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Re: [nexa] 120° Mercoledì di Nexa | 12 giugno 2019

by Nexa Media

*REMINDER*: vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 12 giugno 2019, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, si svolgerà il 120° Mercoledì di Nexa con un incontro dal titolo: *Beyond smart cities. Co-designing the commoning for a wise and smart urban ecosystem* Ospite dell’incontro: *Vincenzo Maria Bruno Giorgino* (Università degli Studi di Torino) Ingresso libero, webcast live all'indirizzo: https://nexa.polito.it/nexa-hangout-on-air Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120 Cordiali saluti, Francesco Il giorno mar 4 giu 2019 alle ore 11:09 Nexa Media <media(a)nexa.polito.it> ha scritto: > Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui > <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120> > [image: NEXA] > > 120° Mercoledì di Nexa > Mercoledì 12 giugno 2019, ore 18.00 - 20.00 > > Politecnico di Torino > > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120 > Beyond smart cities. Co-design the commoning for a wise and smart urban > ecosystem > > Speaker > Vincenzo Maria Bruno Giorgino (Università degli Studi di Torino) > > This event will be webcast live: > https://nexa.polito.it/nexa-hangout-on-air > This transdisciplinary volume puts forward proposals for wiser, socially > just and sustainable socio-economic systems in transition. There is growing > support for the view that the end of capitalism is around the corner, but > on which conceptual and ethical basis can we interpret these times? With > investigations into feminist economics, post-growth environmentalism, > socio-technical digital design, collaborative and commons economics, the > editors create* a dialogue between radical knowledge/practices and > contemplative social sciences to transgress disciplinary boundaries and > implement new visions of reality*. This important book challenges our > ways of thinking and outlines a pathway for new research. > The multifaceted and elusive features of the emerging distributed ledger > technologies for social good clearly address our tacit knowledge and our > inner social skills (life skills). They are the fundamental pillars that, > silently, almost inadvertently, take care of the delicate intertwining of > internal and external interactions,* making the collective becoming > sustainable and joyful*. The co-designing of a fair ecosystem needs to > orient cognitive intelligence through practical wisdom. > > BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari > > [image: [GIORGINO]] > > *Vincenzo Maria Bruno GIORGINO* is Aggregate Professor in the Department > of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Turin, Italy. For the > past 20 years he has been working towards the integration of social > sciences and contemplative knowledge in action-research and higher > education. His main research interests focus on: wise co-designing > collaborative commons economies, grounded theory methodology, contemplative > commons, health and well being. He is currently involved in two H2020 > funded programs: Co-City (Urban Innovative Actions Program) and CO3 > <https://www.projectco3.eu/>. > > *Letture consigliate e link utili:* > > - Giorgino V., McCown D. 2018 “Life skills for peer production: > Dancing together in a space of “not-knowing” > <http://bit.ly/2pSNrJV%C2%A0> Journal of Peer Production, issue #11 > City. > - Kabat-Zinn J. 2018 *Vivere momento per momento*, TEA. > - Con Antonini et al. 2018 chapter 11 “First Life: From Maps to Social > Networks and Back” in co-editor with Zack Walsh 2018 *Co-Designing the > Economies of Becoming in the Great Transition. Contemplative social > sciences in dialogue with radical approaches*, London, Palgrave > MacMillan. > - McCown D. 2011 *Teaching Mindfulness: A Practical Guide for > Clinicians and Educators*, Springer Con Xabier Renteria Uriarte 2017 > “Is The Practical Wisdom Literature Actually Wise On Its Ontological ‘Right > To Speak’?” in Kupers W. and Gunnlaugson O. (eds.) *Wisdom Learning: > Perspectives on Wising-Up Business and Management Education London*, > Routledge. 140-159 pages. > - Purser, R. E., Forbes, D, Burke, A. (Eds.) 2016 *Handbook of > Mindfulness. Culture, Context, and Social Engagement*, Springer. > - Giorgino V. 2015 “Contemplative Methods Meet Social Sciences: Back > to Human Experience as It Is” *Journal for the Theory of Social > Behaviour*, Volume 45, Issue 4 December 2015 Pages 461–483. > > > > > Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e > “Nexa Lunch Seminar” > <https://www.facebook.com/nexa.center/> <https://twitter.com/nexacenter> > <https://www.youtube.com/user/NexaCenter> > #smartcities <https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23smartcities> > #nexawednesday <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nexawednesday&src=typd> > #Commoning <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23commoning&src=typd> > > 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. > > Responsabile Comunicazione Centro Nexa su Internet & Società: *Francesco > Ruggiero*, tel: +39 011 090 7219, Mob: +39 349 1335082, > francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it. > > 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

June 10, 2019

EU Cybersecurity Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union

by Aldo Pedico

The EU Cybersecurity Act: a new Era dawns on ENISA Today, 7th June 2019, the EU Cybersecurity Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/the-eu-cybersecurity-act-a-new-… Saluti Aldo Pedico

June 10, 2019

Piracy is Ethically Acceptable To Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds

by Giacomo Tesio

https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-is-ethically-acceptable-for-many-harvard-la… In most countries the law strictly forbids people from sharing copyrighted material without permission. However, not everyone necessarily agrees with this position. New research reveals that many lawyers studying at Harvard view casual forms of piracy as ethically acceptable. Does this mean that the law should change? [...] The researchers polled the perceptions of more than 100 international Masters of Law (LL.M.) students at Harvard, who all have a law degree. They were asked to evaluate how acceptable various piracy scenarios are, on a five-point scale going from very unacceptable to very acceptable. The piracy scenarios ranged from downloading a TV-show or movie which isn’t legally available, through pirating music to simply save money, to downloading content for educational or even commercial purposes. In total, 19 different alternatives were presented. While the researchers expected that lawyers would have conservative ethical positions when it comes to piracy, the opposite was true. The average of all answers was 3.23, which means that it leans toward the “acceptable” point of the scale. “We find that digital file sharing ranks relatively high in terms of ethical acceptability among our population of lawyers—with the only notable exception being infringing copyright with a commercial purpose,” the researchers conclude. Not all forms of piracy were considered equally ethical. Pirating content because there’s no legal way to access it is seen as most acceptable (3.36 out of 5). This is followed by pirating due to a lack of financial resources (3.32) and pirating for educational purposes (3.28). Downloading copyrighted material for commercial purposes is seen as the least ethical, with an average rating of 1.76. Pirating to avoid payment is also at the unacceptable end of the scale, with an average of 2.73. [...] To give an illustration, when the respondents were asked to evaluate the example where someone streamed a TV-show because it’s not legally available, 58% believed it to be (very) acceptable, 21% viewed it as neither acceptable nor unacceptable, while the remaining 21% saw it as (very) unacceptable. On the other hand, when presented with a scenario where someone downloads cracked software for commercial purposes, only 7% saw it as (very) acceptable, 71% viewed it as (very) unacceptable, with the remaining 22% ending up in the middle. While not reported in the paper, it’s worth noting that nearly all of the lawyers have friends who download TV-shows from the Internet. When asked about it, roughly 95% answered positively, with one lawyer noting that “all students do it for personal use.” [...] The line is clearly drawn at “commercial” copyright infringement. This is also a criterion that was put forward by some scholars, activists, and politicians, including those of the Pirate Party. In fact, many self-proclaimed pirates are against commercial copyright infringement. The fact that this is not reflected in law may be due to the finding that ‘private sector’ lawyers are more conservative. They are the ones who work on behalf of rightsholders. According to the researchers, it might be good to reconsider whether that’s a good idea. They suggest that, as it is now, copyright is mostly used to advanced informational capitalism, while ignoring the ethical reality. “When lawyers and pirates concur in terms of their ethical assessment of file sharing practices, the legal status quo appears to be more of a tool for advancing informational capitalism than reflecting everyday practices of common sense and fairness perception. “These findings support the calls for further de-criminalization of copyright legislation,” the researchers conclude.

June 10, 2019

Report: Data Breach at Fortune 500 Tech Company

by Giacomo Tesio

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-tech-data-leak/ The research team at vpnMentor discovered a major data leak at the Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD), a Fortune 500 company providing tech products, services, and solutions globally. vpnMentor’s researchers, led by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, identified the consequential data breach that exposes access to 264GB of Tech Data’s client servers, invoices, SAP integrations, plain-text passwords, and much more. Tech Data recently announced their quarterly earnings reports, which exceeded expectations and reflected a year over year increase (source: Nasdaq). More than 1 in 4 Fortune 500 companies have been hacked in the last decade, so Tech Data is part of an elite, but particularly vulnerable, club. [...] Some of the available data included: - Private API keys - Bank information - Payment details - Usernames and unencrypted passwords - Full PII (personally identifying information) are visible, including: - Full names - Job titles - Email addresses - Postal addresses - Telephone numbers - Fax numbers Also included was machine and process information of clients’ internal systems, in which errors were available and that could easily help less-friendly hackers find out more about the system and its mechanics.

June 10, 2019

Digital giants face tax setback after G20 agreement

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Digital giants face tax setback after G20 agreement Ministers pledge new rules by 2020 that will ensnare groups like Facebook and Google https://www.ft.com/content/f00d2f70-8a6f-11e9-a1c1-51bf8f989972 (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

June 10, 2019

Re: [nexa] Addio vecchie carte d’identità, l’Ue le rottama per ridurre il rischio di frodi - La Stampa

by Luca Cappelletti

Il 09/06/19 12:52, Stefano Quintarelli ha scritto: > a me pare una cosa abbastanza vecchia... > nel senso che se non rciordo male e' cosa che fu decisa nel 2015 > la carta cartacea e' molto deperibile e facilmente contraffabile e gli > altri paesi hanno detto da anni che non la riconosceranno piu' (non solo > shengen). > in senso stretto non sarebbe necessaria la CIE, basterebbe il passaporto. ma anche meno. sarebbe sufficiente un database di sole fingerprint il quale oggetto personale certificato dovrebbe essere in grado di rigenerare e permettere al controllore di assicurare che la stringa prodotta sia presente nel database generale.Tutta tecnologia di processo gia consolidata da anni e funzionante ogni giorno. > alla fine si arriva al fatto che viviamo in un condominio e le regole > di convivenza, tra cui questa, sono assunte assieme. [mia polemichetta da quattro soldi] se fosse un condominio. Che non è. Al condominio vado direttamente con la mia faccia a discutere "insieme" all'assemblea. Ora tecnicamente si potrebbe tentare di scalare con la famigerata democrazia liquida su scala Europea però sicuro che in questo momento l'Europa non è un condominio molto meno di quanto lo sia l'Italia.

June 9, 2019

Re: [nexa] Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon, as five cars in their lifetimes - MIT Technology Review

by Stefano Zacchiroli

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 09:26:34PM +0200, Giacomo Tesio wrote: > Scusate, ma solo a me 8 milioni di pagine web sembrano un po' poco > calibrare per 1.5 miliardi di parametri? Non conosco la topologia della rete in questione, ma in generale non c'è correlazione, dato che la maggior parte dei parametri vengono calibrati in parallelo (e quindi ognuno --- 1 parametro --- su 8 milioni di pagine). Il "tanto" o "poco" relativo alla dimensione del campione di allenamento è comunque fuorviante; il punto è se la capacità di "memoria" della rete (semplifico) è sufficiente per catturare l'informazione estraibile dal campione usato per il training o meno. -- 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 »

June 9, 2019

Re: [nexa] Addio vecchie carte d’identità, l’Ue le rottama per ridurre il rischio di frodi - La Stampa

by Stefano Quintarelli

a me pare una cosa abbastanza vecchia... nel senso che se non rciordo male e' cosa che fu decisa nel 2015 la carta cartacea e' molto deperibile e facilmente contraffabile e gli altri paesi hanno detto da anni che non la riconosceranno piu' (non solo shengen). in senso stretto non sarebbe necessaria la CIE, basterebbe il passaporto. alla fine si arriva al fatto che viviamo in un condominio e le regole di convivenza, tra cui questa, sono assunte assieme. ciao, s. On 09/06/2019 00:43, Alberto Cammozzo wrote: > <https://www.lastampa.it/2019/06/06/italia/addio-vecchie-carte-didentit-lue-…> > > Questa mi pare una espansione piuttosto indebita rispetto alla > protezione del mercato. > Per proteggerci dalle frodi possiamo anche eliminare il contante o > imporre il riconoscimento facciale... > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > -- reserve your meeting with me at http://cal.quintarelli.it

June 9, 2019

Re: [nexa] How Washington Should Regulate Facebook

by Stefano Quintarelli

riguardo il punto 2, al sole 24 ore feci A/B testing per vedere il tasso di abbandono all'incremento del delay nel caricamento della pagina (da cio' derivano anche dei costi di infrastruttura). il risultato fu che, contrariamente a quanto generalmente pensato, l'elasticita' del cliente nell'accettare la latenza è ben alta. (almeno per quel tipo di articoli). come osservazione generale, mi sembrano proposte di assai piccolo cabotaggio, non in grado di influire realmente nel medio-lungo periodo. ciao, s. On 09/06/2019 09:28, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2017/10/18/what-to-do-about-fa… > > > (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 > -- reserve your meeting with me at http://cal.quintarelli.it

June 9, 2019

Why Economics Must Go Digital by Diane Coyle - Project Syndicate

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Why Economics Must Go Digital Jun 7, 2019 DIANE COYLE Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and it is struggling to find practical ways to address the growing power of dominant tech companies. If economists want to remain relevant, they must rethink some of their discipline's basic assumptions. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economics-digital-markets-publ… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

June 9, 2019