February 2020 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Cyberbullismo: Rapporto Moige e Polizia postale, il 40% dei ragazzi prova un senso di delusione se non riceve like

by don Luca Peyron

Numeri per riflettere, numeri per educare. Buona lettura Dl https://agensir.it/quotidiano/2020/2/6/cyberbullismo-rapporto-moige-e-poliz…

Feb. 6, 2020

OHCHR | Landmark ruling by Dutch court stops government attempts to spy on the poor – UN expert

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25522&Lan… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Feb. 6, 2020

Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules | Technology | The Guardian

by Alberto Cammozzo

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/welfare-surveillance-sys…> A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands. The case was seen as an important legal challenge to the controversial but growing use by governments around the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and risk modelling in administering welfare benefits and other core services. Campaigners say such “digital welfare states” – developed often without consultation, and operated secretively and without adequate oversight – amount to spying on the poor, breaching privacy and human rights norms and unfairly penalising the most vulnerable. In the UK, where the government is accelerating the development of robots in the benefits system, the chairman of the House of Commons work and pensions select committee, Stephen Timms, said: “This ruling by the Dutch courts demonstrates that parliaments ought to look very closely at the ways in which governments use technology in the social security system, to protect the rights of their citizens.” The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, applauded the verdict and said it was “a clear victory for all those who are justifiably concerned about the serious threats digital welfare systems pose for human rights”. The decision “sets a strong legal precedent for other courts to follow”, he added. “This is one of the first times a court anywhere has stopped the use of digital technologies and abundant digital information by welfare authorities on human rights grounds.” The verdict will be watched closely by welfare rights campaigners in the UK, where the Department for Work and Pensions is engaged in a digitisation drive that vulnerable claimants fear could plunge them further into hunger and debt. [...]

Feb. 6, 2020

NSPCC urges Facebook to stop encryption plans - BBC News

by Alberto Cammozzo

<https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51391301> Child-protection organisations say Facebook's decision to strongly encrypt messages will give offenders a place to hide. The company is moving ahead with plans to implement the measure on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct. But more than 100 organisations, led by the NSPCC, have signed an open letter warning the plans will undermine efforts to catch abusers. They say Facebook has failed to address concerns about child safety. End-to-end encryption, already used on Facebook-owned WhatsApp, means no-one, including the company that owns the platform, can see the content of sent messages. And the letter urges the company to stop the rollout of its plans until "sufficient safeguards" are in place. "At a time when we could be looking to build upon years of sophisticated initiatives, Facebook instead seems inclined to blindfold itself," the letter says. "We urge you to recognise and accept that an increased risk of child abuse being facilitated on or by Facebook is not a reasonable trade-off to make. "Children should not be put in harm's way either as a result of commercial decisions or design choices." Among the other signatories were Barnardo's, 5Rights, the International Centre For Missing and Exploited Children, and Child USA. 'Safety first' A spokesman for Facebook said protecting the wellbeing of children on its platform was "critically important" to it. "We have led the industry in safeguarding children from exploitation and we are bringing this same commitment and leadership to our work on encryption," he said. "We are working closely with child-safety experts, including NCMEC [the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children], law enforcement, governments and other technology companies, to help keep children safe online." In 2018, Facebook made 16.8 million reports of child sexual exploitation and abuse content to the NCMEC. The National Crime Agency said this had led to more than 2,500 arrests and 3,000 children made safe. But, the NCMEC estimates, if Facebook implements end-to-end encryption, it could mean 70% of these vital reports are lost. In October, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said the increased risk of child abuse "weighed heavily" on him when considering the company's end-to-end encryption plan. And Thursday's letter echoes concerns related to terrorism, child abuse and other series criminal activity raised by Home Secretary Priti Patel and her counterparts in the US and Australia last year. A BBC News investigation last year found encrypted apps were taking over from the dark web as a place to host criminals. But WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart has previously posted on Hacker News: "End-to-end encryption protects that right for over a billion people every day." And Jo O'Reilly, digital privacy advocate at ProPrivacy, said many users would probably welcome Facebook's plans. "It will make it significantly less likely that hackers will be able to intercept messages, going a long way to protect users from phishing and cyber-stalking," she said. "It is the kind of of decisive action users will be looking for to reassure them that their private conversations really are private in the wake of privacy scandals." [...]

Feb. 6, 2020

Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Technology News February 4, 2020 / 10:05 PM / Updated a day ago *Twitter to label deepfakes and other deceptive media** * Katie Paul (Reuters) - Twitter (TWTR.N) said on Tuesday it would start applying a label to tweets containing synthetic or deceptively edited forms of media, as social media platforms brace for a potential onslaught of misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-security/twitter-to-label-deepfa…

Feb. 5, 2020

Re: [nexa] Bruce Schneier: How insecure, unregulated tech is endangering the world

by Roberto Resoli

Nel seguito: una correzione e un'aggiunta On 05/02/20 12:07, Roberto Resoli wrote: > Salve, > > Sono iscritto da poco alla lista, e questo è il mio primo messaggio. > Premetto quindi una breve presentazione: mi occupo di informatica da > circa trent'anni, sia come sviluppatore che come sistemista e da una > ventina in particolare di Software Libero (sono il creatore del progetto > j4sign https://j4sign.sf.net) A quanto pare i siti di progetto su sourceforge non sono più coperti automaticamente da ssl (devo indagare). Il link funzionante è quindi: http://j4sign.sf.net (redirige su http://j4sign.sourceforge.net ) > Vi propongo questa recente intervista a Bruce Schneier, con trascrizione > automatica in inglese generata dalla piattaforma listennotes > (attenzione, non sincronizzata a causa della pubblicità iniziale). > > Cosa che non guasta, Schneier è come al solito molto divertente e > piacevole da ascoltare. > > https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/recode-decode/bruce-schneier-how-insec… Per chi preferisse l'audio nudo: https://dcs.megaphone.fm/VMP2494687167.mp3 > Roberto Resoli > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Feb. 5, 2020

Bruce Schneier: How insecure, unregulated tech is endangering the world

by Roberto Resoli

Salve, Sono iscritto da poco alla lista, e questo è il mio primo messaggio. Premetto quindi una breve presentazione: mi occupo di informatica da circa trent'anni, sia come sviluppatore che come sistemista e da una ventina in particolare di Software Libero (sono il creatore del progetto j4sign https://j4sign.sf.net) Da Snowden in poi il mio interesse si rivolge sempre di più all'impatto della tecnologia sella vita delle persone. Sono da qualche anno il presidente del LUG di Trento e Provincia, LinuxTrent: https://www.linuxtrent.it Vi propongo questa recente intervista a Bruce Schneier, con trascrizione automatica in inglese generata dalla piattaforma listennotes (attenzione, non sincronizzata a causa della pubblicità iniziale). Cosa che non guasta, Schneier è come al solito molto divertente e piacevole da ascoltare. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/recode-decode/bruce-schneier-how-insec… Roberto Resoli

Feb. 5, 2020

TGCOM: Generazione Instagram: per 1 su 5 il migliore amico può essere “virtuale”

by don Luca Peyron

Alcune conferme, qual che novità. Campione e studio non accademico, tuttavia di un certo interesse. Buona lettura Dl https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/skuola/generazione-instagram-per-1-su-5-il-…

Feb. 5, 2020

Progettare la Ciberresilienza

by Aldo Pedico

Gemt.me/mi, è disponibile gratuitamente la mia linea guida per progettare la resilienza informatica sulla base di una prospettiva di ingegneria dei sistemi. Tale ingegneria è applicata ai processi del ciclo di vita del sistema in combinazione con i processi di gestione dei rischi, consentendo di realizzare un sistema Ciber-sicuro. Questo mio lavoro unisce i volumi 1 e 2 del NIST SP 800-160 afferenti alla progettazione della Ciberresilienza. Per chiarezza, nel documento, ho evidenziato i requisiti, le politiche, le definizioni, le proprietà e gli assiomi dei termini, delle funzioni, delle caratteristiche ed altro ancora. Inoltre, ho indicato nella Sezione C un metodo di approccio. Il principio di fondo che ho perseguito si basa su questi presupposti: 1° la Ciberresilienza è proprietà della Cibersicurezza e tale proprietà deve essere “conditio sine qua non” del sistema informatico aziendale; 2* ho voluto mettere in relazione la metodologia con il Reg, UE 2016/679 [RGPD] ed il Reg. UE 2019/881 [Cibersicurezza]. <http://www.teleion.it/>http://www.teleion.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/17-NIST-SP-800-160-Dev.…

Feb. 4, 2020

Facial-recognition tech may have value, but real-time surveillance goes too far - The Boston Globe

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Facial-recognition tech may have value, but real-time surveillance goes too far Software that identifies people in videos could create a privacy nightmare. A patchwork of city bans won’t prevent it. By The Editorial Board,Updated February 4, 2020, 4:00 a.m. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/04/opinion/facial-recognition-tech-may-… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Feb. 4, 2020