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Re: [nexa] How Reliable Is Smartphone-Based Electronic Contact Tracing for COVID-19?

by Stefano Quintarelli

On 21/01/22 12:26, Enrico Nardelli wrote: > > https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/1/257446-how-reliable-is-smartphone-bas… > > > Studies have shown that smartphone-based solutions can indeed help to control the spread > of infectious diseases. However, as we discuss in this article, they cannot reliably > record all contacts. Furthermore, the classification of whether a contact is relevant is > based on contact duration and proximity, which can only be determined with limited > granularity using smartphones. On the other hand, dedicated contact-tracing devices were questo non e' vero dipende dall'algoritmica scelta io ho seguito un progetto che con BTLE stimava la distanza con un errore di 50cm su 2m di distanza. usato da centinaia di migliaia di persone in azienda in giro per il mondo. usato per notificare di mantenere distanza se si scendeva sotto soglia. dimostrato di avere un effetto edeucativo (la gente imparava a stare a distanza). ovviamente, non basato su google/apple. > not available immediately because they required the development and production of custom > hardware. Such custom-designed hardware in the form of wearable devices, along with > custom-built communication protocols for contact tracing, can potentially overcome many > limitations of smartphones. While such devices are being developed, they have not > attracted sufficient attention of public health policymakers, and very little discussion > about them has reached the public sphere. Moreover, many medical professionals and > policymakers are not adequately aware of the limitations of smartphones or the advantages > of dedicated wearable contact-tracing devices. The goal of this article is to highlight > this gap, especially considering that contact tracing will be an important requirement in > the future, even after we overcome this ongoing COVID-19 crisis. > > > -- EN > > ===================================================================== > Prof. Enrico Nardelli > Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" > Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma > tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 > mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it > home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli > blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ > http://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ > =====================================================================

Jan. 21, 2022

Brunetta e Microsoft/Tim

by de petra giulio

Vi segnalo questo articolo di Beppe Attardi su Domani oggi in edicola. Giulio https://www.editorialedomani.it/idee/commenti/piano-brunetta-dipendenti-pub…

Jan. 21, 2022

How Reliable Is Smartphone-Based Electronic Contact Tracing for COVID-19?

by Enrico Nardelli

https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/1/257446-how-reliable-is-smartphone-bas… Studies have shown that smartphone-based solutions can indeed help to control the spread of infectious diseases. However, as we discuss in this article, they cannot reliably record all contacts. Furthermore, the classification of whether a contact is relevant is based on contact duration and proximity, which can only be determined with limited granularity using smartphones. On the other hand, dedicated contact-tracing devices were not available immediately because they required the development and production of custom hardware. Such custom-designed hardware in the form of wearable devices, along with custom-built communication protocols for contact tracing, can potentially overcome many limitations of smartphones. While such devices are being developed, they have not attracted sufficient attention of public health policymakers, and very little discussion about them has reached the public sphere. Moreover, many medical professionals and policymakers are not adequately aware of the limitations of smartphones or the advantages of dedicated wearable contact-tracing devices. The goal of this article is to highlight this gap, especially considering that contact tracing will be an important requirement in the future, even after we overcome this ongoing COVID-19 crisis. -- EN ===================================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ http://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ ===================================================================== --

Jan. 21, 2022

Re: [nexa] US airline officials warn of ‘catastrophic’ crisis in aviation with new 5G service | 5G | The Guardian

by M. Fioretti

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 08:33:38 AM +0100, Marco Fioretti wrote: > Questa e' di ieri, 'sta storia sembra sempre piu' farsesca e allucinante: > > Il presidente di Emirates, mica l'ultimo modellista di aeroplanini, dichiara: > > "that they were not aware of the issues until yesterday morning... > Se fossi un americano che ha comprato azioni di compagnie aeree > negli ultimi 3/4 anni sarei davvero imbufalito oggi. Boh. Riassunto della situazione, che per quanto mi riguarda conferma tutto quello che ho gia' detto in questo thread: https://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-what-with-5g-and-airport-safety-faq/ -- Help me write my NEXT MILLION WORDS for digital awareness: https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/10/funding-2021-2022/

Jan. 21, 2022

Re: [nexa] Sicurezza informatica e lavoro

by Damiano Verzulli

Il 20/01/22 16:44, de petra giulio ha scritto: > [...] > Sullo stesso numero di Idea Diffusa e sullo stesso tema trovate anche > questo interessante articolo di G.B.Gallus. > > https://www.collettiva.it/speciali/idea-diffusa-6-2021/2021/12/30/news/sbat… L'articolo di Gallus pone correttamente l'attenzione sul tema della "compliance": _SE_ si riuscisse ad applicare la normativa (nel caso da lui citato, il rigoroso rispetto del GDPR), molti "incidenti" (informatici) non si sarebbero manifestati. Condivido queste riflessioni, e ne aggiungo delle mie. Gli ultimi casi eclatanti - a partire da: * (estate 2021) Regione Lazio: danni gravissimi, con perdita irrimediabile di dati; * (gennaio 2022) AUSL Napoli 3: danni gravissimi, con perdita di dati e diffusione di dati super-privati (a partire dal Registro Tumori) * (dicembre 2022) AUSL Euganea (PD): danni gravissimi, con perdita di dati e diffusione di dati sono _TUTTI_ relativi a "Pubbliche Amministrazioni". E le Pubbliche Amministrazione, dal 2017, sono tenute al rispetto delle "Misure Minime di Sicurezza per la P.A.". E questo, in _AGGIUNTA_ a quanto disciplinato dal GDPR richiamato da Gallus. ...e queste MMSPA, come dire...., ho la sensazione che non siano tanto "applicate". Alcuni dettagli (e mi scuso per l'antipatica auto-citazione) li ho riportati proprio qualche giorno fa in un POST su Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pa-e-insicurezza-delle-infrastrutture-damian… Mi limito qui a segnalare che le 121 Misure previste nelle MMSPA (45 di livello "minimo"; 44 di livello "standard"; 32 di livello "alto"), sono classificate in "categorie" e, fra queste, due categorie danno subito l'idea delle misure che descrivono: ABSC 10: Copie di sicurezza ABSC 13: Protezione dei dati Non credo serva aggiungere altro... Bye, DV -- Damiano Verzulli e-mail:damiano@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

Jan. 20, 2022

Sicurezza informatica e lavoro

by de petra giulio

Sul tema della ‘sicurezza informatica’ esaminato dal punto di vista del lavoro, vi segnalo questo originale contributo di Giacomo Tesio https://centroriformastato.it/la-sicurezza-informatica-%e2%80%a8sul-lavoro/ che è apparso anche sul numero 6/2021 del bimestrale della Cgil ‘Idea Diffusa’. https://www.collettiva.it/speciali/idea-diffusa-6-2021/ Sullo stesso numero di Idea Diffusa e sullo stesso tema trovate anche questo interessante articolo di G.B.Gallus. https://www.collettiva.it/speciali/idea-diffusa-6-2021/2021/12/30/news/sbat…

Jan. 20, 2022

Libro: “Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality” (open access)

by J.C. DE MARTIN

https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/geographies-of-digital-exclu… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

Jan. 20, 2022

"Generative AI" paper and talk by Alexandre Gefen

by maurizio lana

chi si iscrive all'evento riceve il link al paper di Gefen "AI: a Deep History" che si apre con questo abstract: Artificial Intelligence must be considered as a total cultural question and not only as a technological advance. This is a project of the CulturIA team funded by the French National Research Agency that I launched in January. In this presentation, I will show that it is particularly necessary to make the long history of AI, exploring both the complex advance of science and the myths and fictions of AI, which go back to the most remote antiquity. sono prospettive che sono circolate spesso qui in lista nel dibattito sui sistemi di IA la prospettiva francese potrebbe portare spunti nuovi ad una riflessone che vede dominante il contesto culturale anglofono/angloamericano. Maurizio ---------------------------------------------------------- "GENERATIVE AI" Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 3:30-5:00 (U.S. Pacific time) Transcriptions Center (South Hall 2509), or attend through Zoom Open to all EVENT DESCRIPTION At this hybrid in-person and virtual event (open to all) on "Generative AI," Alexandre Gefen will be present in person to discuss his pre-circulated paper on "AI: a Deep History," followed by responses by Professors Fabian Offert (Germanic & Slavic Studies, UC Santa Barbara) and Rita Raley (English, UC Santa Barbara). Alexandre Gefen – Director of Research at the French CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) Theory and History of Modern Art and Literature Unit UMR7172, THALIM, CNRS / Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3) – is a historian of ideas and literature. He is the author of numerous articles and essays on culture, contemporary literature and literary theory. Founder of Fabula.org, he was one of the pioneers of Digital Humanities in France. He discovered the uses of AI for research (word vectors, topic modeling) at the Stanford Literary Lab as part of the project "For an empirical history of literature", Transatlantic program for collaborative work in the field of digital humanities, which he co-sponsored with Franco Moretti (FMSH Paris-Fellon Foundation). Following on his directorship of a research program devoted to the fictions of Artificial Intelligence (ia-fictions.net) he is now the principal investigator of the ANR project "CulturIA, for a cultural history of AI". The event is organized by the Comparative Literature Program and the English Department's Transcriptions Center at UC Santa Barbara. It is open to all, and can be attended in person or through Zoom (see below). PRE-CIRCULATED PAPER "AI: a Deep History" – By Alexandre Gefen (pre-circulated by request or through event registration; see below) Abstract: Artificial Intelligence must be considered as a total cultural question and not only as a technological advance. This is a project of the CulturIA team funded by the French National Research Agency that I launched in January. In this presentation, I will show that it is particularly necessary to address the long history of AI, exploring both the complex advance of science and the myths and fictions of AI, which go back to the most remote antiquity. Respondents: Fabian Offert and Rita Raley (https://zentralwerkstatt.org/, http://raley.english.ucsb.edu/) EVENT LOCATION (& SIMULTANEOUS ZOOM MEETING) The Generative AI event will take place in the Transcriptions Center, South Hall 2509, on Tuesday Feb. 1, 2022, with Alexandre physically present. In awareness that on that date the UCSB campus will be transitioning back from remote activities to in-person instruction and other events, we also welcome participation by campus and worldwide participants through a simultaneous, real-time Zoom meeting (advance registration required). The audience may thus choose to attend in person or online. To receive a copy of Alexandre Gefen's pre-circulated paper, please take one of the following steps depending on whether you plan to be at the event in person or through Zoom: * For in-person participants: please send a request by email directly to ayliu(a)ucsb.edu <mailto:ayliu@ucsb.edu> (with a cc: to rrbaker(a)ucsb.edu <mailto:rrbaker@ucsb.edu>). * For Zoom participants: please register for the simultaneous, real-time Zoom meeting. Once approved by the event organizers (there may be a delay), you will receive an email with instructions for joining the Zoom and also a passcode (look for the passcode at the bottom of the email). The event organizers will also send you a copy of Alexandre Gefen's pre-circulated paper. Register for the Zoom meeting here: https://ucsb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-yoqD8oG9XPgX271yIdofI2c3wlOXvL <https://ucsb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-yoqD8oG9XPgX271yIdofI2c3wlOXvL> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |mural of Giulio Regeni in Mohammed Mahmoud Street, Cairo the source is https://alwafd.news/images/thumbs/752/new/027f918bb62bf148193d5920ca67ded7.… the meaning of the place https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20395260| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maurizio Lana Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Università del Piemonte Orientale piazza Roma 36 - 13100 Vercelli tel. +39 347 7370925

Jan. 20, 2022

Re: [nexa] Spesa digitale per nella scuola pubblica in Italia

by Stefano Quintarelli

i dati pubblici erogati dalla Ragioneria Generale dello stato sono disponibili su budget.g0v.it non so se esista una disaggregazione maggiore (non quella che interessa a te) ciao, s. On 20/01/22 10:07, Alessandro Brolpito wrote: > Buongiorno, sono disponibili informazioni open su quanto si spende in Italia per la scuola > pubblica, possibilmente pre-universitaria, con un minimo di breakdown, ad esempio per > amministrazione e management, use pedagogico, formazione per insegnanti in servizio/ > animatore digitale? > > Grazie in anticipo e cmq! Alessandro > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Jan. 20, 2022

Tecnosorveglianza e Biometria - Gruppo di Studio - TWC Italia x Hermes Center (17/02/2022)

by 380°

Buongiorno nexiane segnalo questo evento: https://mobilizon.it/events/e8c47db1-05bd-4916-8c0b-f6e04b7d9dda (Mobilizon purtroppo funziona solo con Javascript attivo) giovedì 17 febbraio 2022 dalle 18:00 alle 20:00 (online) Sito web: vdc.dyne.org/twcitalia --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Ritornano i gruppi di studio di Tech Workers Coalition Italia, questa volta in collaborazione con Hermes Center. Ci troveremo per una sessione congiunta su Tecnosorveglianza e Biometria, temi su cui Hermes Center opera da anni a livello italiano ed europeo come ad esempio tramite la partecipazione alla EIC (Iniziativa dei cittadini europei) chiamata Reclaim Your Face, mirata a restringere l'uso del riconoscimento facciale negli spazi pubblici. Letture necessarie: Couriers say Uber’s ‘racist’ facial identification tech got them fired Apple reportedly bans facial scans of employees, but not factory workers Ex-Uber driver takes legal action over ‘racist’ face-recognition software On the questionable use of Artificial Intelligence for job applications Face for sale: Leaks and lawsuits blight Russia facial recognition Artificial Intelligence is misreading human emotion Face surveillance was alway flawed The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It Per approfondire: Tecnologie per il controllo delle frontiere in Italia: identificazione, riconoscimento facciale e finanziamenti europei Co-op is using facial recognition tech to scan and track shoppers Evidence shows why we need a law against biometric mass surveillance The rise and rise of biometric mass surveillance Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance: A set of fundamental rights demands for the European Commission and EU Member States Materiale aggiuntivo Gender Shades How normal am I Exposing.ai Progetto ARGO --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- 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>.

Jan. 20, 2022