January 2019 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Victory! Illinois Supreme Court Protects Biometric Privacy

by Alberto Cammozzo

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/victory-illinois-supreme-court-protec… Today the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that when companies collect biometric data like fingerprints or face prints without informed opt-in consent, they can be sued. Users don't need to prove an injury like identity fraud or physical harm—just losing control of one’s biometric privacy is injury enough. In Rosenbach v. Six Flags, a 14 year old brought a challenge against an amusement park for collecting his thumbprint without his informed consent, in violation of Illinois law. The law in question, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), prohibits companies from gathering, using, or sharing biometric information without informed opt-in consent. EFF, along with ACLU, CDT, the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, PIRG, and Lucy Parsons Labs, filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt a robust interpretation of BIPA. The Illinois Supreme Court agreed with us and soundly rejected the defendants’ argument that BIPA required a person to show an injury beyond loss of statutory privacy rights. The Court rejected the company’s argument that violation of a privacy statute is a mere “technical violation of the law.” In fact, the Court ruled, it inflicts a serious harm that supports a lawsuit. The court recognized that, through BIPA, the legislature had codified an individual’s “right to privacy in and control over their biometric identifiers and biometric information.” The need to codify this right was supported by the legislature’s findings that biometrics may be used to access sensitive information, but unlike other identifiers like social security numbers, biometrics are unique to each individual and can’t be changed. As a result, the Court ruled, quoting the legislature: “once compromised, the individual has no recourse, is at heightened risk for identity theft, and is likely to withdraw from biometric-facilitated transactions.” [...]

Jan. 28, 2019

Re: [nexa] A Study on Driverless-Car Ethics Offers a Troubling Look Into Our Values | The New Yorker

by Giacomo Tesio

Mi chiedo che valenza statistica abbia lo studio, visto che il campione non è stato studiato a priori per essere rappresentativo. > In its discussion, the paper skims over the uglier aspects of the study to identify > “three strong preferences” that might provide a starting point for developing a > standardized machine-ethics framework: sparing human lives, sparing more > lives, and sparing young lives. Toh guarda... il MIT vuole farci massimizzare i consumatori-lavoratori che costano meno. Perché non sono sorpreso? > The paper concludes with a soaring look into > the future, and recasts machine ethics as a “unique opportunity to decide, as > a community, what we believe to be right or wrong; and to make sure that > machines, unlike humans, unerringly follow these moral preferences.” Ma si dai, diffondiamo per il mondo macchine moraliste che seguono pedissequamente i valori della maggioranza! Cosa può andare storto? Mica abbiamo avuto il Fascismo in Italia! Mica abbiamo avuto il Nazismo in Germania! Facciamo così: quando poi ci sarà da raccogliere i dati sulla moralità da adottare, metto a disposizione io la piattaforma. Non vi preoccupate... chi mai abuserebbe del potere enorme a disposizione! :-D Giacomo

Jan. 28, 2019

A Study on Driverless-Car Ethics Offers a Troubling Look Into Our Values | The New Yorker

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/a-study-on-driverless-car-ethics… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Jan. 27, 2019

Nouveau monde. Luc Julia : "L’intelligence artificielle n’existe pas et la voiture autonome n’existera jamais"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Nouveau monde. Luc Julia : "L’intelligence artificielle n’existe pas et la voiture autonome n’existera jamais"* / //Par franceinfo, Jérôme Colombain – Radio France// // //Mis à jour le 27/01/2019 | 17:39 – publié le 25/01/2019 | 15:16// / *Luc Julia, l'un des pères de l’assistant vocal Siri d’Apple prend le contrepied du discours marketing actuel sur l’IA.* Luc Julia, l’un des inventeurs de l’assistant vocal Siri d’Apple, actuel vice-président innovation de Samsung Monde, et directeur du laboratoire de recherche en IA de Samsung, signe un livre décalé sur l’intelligence artificielle dans lequel il prend le contrepied du discours marketing ambiant sur l’IA. Le concept d’intelligence artificielle est né en 1956 d’un besoin de financement pour la recherche en informatique. Les scientifiques américains John McCarthy et Marvin Lee Minsky ont eu l’idée d’enrober leurs travaux avec cette notion afin de susciter l’adhésion. 60 ans après, on parle à nouveau partout d'intelligence artificielle. Luc Julia, l’un des pionniers du domaine, met en garde contre les exagérations. […] Continua qui: https://mobile.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/nouveau-monde/nouveau-monde-luc…

Jan. 27, 2019

Re: [nexa] From Policing Screen Time To Weighing Screen Use | The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF)

by Stefano Zacchiroli

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 09:28:07AM +0100, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > https://www.thechildrensmediafoundation.org/archives/7165/from-policing-scr… Fa piacere vedere una review scientifica di falsi miti che sono stati estrapolati negli anni esagerando i risultati di pur validi studi scientifici sull'impatto degli "schermi" sullo sviluppo dell'attenzione nei bambini. Ne lessi una decina qualche tempo fa e lo "spread" (per usare un termine di moda) tra i findings effettivi e le raccomandazioni da parte di associazioni di genitori era enorme. Sono molto curioso di leggere il libro delle due attrici, quando uscirà. Grazie per la segnalazione, a presto -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »

Jan. 27, 2019

Re: [nexa] The Power of Platforms | Public Seminar

by Luigi Scorca

Sembra un mero wishful thinking quando dice "Following this line of thought, we have to struggle for transparent, fair, and ethical standards in the design of algorithmic models, and need to force platforms to adhere to standards of transparency and fairness in the design of their services." Il giorno sab 26 gen 2019, 21:47 J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > > http://www.publicseminar.org/2019/01/the-power-of-platforms/ > > > (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any)) > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

Jan. 27, 2019

From Policing Screen Time To Weighing Screen Use | The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF)

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.thechildrensmediafoundation.org/archives/7165/from-policing-scr… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Jan. 27, 2019

desidero ricevere le vostre comunicazioni al seguente indirizzo melotti.massimo@gmail.com. grazie

by m.melotti

Inviato da smartphone Samsung Galaxy.

Jan. 27, 2019

Lanciato il cfp per il prossimo e-privacy

by Diego Giorio

Grazie alla preziosa collaborazione di alcuni amici nexiani, la XXV edizione di e-privacy si svolgerà a Torino ai primi di giugno. Era dal 2012 che il convegno non tornava all'ombra della Mole e tratterà temi di grande interesse e attualità. Tutti i particolari a questo link: https://e-privacy.winstonsmith.org/ Saluti e buona domenica a tutti D.

Jan. 26, 2019

The Power of Platforms | Public Seminar

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://www.publicseminar.org/2019/01/the-power-of-platforms/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Jan. 26, 2019