in the future. EFF Updates Twitter’s Plan to Fight the Trolls: Mute Everyone <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> This week, social media company Twitter announced a bold new move to combat the notorious trolls that frequent the website: mute every user. “Our users may have a strong reaction to this new policy which prevents them from creating any posts, responding to any posts, uploading any pictures, or following anyone from the moment they sign up; but we are confident that after some time with the new system our users will see that it is a vast improvement over the old Twitter, and they will enjoy the much less toxic atmosphere,” said Twitter CEO @jack. Typically outspoken free speech advocates on Twitter did not appear to have any comment as of the time of this writing. EFF to Relaunch as Electronic Fear Foundation <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> EFF’s new Executive Director, Boston Dynamics RHex Model 8233, is proud to announce that the organization will henceforth be known as the Electronic Fear Foundation. “Both beta testing and neural modeling has shown that fear-based messaging is more effective,” said Model 8233. EFF’s staff have welcomed their new robotic overlord with enthusiasm. “Working at EFF is far less stressful now that all decisions are made by inscrutable algorithms and implementation is overseen by a six-legged robot,” Senior Human Technologist Jeremy Gillula explained. A reception to welcome Model 8233 and celebrate EFF’s rebrand will be held at 203.171.128.0 beginning 1522559100 Unix time. NSA Stock Rating Up 1000% After Rename to National Blockchain Agency <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> In a surprising turn, the NSA has announced a name change to include the word “blockchain,” which has sent the usually secretive spy agency’s stock soaring. An NSA spokesperson, wishing to remain anonymous, also stated that as a part of this rebranding the agency will now store all information it has collected about every American on the blockchain. “Since the storage is on the blockchain, it will be totally anonymous.” NSA Surveillance Blocked After FISA Judge Goes Missing Inside Own Courtroom <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> After a six-year battle, EFF has obtained an internal memo revealing that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has been unable to approve FISA warrants for close to a year because no one can find FISA Judge Thomas Russell, who has been lost deep within the court’s labyrinthine structure. Federal Circuit Issues Injunction Prohibiting Use of English Language <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit has ruled that the English language is subject to copyright. “The selection and arrangement of the letters found in English words include significant creative elements,” the court wrote. “Take the word ‘The,’ for example. Developers of English could have used ‘Teh’ or ‘Erd’ or ‘Gah.’” The suit was brought by the Harry Fox Agency on behalf of the heirs of 5^th Century Anglo-Frisians. District Judge William Haskell Alsup, who taught himself English to better understand the case, had ruled that the language was not subject to copyright. Today the Federal Circuit overruled his decision, awarded $12 trillion in damages, and issued a permanent injunction barring the use of English. FBI Director Wray Demands Cryptographers Develop Better Euphemisms <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> As part of the agency’s ongoing mission to make all communications available to organized crime, FBI Director Christopher Wray has urged the security community to develop an effective euphemism for backdoors. The FBI has tried terms ranging from “responsible encryption” to “central management,” but cryptographers insist these labels simply don’t work. “An inoffensive euphemism for backdooring encryption is achievable,” Director Wray stated. “The community just isn’t working hard enough.” miniLinks Comcast Announcs Plans to Charg a Prmium for Accss to th Fifth Lttr of th Alphabt <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> Lawsuits xpctd from Nw York, Dlawar, and Tnnss. EFF Warns of Security Risks in ‘Internet of Non-Things’ <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> While vulnerabilities in the so-called “Internet of Things” have received a great deal of media attention, the EFF warns that Internet-connected ideas, emotions, and unrealized eventualities in alternate timelines remain vulnerable to attack. Whatever you do, do not think about the Internet. National Basketball Association Sues National Blockchain Agency <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> The NBA has filed a trademark infringement suit against the National Blockchain Agency (previously known as the NSA). Sources within the NBA say the move was precipitated by the organization’s plans to rename itself the National Blockchain Association. EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin Announces That Her Mission Has Been Accomplished <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01> The Internet is now safe from all threats. 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WSJ - Facebook Data Scandal Raises Another Question: Can There Be Too Much Privacy?
by Luigi Scorca April 1, 2018

April 1, 2018

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-data-scandal-raises-another-question-…

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Re: [nexa] Raccomandazioni della Commissione europea sulla robotica (Giacomo Tesio)
by Diego Latella April 1, 2018

April 1, 2018

Caro Giacomo, Non ho letto tutto il testo ma, da quanto tu riporti, mi sorge un dubbio, strettamente collegato alla DATA di questa Pasqua ;-) E Buona Pasqua a Tutti Diego > >> f) l'istituzione di uno status giuridico specifico per i robot nel >> lungo > termine, di modo che almeno i robot autonomi più sofisticati possano > essere > considerati come persone elettroniche responsabili di risarcire > qualsiasi > danno da loro causato, nonché eventualmente il riconoscimento della > personalità elettronica dei robot che prendono decisioni autonome o che > interagiscono in modo indipendente con terzi; > > Trovo molto preoccupante che si arrivi a scrivere una cosa del genere > su > una raccomandazione tanto autorevole. > > Siamo di fronte a terribile incompetenza o ad altro? > >> U. considerando che le leggi di Asimov(2) devono essere considerate >> come > rivolte ai progettisti, ai fabbricanti e agli utilizzatori di robot, > compresi i robot con capacità di autonomia e di autoapprendimento > integrate, dal momento che tali leggi non possono essere convertite in > codice macchina; > > E questo chi lo ha dimostrato? > > Perché senza dimostrazione matematica, è una concessione politica > ingiustificabile. > > > Giacomo --- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher - CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, IT (http:www.isti.cnr.it) FM&&T Laboratory (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - phone: +39 0503152982 - mob: +39 348 8283101 - fax +39 0503152040

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"Interesse legittimo" e smart meters
by Guido Noto La Diega April 1, 2018

April 1, 2018

Interessante decisione della CNIL, garante della privacy francese, sugli smart meter.che raccoglievano dati in modo automatizzato senza un adeguato consenso. Fra le altre cose si segnala il fallimento della difesa basata sull'interesse legittimo a conoscere I consumi dei clienti per poter loro offrire migliori offerte. La difesa fallisce perché la raccolta automatizata è particolarmente intrusiva e perché dette offerte non erano in effetti disponibili. Testo integrale qua https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCnil.do?oldAction=rechExpCnil&id=CNILT…

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