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71° Mercoledì di Nexa - 14 gennaio 2015
by Giuseppe Futia Jan. 13, 2015

Jan. 13, 2015

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-71> NEXA 71° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledi 14 gennaio 2015, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-71 Piattaforme e Privacy: verso un nuovo paradigma? Introduce l'incontro Marco Ricolfi Modera il dibattito Juan Carlos De Martin Ingresso libero This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Nell'ultimo decennio abbiamo assistito alla nascita ed al decollo di nuovi e *potenti intermediari*, che abitualmente assumono la veste di *piattaforme*. Basti pensare a Google, Facebook, Amazon ed Apple, ma anche ad Alibaba, Tencent e Baidu. La struttura e la strategia di queste imprese è interamente funzione dell'ambiente digitale in cui operano -caratterizzato da considerevoli esternalità di rete- ed in particolare della *nuova infrastruttura centralizzata di distribuzione digitale in cloud*. Sotto questo profilo, la disponibilità di massicce quantità di dati relativi alle preferenze ed abitudini di consumo del pubblico non solo pone questioni di primo piano relative all'equilibrio di forze tra piattaforme e utenti, sia dal punto di vista della *tutela della privacy*, sia per quanto riguarda la possibilità di *gestione della propria /digital footprint/*, ma comporta anche un *vantaggio competitivo* difficilmente colmabile da altri operatori. Il 71° Mercoledì di Nexa, introdotto da *Marco Ricolfi* e moderato da *Juan Carlos De Martin*, si pone l'obiettivo di ospitare una discussione a più voci in merito a quali meccanismi possano assicurare un ragionevole *bilanciamento tra le prerogative delle piattaforme digitali e i diritti degli individui*, considerando ad esempio la recente riflessione sui limiti del modello del consenso informato al trattamento dei dati e delineando scenari futuri entro i quali non solo si abiliti un controllo distribuito a maggior tutela del consumatore, ma si consegua anche un incremento del potere dell'individuo nei confronti di soggetti -privati o pubblici- in grado di esercitare un controllo su di esso. BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [Ricolfi - De Martin] Il Prof. Marco Ricolfi <http://nexa.polito.it/people/mricolfi> è co-fondatore e co-direttore del Centro Nexa su Internet e Società del Politecnico di Torino. Si è laureato presso la Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università degl Studi di Torino nel 1974. Master of Laws presso la Yale Law School nel 1976, attualmente è professore di Diritto della Proprietà Intellettuale all'Università di Torino. È direttore del LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Proprietà Intellettuale, organizzato dall'Università di Torino insieme con il WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) e l'ILO (International Labour Organization). Il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin <http://nexa.polito.it/people/jcdemartin> è co-fondatore e co-direttore del Centro Nexa su Internet e Società del Politecnico di Torino. È Faculty Fellow presso il Berkman Center for Internet & Society dell'Università di Harvard e Senior Visiting Researcher presso l'Internet and Society Lab della Keio University (Tokyo). Professore presso il Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino in trasmissione ed elaborazione delle informazioni nei media digitali, ha ampliato la propria attività di ricerca al tema dell'interazione tra le tecnologie digitali e la società. Letture consigliate: * D. Eggers, /The Circle/, Mc Sweeney's, 2013 * D. Lametti, /The Cloud. Boundless Digital Potential or Enclosure 3.0/, in 17 Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, 2012, 190 ss. * H. Hovenkamp, /Competition Policy And The Technologies Of Information <https://agenda.unibocconi.it/eventi/attach/Paper_HH20140603130048.pdf>/ * /A. Benjamin Spencer, /Antitrust and the Information Age: Sec. 2 Monopolization Analyses in the New Economy <http://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1178&contex…>/, in 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2001, 1622 ss. * G. Packer, /Cheap Words. Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books? <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_packer?currentP…>/ in The New Yorker, 17 febbraio 2014 * Ulteriori letture consigliate sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-71 / // // Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri "Mercoledì di Nexa" e "Nexa Lunch Seminar" Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i "*Mercoledì di Nexa*", che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i "Mercoledì" passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i "Lunch Seminar" passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter

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Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18.30 - The Great Firewall Inverts
by Giuseppe Futia Jan. 13, 2015

Jan. 13, 2015

The Great Firewall Inverts http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/01/freitas <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> *with Berkman Fellow Nathan Freitas* Today, 6.30 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live In the last few years, usage of the mobile messaging app WeChat (å¾®ä¿¡ Weixin), has skyrocketed not only inside China, but outside, as well. For mainland Chinese, Wechat is one of the only options available, due to frequent blockage of apps like Viber, Line, Twitter and Facebook. However, outside of China, fueled by a massive marketing campaign and the promise of "free calls and texts", overseas Chinese students and family, Tibetan exiles, and Bollywood celebrities also use the app as their primary mobile communications service. It is this phenomenon that might be called an inversion of the Great Firewall. Instead of Chinese users scaling the wall to get out, people around the world are walking up to the front gate, and asking to be let in. Combined with the rise of attractive, low-cost mobile handsets from Huawei and Xiaomi that include China-based cloud services, being sold in India and elsewhere, the world is witnessing a massive expansion of Chinese telecommunications reach and influence, powered entirely by users choosing to participate in it. Due to these systems being built upon proprietary protocols and software, their inner workings are largely opaque and mostly insecure. Like most social media apps, the WeChat app has full permission to activate microphones and cameras, track GPS, access user contacts and photos, and copy all of this data at any time to their servers. Recently, it was discovered that Xiaomi MIUI phones sent all text messages through the companies cloud servers in China, without asking the user (Though, once this gained broad coverage in the news, the feature was turned off by default). The fundamental question is do the Chinese companies behind these services have any market incentive or legal obligation to protect the privacy of their non-Chinese global userbase? Do they willingly or automatically turn over all data to the Ministry of Public Security or State Internet Information Office? Will we soon see foreign users targeted or prosecuted due to "private" data shared on WeChat? Finally, from the Glass Houses Department, is there any fundamental diffence in the impact on privacy freedom for an American citizen using WeChat versus a Chinese citizen using WhatsApp or Google? About Nathan Nathan Freitas leads the Guardian Project, an open-source mobile security software project, and directs technology strategy and training at the Tibet Action Institute. His work at the Berkman Center focuses on tracking the legality and prosecution risks for mobile security apps users worldwide.

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Obama vuole rafforzare la data protection negli USA
by Alessandro Mantelero Jan. 12, 2015

Jan. 12, 2015

The White House, Office of the Press Secretary January 12, 2015 FACT SHEET: Safeguarding American Consumers & Families Today, President Obama will build on the steps he has taken to protect American companies, consumers, and infrastructure from cyber threats, while safeguarding privacy and civil liberties. These actions have included the President’s 2012 comprehensive blueprint for consumer privacy, the BuySecure initiative—launched last year— to safeguard Americans’ financial security, and steps the President took earlier this year by creating a working group of senior administration officials to examine issues related to big data and privacy in public services and the commercial sector. In an increasingly interconnected world, American companies are also leaders in protecting privacy, taking unprecedented steps to invest in cybersecurity and provide customers with precise control over the privacy of their online content. But as cybersecurity threats and identity theft continue to rise, recent polls show that 9 in 10 Americans feel they have in some way lost control of their personal information — and that can lead to less interaction with technology, less innovation, and a less productive economy. At the Federal Trade Commission offices today, President Obama will highlight measures he will discuss in the State of the Union and unveil the next steps in his comprehensive approach to enhancing consumers’ security, tackling identity theft, and improving privacy online and in the classroom. continua qui: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/12/fact-sheet-safeguardi… -- Alessandro Mantelero Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero

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Access: "Leaked: European Parliament long awaited legal study on data retention"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 11, 2015

Jan. 11, 2015

Leaked: European Parliament long awaited legal study on data retention 5:27pm | 7 January 2015 | by *Estelle Masse* <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/author/61/Estelle%20Masse>, Tomorrow morning, the European Parliament legal services will release its long-awaited study on the Court of Justice of the EU’s ruling on the Data Retention Directive <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/04/11/a-closer-look-at-eu-courts-ruling…>. Access obtained a copy of the document <https://www.accessnow.org/page/-/eu_data_retention.pdf>, which concludes that the EU’s powers to legislate on data retention matters are now limited. Last April, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidated the EU Data Retention Directive <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/04/11/a-closer-look-at-eu-courts-ruling…> due to several violations of human rights, in particular the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection. Adopted in 2006, the Data Retention Directive required all telecommunications data – including mobile, landline phones, fax, and email – to be indiscriminately collected and retained by providers for a minimum of six months and up to two years. The CJEU’s landmark decision was broadly welcomed by civil society groups and activists from all around the world. Following last year’s ruling, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament (LIBE) requested an opinion from Legal Services to determine its impact on national laws establishing data retention and other existing international agreements that include data retention schemes suchPassenger Name Records agreements <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/11/26/wishing-bon-voyage-to-pnr-agreeme…> (PNR) and the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP). […] Continua qui: https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2015/01/07/leaked-european-parliament-long-a…

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Ars: "Google handled 345 million copyright takedowns in 2014"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2015

Jan. 9, 2015

*Google handled 345 million copyright takedowns in 2014* /It's a 75% year-over-year jump, and exponentially more than a few years ago./ by Joe Mullin - Jan 6 2015, 10:05pm CET Piracy news site TorrentFreak reports that Google removed 75 percent more URLs in 2014 than it did the previous year. Google doesn't tally up annual totals, but it does release weekly reports on DMCA notices, and TorrentFreak took it upon itself to add up the weekly reports. Most of the takedown requests are honored. Google has a longstanding tradition of supplying DMCA takedown notices to Chilling Effects, a website that archives such requests. […] Continua qui: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/01/google-handled-345-million-copyr…

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Linux Voice available under CC
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2015

Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.linuxvoice.com/download-linux-voice-issue-2/ Download Linux Voice issue 2 Andrew Gregory <http://www.linuxvoice.com/author/andrew/> | January 9, 2015 | Featured story <http://www.linuxvoice.com/category/featured-story/> | No Comments <http://www.linuxvoice.com/download-linux-voice-issue-2/#comments> It’s that time again! We’ve already made issue 1 freely available <http://www.linuxvoice.com/download-linux-voice-issue-1-with-audio/>, and now we’re releasing issue 2 of Linux Voice under the Creative Commons BY-SA <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/> license. So you can modify and share all content from the magazine (apart from adverts), even for commercial purposes, providing you credit Linux Voice as the original source, and retain the same license. *Highlights in this issue: how Munich switched to Linux, make your own Raspberry Pi-powered arcade machine, write your first kernel module, and understand how software containers such as Docker work. Plus many more tutorials, features and interviews — 116 pages in total!* Click the image below to get the complete magazine PDF, or scroll on for individual articles. And if you like what you see, click here to subscribe <http://shop.linuxvoice.com> from just £38 and get future issues straight to your door or inbox!

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COMMISSIONE INTERNET, AUDIZIONI SORO, PITRUZZELLA, CARDANI – LUNEDI 10,30 DIRETTA WEBTV
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2015

Jan. 9, 2015

*/Camera dei Deputati/* */Ufficio stampa/* *//**//* */Comunicato/* */9 gennaio 2015/* *COMMISSIONE INTERNET, AUDIZIONI SORO, PITRUZZELLA, CARDANI – LUNEDI 10,30 DIRETTA WEBTV* ** ** ** La Commissione per i Diritti e i Doveri relativi ad Internet <http://www.camera.it/leg17/1179>è convocata per lunedì 12 gennaio, alle ore 10.30, presso l’Aula della Commissione Difesa, per procedere all'audizione del Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, Antonello Soro, dell'Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato, Giovanni Pitruzzella, e dell’Autorità garante per le comunicazioni, Angelo Marcello Cardani. L’appuntamento sarà trasmesso in diretta sulla webtv della Camera.

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Fwd: Fully funded PhD research grants at the European University Institute
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2015

Jan. 9, 2015

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fully funded PhD research grants at the European University Institute Resent-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:59:10 +0100 Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:59:03 +0000 From: EUI Communications Service <EUI.PR(a)EUI.eu> Reply-To: EUI Communications Service <EUI.PR(a)EUI.eu> Fully funded PhD research grants at the European University Institute Apply for a fully-funded PhD programme View this email in your browser <http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=ad3ebede34…> EUI Logo <http://eui.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=…> Fully funded PhD research grants at the European University Institute www.eui.eu/PhD <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=c…> *Application deadline: 31 January 2015* A truly international research university, the European University Institute has *focused exclusively on postgraduate studies for more than 40 years*. Apply now to the EUI Doctoral Programmes in *Economics*, *History and Civilization*, *Law* or *Political and Social Sciences*. *160 grants *are available for eligible candidates. More information <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=0…> <http://eui.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=…> Facebook <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=e…> Facebook <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=0…> Twitter <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=f…> Twitter <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=8…> YouTube <http://eui.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=…> YouTube <http://eui.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=…> Website <http://eui.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=…> Website <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=d…> Google Plus <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=9…> Google Plus <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=5…> LinkedIn <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=d…> LinkedIn <http://eui.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be2e10147eb02ce0f4da0c08f&id=1…> © European University Institute 2015 Badia Fiesolana - Via dei Roccettini 9, I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) - Italy

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Quando l'advertising business e la surveillance si incontrano
by Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) - lists Jan. 8, 2015

Jan. 8, 2015

Meritevole di un cross-posting. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Meet the iMarker, Russian targeted ad service which analyze your traffic on ISP side Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:45:13 +0000 From: Anton Nesterov <komachi(a)openmailbox.org> To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org How it works? ISPs install the iMarker equipment and mirror all user's traffic on it (Russian surveillance system, SORM, works the same way). Software takes time, URL and HTTP Headers from HTTP requests. Then scraper with IP 92.242.35.54 and User-Agent WebIndex follow every visited URL and analyze its content. All this information used to build a profile for user. They says that information is removed right after analysis, and software saves only result of that analysis. Their website lists that they categorize users by search queries, online shopping activity, time of visits, activity on social networks, keywords on visited pages, visited websites, social-demographic info, such as sex, age, marital status, and education level, and then they use that data to distribute users for consumers groups. Every user has some kind of pseudonymous ID with linked profile. It's also has an opt-out option http://www.imrk.net/status How many users affected? They says it's 38 million people all over Russia. Minister of Communication Nikolay Nikiforov said in 2014 there was 62 million people in Russia using Internet, 56m of them do it every day, so it's 61% of Russian Internet users. iMarker's website list Akado, Rostelecom, ER-Telecom, NetByNet, Qwerty, and TTK as ISPs that installed iMarker's equipment. How to check if this affects you? If you are a client of Russian ISP, you can check it here http://imarker.valdikss.org.ru If you own a webserver, grep the logs for connections from 92.242.35.54. How do check script works? It generate a random link and wait for 3 seconds for connection from iMarker's IP address. How long iMarker works? Company start work on January 2010, commercial sells started on August 2011. http://imarker.valdikss.org.ru/ — script that checks if your ISP use iMarker http://www.vedomosti.ru/tech/news/15669231/bolshoj-reklamnyj-brat — report on iMarker from 2013, says they are ready to provide free DPI to ISPs in exchange of user's data (Russian) http://sporaw.livejournal.com/347832.html — blog post quoting private mails from iMarker's crew (Russian) http://www.imrk.net/privacy — TOS (Russian) http://habrahabr.ru/post/247465/ — blog post about iMarker (Russian) http://www.imarker.ru/ — iMarker website (Russian) http://www.imrk.net/status — opt-out page (Russian) http://minsvyaz.ru/ru/news/index.php?id_4=44571 — Nikiforov's statement on number of Russian Internet users (Russian) -- https://nesterov.pw GPG key: 0CE8 65F1 9043 2B11 25A5 74A7 1187 6869 67AA 56E4 https://keybase.io/komachi/key.asc

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aspetti da considerare se si parla di abolizione della SIAE
by Simone Aliprandi Jan. 8, 2015

Jan. 8, 2015

La tentazione di gridare "Aboliamo la SIAE!" è forte di questi tempi; ma se vogliamo parlare di un superamento dell'attuale modello di gestione collettiva in Italia è importante tener presenti alcuni aspetti delicati. Li ho messi in luce nel mio intervento nell'utile dibattito pubblico che è stato lanciato nelle scorse settimane dal sito Conversomag.com. Vi invito a commentare e a partecipare al dibattito. A questo link trovate tutte le informazioni: http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/2015/01/abolire-siae-considerare.html Grazie, un cordiale saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org | http://www.array.eu

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