December 2021 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Re: [nexa] European Commission takes the lead in regulating platform work – Valerio De Stefano and Antonio Aloisi

by Claudio Agosti

Pagina 36 della proposta https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=24992&langId=en secondo me molto progressista On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 11:33 AM J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: > European Commission takes the lead in regulating platform work > > by Valerio De Stefano <https://socialeurope.eu/author/valerio-de-stefano> > and Antonio Aloisi <https://socialeurope.eu/author/antonio-aloisi> on 9th > December 2021 > > The draft directive published today is already breaking the united front > of the platform companies. > > https://socialeurope.eu/european-commission-takes-the-lead-in-regulating-pl… > > > (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 > -- Claudio Agosti — https://tracking.exposed <https://facebook.tracking.exposed> twitter - https://twitter.com/@_vecna

Dec. 9, 2021

DECISIONE DELLA COMMISSIONE del 8.12.2021 relativa alla concessione di licenze open source e al riutilizzo dei software della Commissione

by Marina Caporale

salve, segnalo DECISIONE DELLA COMMISSIONE del 8.12.2021 relativa alla concessione di licenze open source e al riutilizzo dei software della Commissione https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:JOC_2021_495_I_… Marina Caporale http://www.unibo.it/docenti/marina.caporale [cid:7bcc16bd-72d0-4840-9190-3c2d2e9f8a72]

Dec. 9, 2021

The Commission adopts new rules for open source software distribution

by Guido Noto La Diega

On 8 December the European Commission adopted a decision <https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=C(2021)8759…> on new rules for Open Source Software distribution that will enable the Commission services to publish the software source code they own in much shorter time and with less paperwork. https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/commission-adopts-new-rules-open-source-soft… *Guido Noto La Diega*, PhD FHEA Avv *Assoc Prof of Intellectual Property & Privacy Law @stirlaw <https://twitter.com/StirLaw>* Visiting Prof @unimc <http://giurisprudenza.unimc.it/it/dipartimento/dipartimento-di-eccellenza/b…> | Chair @LawScottish <https://www.scotlin.org/> <https://twitter.com/italiot> | Fellow @nexacenter <https://nexa.polito.it/about-en> E: notoladiega(a)gmail.com T: @guidonld <https://twitter.com/guidonld> For updates and open access to my research visit my website <https://guidonotoladiega.wordpress.com/>

Dec. 9, 2021

European Commission takes the lead in regulating platform work – Valerio De Stefano and Antonio Aloisi

by J.C. DE MARTIN

European Commission takes the lead in regulating platform work by Valerio De Stefano and Antonio Aloisi on 9th December 2021 The draft directive published today is already breaking the united front of the platform companies. https://socialeurope.eu/european-commission-takes-the-lead-in-regulating-pl… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Dec. 9, 2021

Apple reaches quiet truce over iPhone privacy changes

by db

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/apple-reaches-quiet-truce-over-ipho… <start> Apple has allowed app developers to collect data from its 1 billion iPhone users for targeted advertising, in an unacknowledged shift that lets companies follow a much looser interpretation of its controversial privacy policy. In May Apple communicated its privacy changes to the wider public, launching an advert that featured a harassed man whose daily activities were closely monitored by an ever-growing group of strangers. When his iPhone prompted him to “Ask App Not to Track,” he clicked it and they vanished. Apple’s message to potential customers was clear—if you choose an iPhone, you are choosing privacy. But seven months later, companies including Snap and Facebook have been allowed to keep sharing user-level signals from iPhones, as long as that data is anonymised and aggregated rather than tied to specific user profiles. For instance Snap has told investors that it plans to share data from its 306 million users—including those who ask Snap “not to track”—so advertisers can gain “a more complete, real-time view” on how ad campaigns are working. Any personally identifiable data will first be obfuscated and aggregated. Similarly, Facebook operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said the social media group was engaged in a “multiyear effort” to rebuild ad infrastructure “using more aggregate or anonymized data”. These companies point out that Apple has told developers they “may not derive data from a device for the purpose of uniquely identifying it.” This means they can observe “signals” from an iPhone at a group level, enabling ads that can still be tailored to “cohorts” aligning with certain behavior but not associated with unique IDs. This type of tracking is becoming the norm. Oren Kaniel, the chief executive of AppsFlyer, a mobile attribution platform that works with app developers, said that when his company introduced such a “privacy-centric” tool based on aggregated measurement in July 2020, “the level of pushback that we received from the entire ecosystem was huge.” But now such aggregated solutions are the default for 95 percent of his clients. “The market changed their minds in a radical way,” he said. It is not clear whether Apple has actually blessed these solutions. Apple declined to answer specific questions for this article but described privacy as its North Star, implying it was setting a general destination rather than defining a narrow pathway for developers. Cory Munchbach, chief operating officer at customer data platform BlueConic, said Apple had to stand back from a strict reading of its rules because the disruption to the mobile ads ecosystem would be too great. “Apple can’t put themselves in a situation where they are basically gutting their top-performing apps from a user-consumption perspective,” she said. “That would ultimately hurt iOS.” For anyone interpreting Apple’s rules strictly, these solutions break the privacy rules set out to iOS users. Lockdown Privacy, an app that blocks ad trackers, has called Apple’s policy “functionally useless in stopping third-party tracking.” It performed a variety of tests on top apps and observed that personal data and device information is still “being sent to trackers in almost all cases.” But the companies aggregating user-level data said the reason apps continue to “leak” information such as a user’s IP address and location was simply because some require such information to function. Advertisers must know certain things such as the user’s language or the device screen size, otherwise the app experience would be awful. The risk is that by allowing user-level data to be used by opaque third parties so long as they promise not to abuse it, Apple is in effect trusting the very same groups that chief executive Tim Cook has lambasted as “hucksters just looking to make a quick buck.” Companies will pledge that they only look at user-level data once it has been anonymized, but without access to the data or algorithms working behind the scenes, users won’t really know if their data privacy has been preserved, said Munchbach. “If historical precedent in adtech holds, those black boxes hide a lot of sins,” she said. “It’s not unreasonable to assume it leaves a lot to be desired.” <end>

Dec. 9, 2021

AGCM: sanzione ad Amazon per 1.128.596.156 € (1 _MILIARDO_ e passa...)

by Damiano Verzulli

La notizia ufficiale (che non mi pare sia ancora passata) è questa: A528 - Sanzione di oltre 1 miliardo e 128 milioni di euro ad Amazon per abuso di posizione dominante => https://agcm.it/media/comunicati-stampa/2021/12/A528-chiusura L'importo mi sembra rilevante... e interessante. Vedremo come andra' a finire.... Saluti, DV -- Damiano Verzulli e-mail: damiano(a)verzulli.it --- possible?ok:while(!possible){open_mindedness++} --- "...I realized that free software would not generate the kind of income that was needed. Maybe in USA or Europe, you may be able to get a well paying job as a free software developer, but not here [in Africa]..." -- Guido Sohne - 1973-2008 http://ole.kenic.or.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2008-April/005989.html

Dec. 9, 2021

L'abuso del cloud nelle soluzioni IoT [was: Free your vacuum (coffee?) from the cloud]

by Damiano Verzulli

Il fatto che una enormità di "oggetti" subordino il loro funzionamento all'accesso di sistemi on-line, tipicamente su cloud extra-europei, ha smesso di stupirmi: il fenomeno è molto piu' pervasivo di quello che appare ma... continua ad essere assente dal dibattito civile/politico. Un elemento, però, mi fa ancora riflettere: come è possibile che il Garante non sia ancora entrato in questo ambito? Sono innumerevoli gli esempi "dimostrati" (...ed "opponibili a terzi") di oggetti che trasmettono dati a server extra-UE. E lo fanno senza che l'utente abbia fatto "click" su nessun form, nessuna APP o abbia firmato alcuna privacy-policy. Il mio aspirapolvere domestico (proprio di quegli Xiaomi citati da 380°) è stato chirurgicamente analizzato e sviscerato nei dettagli [1], e vi hanno trovato prove ineludibili del fatto che manda _MEGABYTES_ di dati, ogni giorno, ai server di Xiaomi. Perchè il Garante guarda con attenzione ai cookie dell'APP "Io", oppure alle modalita' di verifica del green-pass (APP C19) o alle informative pubblicate sui siti web degli Atenei, multando alcuni degli stessi perché l'informativa risulta lacunosa [2]..... e poi, allo stesso tempo, ignora che sul territorio italiano ci siano MILIONI di oggetti (webcam, campanelli, aspirapolvere, _AUTOVEICOLI_ [3]) che fanno il bello ed il cattivo tempo, senza alcun consenso o, comunque, con una attenzione tesa all'informativa utente che è sostanzialmente pari a zero? Questo e' l'unico elemento che, ogni volta che leggo di IoT e di Cloud, mi fa ancora riflettere... È come se esistessero due mondi: quello fatto di oggetti noti ed ufficiali (incluse app e siti web), che meritano un trattamento rigoroso.... e quello fatto di oggetti fisici provenienti dal di fuori della UE (principalmente Cina), ai quali la regolamentazione non sembra applicarsi. Mi sfugge qualcosa? Bye, DV [1] https://www.linkedin.com/posts/damianoverzulli_are-you-enjoying-your-smart-… [2] https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/09/29/bocconi-multa-da-200mila-euro-d… [3] https://www.interlex.it/varie-eventuali/tesla.html - Tesla, ma non solo.... Ormai _TUTTI_ i veicoli hanno "connettivita'" Il 07/12/21 10:47, 380° ha scritto: > Buongiorno, > > https://valetudo.cloud/ è un progetto interessante che dimostra > che... fare a meno "del cloud" non solo è possibile ma apre lo spazio a > un sacco di possibilità /autonome/ assolutamente precluse a > chi... lascia fare. > > https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/newcomer_guide_late_2021.html > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > What is Valetudo? > > Valetudo is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only > operation. It is not a custom firmware. That means that it cannot change > anything about how the robot operates. > > What it can do however is protect your data and enable you to connect > your robot to your home automation system without having to detour > through a vendor cloud, which, apart from the whole data problematic, > might not be reachable due to your internet connection being down or > some servers in the datacenter being on fire. > > Not having to leave your local network of course also benefits the > latency of commands, status reports etc. > > Valetudo aims to be proof that easy to use and reliable smart appliances > are possible without any cloud and/or account requirements. Maybe at > some point it might help convince vendors that there is another way of > doing things. > > [...] > > What can Valetudo do? > > By default, Valetudo provides control over your vacuum robot via a > responsive webinterface that works on all of your devices. It can be > used on phones, tablets as well as your desktop computer. > > Furthermore, there’s a REST-interface documented with Swagger UI as well > as MQTT. With support for both Homie and Home Assistant Autodiscovery > for MQTT, you should be able to connect Valetudo to the open-source > smarthome software of your choice. > > Make sure to check out the MQTT Docs as well as the OpenHAB integration. > > Valetudo fully supports: [...] > > You can find out what your Valetudo-enabled Robot is capable of by > checking out the supported robots docs section as well as the > capabilities overview. > > By replacing the cloud, you also gain access to your own data, which you > can use however you like. > > For example there are already a few applications that turn your map data > into various other formats such as Minecraft Worlds or Source-Engine > maps. There’s a huge amount of possibilities yet to be explored. > > Due to the openly documented, standardized and easily accessible Map > Data, one can use any Valetudo-compatible Vacuum Robot to map out a new > home, write some glue code to transform it into the 3d software of their > choice and use that precise floorplan to figure out where to put the > furniture. > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > /caveat emptor/ > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > Note: While Valetudo can be used by anyone with a basic understanding of > the english language, it cannot be installed just with those skills. > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Proprio l'altro ieri sono scoppiato a ridere quando ho visto la > pubblicità [1] di una nota macchinetta per fare il caffè in capsule, > nella quale si magnifica il fatto che per farsi un caffè basta > pronunciare la formula magica (personalizzabile) «Alexa sono > tornata»... e si ricorda perfino il tuo caffè preferito! Peccato solo > che si può caricare una cialda per volta (però del tuo caffè preferito!) > e se ti dimentichi di caricarla non c'è problema: vai alla macchinetta, > carichi la cialda, poi finalmente puoi dire «Alexa fammi un espresso»! > > Ovviamente quella /trappola/ di macchinetta del caffè ha altre funzioni > perfettamente inutili [2] per i possessori - ebbè però tiene il conto di > quante capsule rimangono - ma /ESTREMAMENTE/ utili per Amazon [3] (forse > qualche briciola arriva anche al proprietario del marchio della > macchinetta, via immancabile app). Rimane il fatto che per farsi un > caffè è necessario andare alla macchinetta, inserire la cialda, > aspettare che l'acqua si riscaldi e finalmente pronunciare la formula > magica. > > ...però è perfetta per fare colpo su parenti, amici, clienti e colleghi! > > «Free your coffee (?!?) from the cloud»! > > Che tempi! > > > Saluti, 380° > > > [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIFc-TuU1r4 > > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecUd44qSPk4 > > [3] AFAIU per poter usare la macchinetta /devi/ avere un account Lavazza > e associarlo a quello Amazon, per fare in modo che la macchinetta invii > ad Amazon tutto l'audio catturato in cucina... GDPR, questa /chimera/! > > > > P.S.: quindi uno per ascolare la musica su quella schifezza di > altoparlante della macchinetta del caffè deve avere l'app su smartphone > con l'account Lavazza e associarla all'account Amazon... ascoltarla > direttamente da quella shifezza di altoparlante dello smartphone no > eh?!? :-D > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa -- Damiano Verzulli e-mail: damiano(a)verzulli.it --- possible?ok:while(!possible){open_mindedness++} --- "...I realized that free software would not generate the kind of income that was needed. Maybe in USA or Europe, you may be able to get a well paying job as a free software developer, but not here [in Africa]..." -- Guido Sohne - 1973-2008 http://ole.kenic.or.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2008-April/005989.html

Dec. 7, 2021

Free your vacuum (coffee?) from the cloud

by 380°

Buongiorno, https://valetudo.cloud/ è un progetto interessante che dimostra che... fare a meno "del cloud" non solo è possibile ma apre lo spazio a un sacco di possibilità /autonome/ assolutamente precluse a chi... lascia fare. https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/newcomer_guide_late_2021.html --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- What is Valetudo? Valetudo is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation. It is not a custom firmware. That means that it cannot change anything about how the robot operates. What it can do however is protect your data and enable you to connect your robot to your home automation system without having to detour through a vendor cloud, which, apart from the whole data problematic, might not be reachable due to your internet connection being down or some servers in the datacenter being on fire. Not having to leave your local network of course also benefits the latency of commands, status reports etc. Valetudo aims to be proof that easy to use and reliable smart appliances are possible without any cloud and/or account requirements. Maybe at some point it might help convince vendors that there is another way of doing things. [...] What can Valetudo do? By default, Valetudo provides control over your vacuum robot via a responsive webinterface that works on all of your devices. It can be used on phones, tablets as well as your desktop computer. Furthermore, there’s a REST-interface documented with Swagger UI as well as MQTT. With support for both Homie and Home Assistant Autodiscovery for MQTT, you should be able to connect Valetudo to the open-source smarthome software of your choice. Make sure to check out the MQTT Docs as well as the OpenHAB integration. Valetudo fully supports: [...] You can find out what your Valetudo-enabled Robot is capable of by checking out the supported robots docs section as well as the capabilities overview. By replacing the cloud, you also gain access to your own data, which you can use however you like. For example there are already a few applications that turn your map data into various other formats such as Minecraft Worlds or Source-Engine maps. There’s a huge amount of possibilities yet to be explored. Due to the openly documented, standardized and easily accessible Map Data, one can use any Valetudo-compatible Vacuum Robot to map out a new home, write some glue code to transform it into the 3d software of their choice and use that precise floorplan to figure out where to put the furniture. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- /caveat emptor/ --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Note: While Valetudo can be used by anyone with a basic understanding of the english language, it cannot be installed just with those skills. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Proprio l'altro ieri sono scoppiato a ridere quando ho visto la pubblicità [1] di una nota macchinetta per fare il caffè in capsule, nella quale si magnifica il fatto che per farsi un caffè basta pronunciare la formula magica (personalizzabile) «Alexa sono tornata»... e si ricorda perfino il tuo caffè preferito! Peccato solo che si può caricare una cialda per volta (però del tuo caffè preferito!) e se ti dimentichi di caricarla non c'è problema: vai alla macchinetta, carichi la cialda, poi finalmente puoi dire «Alexa fammi un espresso»! Ovviamente quella /trappola/ di macchinetta del caffè ha altre funzioni perfettamente inutili [2] per i possessori - ebbè però tiene il conto di quante capsule rimangono - ma /ESTREMAMENTE/ utili per Amazon [3] (forse qualche briciola arriva anche al proprietario del marchio della macchinetta, via immancabile app). Rimane il fatto che per farsi un caffè è necessario andare alla macchinetta, inserire la cialda, aspettare che l'acqua si riscaldi e finalmente pronunciare la formula magica. ...però è perfetta per fare colpo su parenti, amici, clienti e colleghi! «Free your coffee (?!?) from the cloud»! Che tempi! Saluti, 380° [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIFc-TuU1r4 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecUd44qSPk4 [3] AFAIU per poter usare la macchinetta /devi/ avere un account Lavazza e associarlo a quello Amazon, per fare in modo che la macchinetta invii ad Amazon tutto l'audio catturato in cucina... GDPR, questa /chimera/! P.S.: quindi uno per ascolare la musica su quella schifezza di altoparlante della macchinetta del caffè deve avere l'app su smartphone con l'account Lavazza e associarla all'account Amazon... ascoltarla direttamente da quella shifezza di altoparlante dello smartphone no eh?!? :-D -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

Dec. 7, 2021

The end of nation-states

by Giuseppe Attardi

Se volete approfondire il concetto di Digital Utopia di cui accennavo in precedenza, guardate questo seminario, che apparirà sul canale YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UC3ouVBKcYMqvnYLjpOu8EjA Pueyo li chiama community-states o virtual nations. Tomas Pueyo: The End of Nation-States It’s 2050. The US government just defaulted on its debt and isn't making social security payments. Hospitals are failing since they can’t operate without Medicare and Medicaid. People who invested in dollars have seen their savings decimated. Countries around the world are saddled with US debt. What happened? The Internet and Blockchain. Tomas Pueyo talks about how new technologies will shake up the political order and cause the end of nation-states. Questo blog riporta quanto detto nella prima parte del seminario: https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/internet-blockchain-kill-nati… — Beppe

Dec. 7, 2021

Coalition for Competitive Digital Markets - Open Letter: The EU Needs an Effective Digital Markets Act

by Stefano Zacchiroli

Un ampio gruppo di SME europee (in larga parte con business model attinenti a FOSS) si esprime su temi ampiamente discussi in lista, quali la sovranità digitale, il ruolo dei GAFAM nel "cloud sovrano", etc. Più dettagli ed il testo di una lettera aperta alle EU qui: https://competitivedigitalmarkets.eu/ -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack _. ^ ._ Full professor of Computer Science o o o \/|V|\/ Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris o o o </> <\> Co-founder & CTO Software Heritage o o o o /\|^|/\ Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director '" V "'

Dec. 6, 2021