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Trenitalia fa causa a un'app che mostra i ritardi
by don Luca Peyron July 29, 2019

July 29, 2019

Questione di puntualità, di interesse pubblico, di dati open o meno... comunque un caso interessante. dl https://www.wired.it/lifestyle/mobilita/2019/07/29/trenitalia-trenit-dati-t… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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La tecnologia nel sistema di controllo politico e sociale saudita
by don Luca Peyron July 28, 2019

July 28, 2019

Da anni Riyad tiene un database che riguarda le sue cittadine con lo scopo di proteggere uno dei suoi istituti sociali più oscurantisti, quello del “guardiano”, che vede sulla base di una zelante interpretazione degli hadith <http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/hadith> ogni donna costretta ad affidare la sua intera esistenza al familiare maschio a lei più vicino (il marito, il padre, a volte persino il figlio più grande). Questo costume sociale, sostenuto dal governo saudita, di fatto impedisce a ogni donna saudita di avere il controllo sulla propria vita, dovendo dare conto al “guardiano” persino degli spostamenti più banali. Buona lettura, con un po' di mal di pancia assicurato. dl http://www.treccani.it/magazine/atlante/geopolitica/La_tecnologia_nel_siste… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Don't ban facial recognition | TheHill
by Alberto Cammozzo July 28, 2019

July 28, 2019

Amitai Etzioni si schiera a favore del riconoscimento facciale: "se avessimo avuto le attuali tecnologie di riconoscimento facciale, avremmo potuto arrestare i terroristi della Boston marathon". Ammesso e non concesso, una delle molte domande da porsi sarebbe piuttosto: "se le attuali tecnologie di riconoscimento facciale fossero state implementate da allora, dato il tasso di falsi positivi, quanti arresti e uccisioni di cittadini erroneamente sospettati di essere terroristi avrebbero comportato?" E la garanzia di impiego rispettoso della legge è difficile da ottenere. <https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/454584-dont-ban-facial-recognition> At approximately 2:50 p.m. on April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded close to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding another 250. The authorities were able to gain images of the terrorists, but were frantically seeking to establish their identities, to catch them before they planted more bombs, which turned out not to be an idle fear. Unable to identify the terrorists over three days, the FBI released their photographs, asking the public to help. Using current versions of facial recognition (FR), law enforcement could have identified them within three minutes. This astonishing number is not a rhetorical flourish; it is based on a six-month study by a Canadian robbery-investigation unit. In New York City, FR has been used in a variety of ways, including the arrests of a suspected rapist, a person who pushed another onto the subway tracks, the identification of a hospitalized woman suffering from Alzheimer’s and the identification of a child sex trafficker sought by the FBI. Over the course of 2018, New York City detectives requested 7,024 FR searches, resulting in 1,851 possible matches and 998 arrests. ADVERTISEMENT Like other new surveillance technologies, FR encounters a storm of concerns. Some critics sound alarms, based largely on what they fear FR will lead to not on observations of what it does. Thus Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, warns that “[t]he ultimate nightmare is that we lose all anonymity when we step outside our homes. If you know where everyone is, you know where they work, live, pray. You know the doctors they visit, political meetings they attend, their hobbies, the sexual activities they engage in and who they’re associating with.” Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) likened FR to George Orwell’s Big Brother from “1984.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) believes that “[w]e have a technology that was created and designed by one demographic, that is mostly effective on one demographic, and they’re trying to sell it and impose it on the entirety of the country.” In response, some localities, namely San Francisco, California, and Somerville, Massachusetts, have already banned the use of FR by their local government agencies. In the nation’s capital, legislators on both sides of the aisle are calling on Congress to ban FR or at least introduce a moratorium on its use. Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) advocates “a timeout.” Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is weighing both options. [...]

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L’inganno contemporaneo della conoscenza disintermediata
by don Luca Peyron July 28, 2019

July 28, 2019

Utile lettura a proposito del nostro conoscere o non conoscere... La cultura, la sua trasmissione, è ancora, fondamentalmente, una questione di relazioni. L'inganno dell'accesso disintermediato all'informazione e al sapere è un inganno. L'intermediazione, il rapporto con chi ha potuto fare esperienza, accumulare conoscenze, metterle alla prova rimane ancora una spinta evolutiva potente, sia individuale che collettiva. Ce lo insegna la manioca Buona lettura e buona domenica dl https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/l-inganno-contemporaneo-conoscenza-disinter… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Revealing the Hidden Beauty of Common Components - IEEE Spectrum
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 27, 2019

July 27, 2019

https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/revealing-the-hidden-beauty-of… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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GitHub blocked my account and they think I’m developing nuclear weapons
by Giacomo Tesio July 27, 2019

July 27, 2019

https://medium.com/@hamed/github-blocked-my-account-and-they-think-im-devel… First, some background: I am a software developer based in Iran and I’m on GitHub since 2012. In January 2019 when they announced that GitHub free includes unlimited private repositories, I completely moved to GitHub. Everything was fine and I was happy. Although I participated in Hacktoberfest and they failed to send my t-shirt due to “International embargoes” but I thought OK, at least I can use their free services, right? Wrong! [...] GitHub blocked all Iranian accounts without any prior notice and they don’t give us a chance to download a backup of our data. GitHub targeting people based on “Nationality” (the whole activity) not the residency or current connection IPs. I think this is a clear case of discrimination and totally against Open Source values _____ "Open Source values": $ € £... Giacomo

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A new tool uses AI to spot text written by AI - MIT Technology Review
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 27, 2019

July 27, 2019

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614021/a-new-tool-uses-ai-to-spot-text-w… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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I bisogni delle nuove generazioni e gli errori fatali della politica
by don Luca Peyron July 27, 2019

July 27, 2019

Abbiamo, soprattutto, bisogno di formare giovani che non entrino in età adulta con il timore di essere sostituiti da un robot, ma con l’ambizione di rendere il proprio fattore umano ingrediente principale di produzione di valore nei processi di sviluppo più avanzato dell’Italia. Buona lettura dl https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/i-bisogni-nuove-generazioni-e-errori-fatali… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Welcome to 5G: Privacy and security in a hyperconnected world (or not?) | Privacy International
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 26, 2019

July 26, 2019

http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3100/welcome-5g-privacy-and-secur… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Digital Labour Platforms in Europe: Numbers, Profiles, and Employment Status of Platform Workers | EU Science Hub
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 26, 2019

July 26, 2019

Digital Labour Platforms in Europe: Numbers, Profiles, and Employment Status of Platform Workers Abstract: This report explores three issues related to the growing phenomenon of Digital Labour Platforms: firstly, how to measure platform work as a form of employment incorporating elements such as regularity of provision, time allocated and income generated; on this basis, and drawing on a new dedicated survey (COLLEEM), the article quantifies and categorises platform work into sporadic, secondary and main. Secondly, it provides an empirical investigation of the association between individual characteristics, such as gender, age, family composition, education and motivation, and the probability of carrying out particular types of platform work, such as microtasking, creative services, software development, transportation and so on. The analysis highlights substantial heterogeneity in the attributes and motivations of the workers performing different tasks. Finally, it discusses the employment status of platform workers and provides some descriptive statistics suggesting that a large share of platform workers perceive themselves as employees, even though they are in most cases legally considered self-employed. Files: jrc117330_jrc117330_dlp_counting_profiling.pdf URI: Authors: URZI BRANCATI Maria Cesira PESOLE Annarosa FERNANDEZ MACIAS Enrique Publication Year: 2019 https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/digital-labour-platforms-europe-num… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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