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Francis Fukuyama: How to Save Democracy From Technology | Foreign Affairs
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 29, 2020

Nov. 29, 2020

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-11-24/fukuyama-h… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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UK to impose new rules to limit tech giants' power - BBC News
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 27, 2020

Nov. 27, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55097000 (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Alexa, Disarm the Victim's Home Security System
by Giacomo Tesio Nov. 26, 2020

Nov. 26, 2020

Researchers who last year hacked popular voice assistants with laser pointers take their work to the next level. It's still a mystery to researchers at the University of Michigan and The University of Electro-Communications (Tokyo) – just what physically enabled them to inject commands into the embedded microphones of Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and other digital voice assistant devices via laser pointers. The team in 2019 used light to remotely control Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Facebook Portal, and Apple Siri by exploiting a vulnerability in their so-called MEMS microphones. They used the light beams to inject invisible and inaudible commands to the digital voice assistants as well as voice-controlled smartphones and tablets – through glass windows as far away as 110 meters (120 yards). [...] They are now studying the security of sensing systems overall as well, including those found in medical devices, autonomous vehicles, industrial systems – and even space systems. Cyr, Rampazzi, an assistant professor at the University of Florida, and Daniel Genkin, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, plan to show at Black Hat Europe how a security camera could be manipulated via a hijacked voice assistant with which it interfaces. They'll be demonstrating their light-injection hack against the Amazon Echo 3, a newer model of the smart speaker system that was not available last year when they first tested Echo, Siri, Facebook Portal, and Google Home. Cyr says they haven't had the opportunity yet to test the fourth-generation Echo speaker. [...] At the heart of the research is the broader problem of an explosion of Internet of Things devices on the market that were not built with security in mind. [...] "You shoot it to the acoustic part of the mike that then gets converted into an acoustic signal. So the voltage signal looks exactly the same is if it's being done by an acoustic signal," Cyr says. This allows them to issue commands to voice-enabled devices, such as garage door openers, smart locks, and home security system cameras. Continua su https://www.darkreading.com/risk/alexa-disarm-the-victims-home-security-sys… Giacomo

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by Matteo G.P. Flora Nov. 26, 2020

Nov. 26, 2020

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MIT Report: Robots Aren’t the Biggest Threat to the Future of Work—Policy Is
by don Luca Peyron Nov. 25, 2020

Nov. 25, 2020

Buona lettura dl https://singularityhub.com/2020/11/23/mit-report-robots-arent-the-biggest-t… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs? | Technology | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 25, 2020

Nov. 25, 2020

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/25/part-human-part-machine-…> At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Apple engineers embarked on a rare collaboration with Google. The goal was to build a system that could track individual interactions across an entire population, in an effort to get a head start on isolating potentially infectious carriers of a disease that, as the world was discovering, could be spread by asymptomatic patients. Delivered at breakneck pace, the resulting exposure notification tool has yet to prove its worth. The NHS Covid-19 app uses it, as do others around the world. But lockdowns make interactions rare, limiting the tool’s usefulness, while in a country with uncontrolled spread, it isn’t powerful enough to keep the R number low. In the Goldilocks zone, when conditions are just right, it could save lives. The NHS Covid-19 app has had its teething problems. It has come under fire for not working on older phones, and for its effect on battery life. But there’s one criticism that has failed to materialise: what happens if you leave home without your phone? Because who does that? The basic assumption that we can track the movement of people by tracking their phones is an accepted fact. This year has been good for tech companies, and Apple is no exception. The wave of global lockdowns has left us more reliant than ever on our devices. Despite being one of the first large companies to be seriously affected by Covid, as factory shutdowns in China hit its supply chain delaying the launch of the iPhone 12 by a month, Apple’s revenue has continued to break records. It remains the largest publicly traded company in the world by a huge margin: this year its value has grown by 50% to $2tn (£1.5tn) and it is still $400bn larger than Microsoft, the No 2. It’s hard to think of another product that has come close to the iPhone in sheer physical proximity to our daily lives. Our spectacles, contact lenses and implanted medical devices are among the only things more personal than our phones. Without us even noticing, Apple has turned us into organisms living symbiotically with technology: part human, part machine. We now outsource our contact books, calendars and to-do lists to devices. We no longer need to remember basic facts about the world; we can call them up on demand. But if you think that carrying around a smartphone – or wearing an Apple Watch that tracks your vitals in real time – isn’t enough to turn you into a cyborg, you may feel differently about what the company has planned next. A pair of smartglasses, in development for a decade, could be released as soon as 2022, and would have us quite literally seeing the world through Apple’s lens – putting a digital layer between us and the world. Already, activists are worrying about the privacy concerns sparked by a camera on everyone’s face. But deeper questions, about what our relationship should be to a technology that mediates our every interaction with the world, may not even be asked until it’s too late to do anything about the answer. The word cyborg – short for “cybernetic organism” – was coined in 1960 by Manfred E Clynes and Nathan S Kline, whose research into spaceflight prompted them to explore how incorporating mechanical components could aid in “the task of adapting man’s body to any environment he might choose”. It was a very medicalised concept: the pair imagined embedded pumps dispensing drugs automatically. In the 1980s, genres such as cyberpunk began to express writers’ fascination with the nascent internet, and wonder how much further it could go. “It was the best we could do at the time,” laughs Bruce Sterling, a US science fiction author and futurist whose Mirrorshades anthology defined the genre for many. Ideas about putting computer chips, machine arms or chromium teeth into animals might have been very cyberpunk, Sterling says, but they didn’t really work. Such implants, he points out, aren’t “biocompatible”. Organic tissue reacts poorly, forming scar tissue, or worse, at the interface. While science fiction pursued a Matrix-style vision of metal jacks embedded in soft flesh, reality took a different path. “If you’re looking at cyborgs in 2020,” Sterling says, “it’s in the Apple Watch. It’s already a medical monitor, it’s got all these health apps. If you really want to mess with the inside of your body, the watch lets you monitor it much better than anything else.” The Apple Watch had a shaky start. Despite the company trying to sell it as the second coming of the iPhone, early adopters were more interested in using their new accessory as a fitness tracker than in trying to send a text message from a device far too small to fit a keyboard. So by the second iteration of the watch, Apple changed tack, leaning into the health and fitness aspect of the tech. Now, your watch can not only measure your heart rate, but scan the electric signals in your body for evidence of arrhythmia; it can measure your blood oxygenation level, warn you if you’re in a noisy environment that could damage your hearing, and even call 999 if you fall over and don’t get up. It can also, like many consumer devices, track your running, swimming, weightlifting or dancercise activity. And, of course, it still puts your emails on your wrist, until you turn that off. [...]

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Asimov’s Three Laws Helped Shape A.I. and Robotics. We Need Four More.
by don Luca Peyron Nov. 24, 2020

Nov. 24, 2020

Una interessante intervista a Frank Pasquale Buona lettura dl https://onezero.medium.com/its-time-to-add-4-new-laws-of-robotics-8791139cd… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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irruzione di Daniël Verlaan nella videoconf dei ministri della difesa EU
by Giovanni Biscuolo Nov. 24, 2020

Nov. 24, 2020

Buongiorno, non vi sarà sfuggita la notizia, ma vale la pena fissarla anche in questa lista :-) https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/11/21/hackerata-la-riunione-privata-d… --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Hackerata la riunione privata dei ministri della Difesa dell’Unione. Siparietto irresistibile tra il giornalista e il presidente: “Sa che è un crimine?” [...] la deputata Nathalie Loiseau scrive: “Grazie Daniel Verlaan per aver hackerato la conferenza dei ministri della Difesa dell’UE. A parte le risate, spero che serva per alzare il livello di sicurezza delle comunicazioni delle istituzioni europee. Nel caso, sarai il mio eroe”. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- La BBC - riprendendo l'articolo della testata di Verlaan in Olandese [1] - spiega che il giornalista ha ottenuto l'accesso grazie a una foto su Twitter nella quale c'era il nome di login del ministro della difesa Olandese e 5 delle 6 cifre del PIN per accedere: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55027641 --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Mr Verlaan managed to access the meeting after Dutch Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld tweeted a photo that contained the login address and part of the PIN code. "After a number of attempts, RTL Nieuws succeeded in guessing the PIN code of the secret consultation, because five of the six digits of the pin code were visible in the photo," the news outlet said. While many have seen the funny side of the hack, it raises serious questions over the security of confidential EU meetings. The meeting was ended due to the breach, while a Foreign Affairs Council spokesman told RTL: "Such a breach is illegal and will be reported to the authorities." A Dutch defence ministry spokesperson said tweeting the login details had been a "stupid mistake". "This shows how careful you should be careful when sending a picture of a meeting," they added. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Su Vice Verlaan dice che gli hanno detto che per l'accesso è necessario un passaggio di sicurezza ulteriore: https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3v44j/eu-defence-ministers-video-call-dani… --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- In a Twitter DM, Verlaan told VICE World News that spokespeople for the Dutch defence ministry and the EU had told him that it was not possible to join the video call with just the PIN as there was an additional security step, but nevertheless he suddenly managed to join the call while on the phone with a colleague. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Ma Verlaan assicura che tutto quello che ha dovuto fare è indovinare la sesta cifra del PIN. Saluti. Giovanni [1] https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5198276/rtl-nieuws-hack-defensie-mini… -- Giovanni Biscuolo

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Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 24, 2020

Nov. 24, 2020

Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements. By Lauren Kaori Gurley https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Sentenza Tribunale di Palermo sui riders (Glovo)
by Luigi Scorca Nov. 24, 2020

Nov. 24, 2020

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/11/23/glovo-assuma-il-fattorino-come-… Luigi

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