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Il kernel Linux adotta il Code Of Conduct
by Francesco Mecca Sept. 9, 2020

Sept. 9, 2020

Il mondo del FOSS e piu` in generale quello dell'informatica non e` un universo a se` stante ma coesiste con il mondo della politica e ci interagisce. Il 16 settembre Linus con questa email http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.2/00117.html ha annunciato di prendersi una pausa dallo sviluppo del kernel. Inoltre si scusa per il suo comportamento aggressivo: "The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely. I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people's emotions and respond appropriately." Questo cambiamento, che non ha precedenti in 30 anni di benevola dittatura, rientra nel panorama molto piu` ampio dell'attuale conflitto ideologico fra le vecchie idee di selezione per merito e le piu` nuove idee di selezione per diversita`, fra il "technical coding" e il "social coding", alt-destre e la sinistra culturale. Francesco Mecca

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CfP Workshop on Engineering Accountable Information Systems Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden, June 10-11, 2019
by Ben Wagner April 2, 2019

April 2, 2019

Dear all, we currently have a call for papers on Accountable Systems for a workshop at ECIS 2019 that might be interesting for many people on this list: https://easychair.org/cfp/ECIS2019-EAIS <https://easychair.org/cfp/ECIS2019-EAIS> Deadline for submissions is 15 March 2019. If you have any questions about it please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Best, Ben -- Dr. Ben Wagner Assistant Professor Institute for Information Systems and Society Vienna University of Economics and Business Director, Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab Email: ben.wagner(a)wu.ac.at <mailto:ben.wagner@wu.ac.at> | Tel: +43-1-31336-6061 Web: https://www.privacylab.at/ <https://www.privacylab.at/> | Twitter: @benwagne_r ECIS 2019 Workshop: Engineering Accountable Information Systems The function of information systems in society is increasingly in focus of information systems research. One outstanding challenge is how to build information systems which promote accountability, as part of a wider debate on fairness, accountability, and transparency principles (e.g., ACM FAT*). This need for accountability must be reflected on all layers of systems engineering, ranging from process analysis to concrete technical components and primitives employed during implementation. Based on our existing research we believe that three specific areas of information systems research are most relevant in this context: user cognition and human behaviour in relation to the design of interfaces; automated decision-making systems and decision-support systems; critical business processes with a particular need for accountability. In all these and further areas, accountability in complex information systems needs to be addressed through technical mechanisms. Existing high-level considerations on accountability in information systems notwithstanding, however, the concrete engineering and implementation of such mechanisms has so far received only limited attention. Similarly, the challenges arising during such transformations of abstract accountability concepts into concrete technologies as well as the critical evaluation of respective implementations are only rarely covered by existing research. We see this workshop as an opportunity to close these gaps through engaging with the existing debate on accountability while integrating key knowledge from the information systems community. Importantly, our approach to accountable systems is not just focused on high level norms of system development, but indispensably also incorporates practical questions of engineering and designing actual systems. We therefore encourage submissions from the above-mentioned and other areas of accountability engineering as long as they sufficiently incorporate questions of concrete systems engineering and implementation. Submission Guidelines Authors should follow the ECIS 2019 guidelines for research in progress papers, with papers between 4 and 7 pages in length. A poster is not required. Full details are available here: http://ecis2019.eu/information-to-authors <http://ecis2019.eu/information-to-authors> Submissions must be made through the EasyChair system via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2019eais <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2019eais> For questions about the workshop, submissions or review process, contact the chairs via ecis2019eais[at]easychair[dot]org Relevant Dates • Submissions due by March 15 2019 • Replies by April 15 2019 • Final Papers due June 1 2010 • Workshop will be held on June 10 and 11, at Stockholm University’s Kista campus. Organizing & Program Committee Chairs • Ben Wagner, WU Vienna • Frank Pallas, TU Berlin • Florian Cech, TU Vienna • Ancsa Hannak, CSH Vienna Program Committee • Soheil Human, WU Vienna • Till Winkler, WU Vienna • Niels ten Oever, University of Amsterdam • Jörg Pohle, HIIG Berlin • Claudia Müller-Birn, FU Berlin • Juhi Kulshreshta, GESIS, Leibniz • Eliška Pírková, University of Helsinki • Juan Quintero, FAU Erlangen Nürnberg • Eva Zangerle, University of Innsbruck • Abhijnan Chakraborty, MPI Saarbrucken • Piotr Sapiezynski, Northeastern University • Jat Singh, University of Cambridge • Martina Zitterbart, KIT Karlsruhe • Giovanni Sartor, EUI Florence • Abbas Masnavi, CalTech • Golnaz Bidabadi, San Jose State University • Melanie Herschel, IPVS, University of Stuttgart Publication Accepted papers will be published as part of an open-access online collection with CEUR Workshop Proceedings http://ceur-ws.org/ <http://ceur-ws.org/> and an overview of the workshop findings will be published with CAIS (Communications of the Association for Information Systems). Venue The conference will be held in Stockholm University’s Kista campus on June 10 and 11. -- Dr. Ben Wagner Assistant Professor Institute for Information Systems and Society Vienna University of Economics and Business Director, Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab Email: ben.wagner(a)wu.ac.at | Tel: +43-1-31336-6061 Web: https://www.privacylab.at/ | Twitter: @benwagne_r

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Seminario di discussione su “The Game” di Alessandro Baricco | 1 febbraio 2019
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 2, 2019

Feb. 2, 2019

Carissimi, scrivo per segnalarvi il seminario interno di Nexa che avrà luogo il *1** febbraio 2019 *dalle ore 16.00 alle ore 20.00 e che sarà condotto da *Enrico Donaggio.* Titolo: *Tra grande narrazione e storytelling: raccontare la rivoluzione digitale.* *Seminario di discussione su “The Game” di Alessandro Baricco, Einaudi Editore.* "Quella che stiamo vivendo non è solo una rivoluzione tecnologica fatta di nuovi oggetti, ma il risultato di un'insurrezione mentale. Chi l'ha innescata - dai pionieri di Internet all'inventore dell'iPhone - non aveva in mente un progetto preciso se non questo, affascinante e selvaggio: rendere impossibile la ripetizione di una tragedia come quella del Novecento. Niente più confini, niente più élite, niente più caste sacerdotali, politiche, intellettuali. Uno dei concetti più cari all'uomo analogico, la verità, diventa improvvisamente sfocato, mobile, instabile. I problemi sono tradotti in partite da vincere in un gioco per adulti-bambini. Perché questo è The Game." Grazie e buona giornata, Francesco -- 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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Re: [nexa] Valore legale della blockchain e smart contract: primo, via libera al Senato
by Giuseppe Attardi Feb. 1, 2019

Feb. 1, 2019

Sarà interessante capire come farà l'AgID a normare con degli standard un meccanismo che vuol essere per definizione incontrollabile: "l’Agenzia per l’Italia digitale (Agid) entro 90 giorni individuerà gli standard tecnici che i documenti informatici gestiti in questo modo devono rispettare affinché abbiano valore giuridico effettivo." Per esempio, come si garantisce che la blockchain esisterà tra cento/duecento anni? Se mi faccio una blockchain tra i miei amici, avrà valore giuridico? Come si garantisce che non ci sia una maggioranza di miners in grado di controllare la blockchain? Non basterebbe un servizio gestito da un'autorità pubblica, che si presume trusted in quanto sotto controllo pubblico, dove depositare i documenti firmati con firma elettronica? Non essendo un esperto, ne ho parlato con un professore che è considerato tra i maggiori esperti in Italia, ma la sua risposta non mi ha convinto. Mi parlava del caso di una banca che vorrebbe usare la blockchain per garantirsi rispetto ai clienti che impugnano i contratti dopo averli firmati. Ma del perché tra una banca e un cliente non ci debba essere fiducia, ha detto che "è così". Ci vuole pur sempre un notaio per verificare che i documenti firmati corrispondano alla volontà di chi li sottoscrive. "Blockchain technology helps to establish date, time and place of origin and prevents tampering with an electronic document during delivery from the source to destination. A notary public is not involved with document delivery. A notary verifies the ID of the document signer to prevent fraud, and checks for awareness and volition. A notary is also authorized to take the sworn statement of a witness under oath or affirmation. Blockchain software cannot issue or attach a government-approved notarial certificate to a document. Only a human notary can do that." Sono grato a chiunque mi aiuti a capire. Grazie -- Beppe On 1/30/2019 12:00, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it wrote: > "Primo via libera alla norma – come emendamento al decreto > Semplificazioni, > ora al Senato – che inserisce per la prima volta nel nostro ordinamento le > “tecnologie basate su registri distribuiti come la Blockchain” e una > definizione di smart contract. Il primo aspetto è “la possibilità di dare > un valore giuridico a una transazione che sfrutti un registro elettronico > distribuito e informatizzato, senza passare da notai o enti certificatori > centrali”, spiega Fulvio Sarzana, avvocato e membro del team degli esperti > blockchain avviato dal ministero dello Sviluppo economico. > «La norma sullo smart contract invece dà a un contratto eseguito in > automatico da un programma informatico il valore giuridico di un contratto > normale, scritto e firmato», aggiunge Sarzana." > > https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2019-01-23/valore-legale-blockch… > > > -- Guido Guido Noto La Diega, PhD FHEA Senior Lecturer / European > Research Partnerships Coordinator @ Northumbria Law School Director > @italiot | Fellow @nexacenter | Co-convenor @NINSOrig | Co-founder > @DPA2018 Northumbria Law School City Campus East, Newcastle upon Tyne > NE1 8ST noto.la.diega(a)gmail.com +44(0)191 349 5562 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>)

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Segnalazione articolo
by Cristina Iuli Jan. 31, 2019

Jan. 31, 2019

Buongiorno a tutti, segnalo un articolo sulla che mi pare d'interesse ai lettori di questa mailing list. Saluti cordiali, Cristina Iuli https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/walgreens-tests-new-… Maria Cristina Iuli Lingua e Letteratura Nordamericana Dipartimento Studi Umanistici Università del Piemonte Orientale Piazza S. Eusebio, 3 13100 Vercelli ITALY Tel 0039 0161 222 8304 Fax 0039 0161 269959

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per chi fosse interessato
by Aldo Pedico Jan. 31, 2019

Jan. 31, 2019

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2019/01/nist-reveals-26-algorithms-ad… https://csrc.nist.gov/Topics/Security-and-Privacy/cryptography/post-quantum… https://csrc.nist.gov/news/2019/pqc-standardization-process-2nd-round-candi…

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How Technologists Can Help Counter Misinformation and Other Social Harms - Defusing Disinfo
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 31, 2019

Jan. 31, 2019

https://defusingdis.info/2019/01/24/how-technologists-can-help-counter-misi… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Humans in the Loop or Society in the Loop?
by Barbara Caci Jan. 31, 2019

Jan. 31, 2019

Dear all, I started to follow the mailing-list after knowing the NEXA group in the CINI website (https://www.consorzio-cini.it/) It's exciting for me to read discussions about interdisciplinary approaches to technologies. However, some of them are very technical for a psychologist like me! :) I want to share with you a pioneering paper about web-credibility we published some years ago. I apologize if it is dated, but I guess it offers some useful starting points for debate about the importance of the indicators for discriminate"credible" information on the web. Successive data presented on 2009 AIP Italian Congress give us some evidence that Social Validation is the most critical dimension, and this is the reason why I share it with you. Some recent models in IA are founded on the construct of Society-in the-loop (see attachment) and maybe we need to involve more “humans” also exploring their beliefs. Best wishes Barbara Caci *************************************** Barbara Caci, PhD; psychologist Assistant Professor at Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Building 15, room 412 90128 - Palermo (ITALY) Phone +39 (0)91 23897739 barbara.caci(a)unipa.it http://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/c/barbara.caci Skype: barbara.caci

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Fwd: New open access book: Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data
by Alberto Cammozzo Jan. 31, 2019

Jan. 31, 2019

-------- Original Message -------- From: Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs(a)UTI.AT> Sent: January 31, 2019 7:13:31 AM UTC To: SURVEILLANCE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: New open access book: Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data New open access book: David Chandler and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2019. Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data. London: University of Westminster Press. ISBN 978-1-912656-20-2. https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book29/ This volume explores activism, research and critique in the age of big data capitalism. Published by University of Westminster Press. Available as affordable paperback and free open access book. The book has a conversational nature so that each contribution is followed by a response/reflection. With contributions by Joanna Boehnert, Elisabetta Brighi, David Chandler, Robert Cowley, Jodi Dean, Christian Fuchs, Paolo Gerbaudo, Peter Goodwin, Kylie Jarrett, Anastasia Kavada, Phoebe V. Moore, Toni Negri, Jack L. Qiu, Paul Rekret, Paulina Tambakaki. Table of Contents Introduction: Big Data Capitalism – Politics, Activism, and Theory 1-20 Christian Fuchs and David Chandler Section I: Digital Capitalism and Big Data Capitalism Digital Governance in the Anthropocene: The Rise of the Correlational Machine 23-42 David Chandler Beyond Big Data Capitalism, Towards Dialectical Digital Modernity: Reflections on David Chandler’s Chapter 43-51 Christian Fuchs Karl Marx in the Age of Big Data Capitalism 53-71 Christian Fuchs What is at Stake in the Critique of Big Data? Reflections on Christian Fuchs’s Chapter 73-79 David Chandler Seeing Like a Cyborg? The Innocence of Posthuman Knowledge 81-94 Paul Rekret Posthumanism as a Spectrum: Reflections on Paul Rekret’s Chapter 95-100 Robert Cowley Section II: Digital Labour Through the Reproductive Lens: Labour and Struggle at the Intersection of Culture and Economy 103-116 Kylie Jarrett Contradictions in the Twitter Social Factory: Reflections on Kylie Jarrett’s Chapter 117-123 Joanna Boehnert E(a)ffective Precarity, Control and Resistance in the Digitalised Workplace 125-144 Phoebe V. Moore Beyond Repression: Reflections on Phoebe Moore’s Chapter 145-150 Elisabetta Brighi Goodbye iSlave: Making Alternative Subjects Through Digital Objects 151-164 Jack Linchuan Qiu Wage-Workers, Not Slaves: Reflections on Jack Qiu’s Chapter 165-167 Peter Goodwin Section III: Digital Politics Critique or Collectivity? Communicative Capitalism and the Subject of Politics 171-182 Jodi Dean Subjects, Contexts and Modes of Critique: Reflections on Jodi Dean’s Chapter 183-186 Paulina Tambakaki The Platform Party: The Transformation of Political Organisation in the Era of Big Data 187-198 Paolo Gerbaudo The Movement Party – Winning Elections and Transforming Democracy in a Digital Era: Reflections on Paolo Gerbaudo’s Chapter 199-204 Anastasia Kavada The Appropriation of Fixed Capital: A Metaphor? 205-214 Antonio Negri Appropriation of Digital Machines and Appropriation of Fixed Capital as the Real Appropriation of Social Being: Reflections on Toni Negri’s Chapter 215-221 Christian Fuchs **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <LISTSERV(a)jiscmail.ac.uk>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help ****************************************************

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Computers Were Supposed to Be Good | The Nation
by Alberto Cammozzo Jan. 30, 2019

Jan. 30, 2019

<https://www.thenation.com/article/peoples-history-of-personal-computing-joy…> Computers Were Supposed to Be Good Joy Lisi Rankin’s book on the history of personal computing looks at the technology’s forgotten democratic promise. Rankin contends that the myth of a “digital America dependent on the work of a handful of male tech geniuses” detracts from computing’s initial democratic promise: a project made by civilians for civilians. Society’s optimism about technology has waned, but some can’t help but valorize self-made men. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a case in point: He’s still celebrated by some as a visionary and self-made billionaire (never mind that he is said to have roamed the streets of New York with emeralds from his father’s mine in his pocket), even as his boorishness has damaged his business. Tesla’s price has tanked as Musk’s Twitter conniptions have led to SEC fines, and a recent, bewildering appearance on the libertarian-leaning podcast The Joe Rogan Experience left some people questioning his judgment. [] Rankin’s book is a powerful and densely detailed account of how digital culture in the 1960s and ’70s shaped our contemporary experiences of technology as a tool for social connection. As the hat tip to Howard Zinn in the title indicates, Rankin’s book locates the forgotten heroes of the personal- and social-computing movement in school classrooms and the academy, as well as the industry’s darker side. Rankin observes that computing’s social and personal origins can be traced back to 1964, when the first large-scale computer time-sharing network was developed at Dartmouth. []

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