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UK GCHQ chiede "collaborazione" ai privati per la lotta contro il terrorismo
by Alessandro Mantelero Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

Segnalo, la recente lettera pubblicata su FT a firma del direttore del GCHQ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c89b6c58-6342-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0.html#ax… Leggendo la lettera è inevitabile provare una certa irritazione. Si notino i seguenti passagggi: "For our part, intelligence agencies such as GCHQ need to enter the public debate about privacy [...] GCHQ is happy to be part of a mature debate on privacy in the digital age [...]" "To those of us who have to tackle the depressing end of human behaviour on the internet, it can seem that some technology companies are in denial about its misuse. I suspect most ordinary users of the internet are ahead of them: they have strong views on the ethics of companies, whether on taxation, child protection or privacy; they do not want the media platforms they use with their friends and families to facilitate murder or child abuse. They know the internet grew out of the values of western democracy, not vice versa. I think those customers would be comfortable with a better, more sustainable relationship between the agencies and the technology companies." Qui la risposta della Global Network Initiative (di cui Nexa è parte) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/041b49e6-638a-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0.html?si… "Co-operation between technology companies and governments can and should play a role in addressing legitimate security threats online. But when it comes to handing over user data, or taking down content posted online, companies have an equally important responsibility to respect their users’ rights. That must entail a level of transparency and accountability that has been glaringly absent from GCHQ’s own conduct revealed by Edward Snowden. The necessity and proportionality of any intrusion into privacy or free expression must be demonstrated, not simply asserted in a “nanny knows best” way by an unaccountable state." -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero http://works.bepress.com/alessandro_mantelero/ Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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Open Government: al via la consultazione pubblica sul 2° Piano nazionale
by Mauro Alovisio Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

segnalo dal sito Agid Open Government: al via la consultazione pubblica sul 2° Piano nazionale [image: Open Government: al via la consultazione pubblica sul 2° Piano nazionale] *4 Nov 2014* Dal 4 al 21 novembre 2014 sul portale PARTECIPA! <http://www.partecipa.gov.it/> è aperta la consultazione sulle proposte di azioni che l'Italia vuole inserire nel suo Secondo Piano d'Azione Nazionale OGP e che intende sostenere e realizzare nel secondo ciclo di programmazione, che avrà termine a giugno del 2016. La PA italiana aderisce all’iniziativa internazionale Open Government Partnership <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/> (OGP) che sostiene la trasparenza e l'integrità dell’azione dei governi attraverso la partecipazione attiva dei cittadini, delle associazioni di categoria e delle imprese. Le azioni proposte sono il risultato di un lavoro di collaborazione avviato tra Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica, AgID e ANAC con alcune delle Organizzazioni della Società civile italiana che hanno avuto un primo incontro in forma di focus group il 7 ottobre 2014. Questa la prima bozza del Piano d'azione OGP <http://www.partecipa.gov.it/media/1018/secondo-piano-azione-ogp-nazionale-2…> http://www.agid.gov.it/notizie/open-government-al-la-consultazione-pubblica… cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio

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Fwd: Google Scholar is Filled with Junk Science
by Andrea Trentini Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

Che ne dite? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Google Scholar is Filled with Junk Science Jeffrey Beall posted: " Google Scholar is the world's largest and most-used academic search engine, yet it is increasingly becoming polluted with junk science, making it a potentially dangerous database for anyone doing serious research, from students to scientists. &" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on *Scholarly Open Access* <http://scholarlyoa.com/author/denverjeffrey/> Google Scholar is Filled with Junk Science <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> by Jeffrey Beall <http://scholarlyoa.com/author/denverjeffrey/> Google scholar <https://scholarlyoa.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/google-scholar.jpg> Pseudo-scholar Google Scholar <http://scholar.google.com/> is the world's largest and most-used academic search engine, yet it is increasingly becoming polluted with junk science, making it a potentially dangerous database for anyone doing serious research, from students to scientists. Read more of this post <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> *Jeffrey Beall <http://scholarlyoa.com/author/denverjeffrey/>* | November 4, 2014 at 9:00 AM | Tags: abstracting and indexing services <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=abstracting-and-indexing-services>, Databases <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=databases>, Google Scholar <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=google-scholar>, Indexes <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=indexes>, pseudo-science <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=pseudo-science> | Categories: Pseudo-science <http://scholarlyoa.com/?cat=291287116>, Scholarly Open-Access Publishers <http://scholarlyoa.com/?cat=75058744> | URL: http://wp.me/p280Ch-18v Comment <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> See all comments <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> Like <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> -- Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives. -- Sue Murphy -- /\_______________ /--\ndrea |rentini http://atrent.it Laboratorio Software Libero @ . Dipartimento di Informatica @ ..: Universita' degli Studi di Milano

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Giorgio Israel: "IL CELLULARE IN CATTEDRA, IL PROF ALTROVE…"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

Il Mattino, 4 novembre 2014 *IL CELLULARE IN CATTEDRA, IL PROF ALTROVE…** * È difficile negare la verità contenuta nel detto poco raffinato secondo cui “il pesce inizia a puzzare dalla testa”. Diversi anni fa, quando la diffusione dei cellulari non era universale come adesso, nelle riunioni di una certa importanza ogni partecipante teneva il telefono acceso ma silenziato, in modo da tenersi costantemente informato di ogni chiamata. Fino a che si trattava di persone con funzioni dirigenti amministrative o politiche, manager di un certo livello, primari ospedalieri, ecc. – insomma persone che erano suscettibili di ricevere chiamate tanto importanti quanto urgenti – la cosa si poteva ancora capire. Ma poi l’usanza è dilagata. Anche in un dibattito culturale, nella presentazione di un libro, in riunioni di importanza non così vitale, i partecipanti usano sedersi al tavolo ponendo di fronte a sé qualche foglio di carta, una penna e uno o anche due cellulari accesi e silenziati in modo da rimanere costantemente “wired” (connessi) in ogni istante della manifestazione. Gettano un occhio all’apparecchio del vicino, magari per compiacersi di possedere il modello più avanzato e poi tengono sotto controllo il piccolo schermo attenti alla minima vibrazione, alle chiamate e ai messaggi in arrivo. Spesso digitano una risposta, magari soltanto per dire che non possono rispondere, in non pochi casi si alzano con gesti compulsivi per appartarsi a rispondere, anche se sta parlando uno degli interlocutori – una maleducazione che un tempo veniva evitata anche sopportando per qualche tempo una necessità corporale, mentre il cellulare appare dotato di per sé di una necessità di ordine superiore che schiaccia tutto il resto. […] Continua qui: http://gisrael.blogspot.it/2014/11/il-cellulare-in-cattedra-il-prof-altrove…

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"Free software groups hopeful for new Commission"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

*Free software groups hopeful for new Commission** * Submitted by Gijs Hillenius on November 04, 2014 Free software advocacy groups are hopeful that the incoming European Commission will advance the use and development of this type of software solution in public administration. April, France's free software advocacy group, expects EU Commissioner for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip to favour the increase of free and open source software. Reporting on the meeting of the new Vice-President for the Digital Single Market with the European Parliament on 6 October, the group notes how as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Ansip Prime Minister of Estonia, he had ensured all software financed by European funds was made publicly available. […] Continua qui: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/107986

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Fwd: [governance] Two IETF Internet-Drafts about human rights and censorship
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [governance] Two IETF Internet-Drafts about human rights and censorship Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:49:07 +0100 Resent-From: d004620(a)polito.it Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:47:59 +0100 From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)internatif.org> Reply-To: governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)internatif.org> To: governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org Next week is the 91th IETF meeting and, at the security meeting, these two new Internet-Drafts will be discussed: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-doria-hrpc-proposal Work has been done on privacy issues that should be considered when creating an Internet protocol [see the excellent RFC 6973, or working groups like DPRIVE, for DNS privacy. S.B.]. This draft suggests that similar considerations may apply for other human rights such as freedom of expression or freedom of association. A proposal is made for initiating IRTF [Internet Research Task Force] work researching the possible connections between human rights and Internet standards and protocols. The goal would be to create an informational RFC concerning human rights protocol considerations. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hall-censorship-tech This document describes the technical mechanisms used by censorship regimes around the world to block or degrade internet traffic. It aims to make designers, implementers, and users of Internet protocols aware of the properties being exploited and mechanisms used to censor end-user access to information. This document makes no suggestions on individual protocol considerations, and is purely informational, intended to be a reference.

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Webcast now: "Privacy, Surveillance, and Rebuilding Trust in Tech"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

Webcast live now: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/11/Smith [Today] Privacy, Surveillance, and Rebuilding Trust in Tech A Conversation with Microsoft GC Brad Smith and Professor Jonathan Zittrain Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 12:00 pm Harvard Law School campus Wasserstein Hall, Room 1015 [Event at capacity] Please join the live webcast here at 12:00 pm. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) #TrustInTech

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Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18 - Privacy, Surveillance, and Rebuilding Trust in Tech
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

Privacy, Surveillance, and Rebuilding Trust in Tech http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/11/Smith <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> *A Conversation with Microsoft GC Brad Smith and Professor Jonathan Zittrain* Today, 6.00 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live One of the enduring issues in cyberspace is which laws apply to online activities. We see this most clearly today in the reaction to revelations about government surveillance: on one hand, individuals are increasingly seeking assurances that their content is protected from government overreach, while governments want to ensure they have access to information to enforce their laws, even if that content is stored outside their borders. We see this same tension in debates over privacy protection for data placed on line by consumers. This discussion will explore the role of law in protecting our rights in the physical world online, the complementary roles of law and technology in achieving this protection, and the need for governments to come together so that companies (and customers) don't face conflicting legal obligations. About Brad Brad Smith is Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice president of Legal and Corporate Affairs. He leads approximately 1,100 legal, business and corporate affairs professionals spanning 55 countries and is responsible for the company's legal work, its intellectual property portfolio, patent licensing business, and the company's government affairs, public policy, corporate citizenship and philanthropic work. He also serves as Microsoft's corporate secretary and its chief compliance officer. Brad joined Microsoft in 1993, and before becoming general counsel in 2002 he spent three years leading the LCA team in Europe, then five years serving as the deputy general counsel responsible for LCA's teams outside the United States. About Jonathan Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at the Harvard Law School Library, and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, human computing, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. He performed the first large-scale tests of Internet filtering in China and Saudi Arabia, and as part of the OpenNet Initiative co-edited a series of studies of Internet filtering by national governments: /Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering/; /Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace/; and /Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace/. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Board of Advisors for /Scientific American/. He has served as a Trustee of the Internet Society and as a Forum Fellow of the World Economic Forum, which named him a Young Global Leader. He was a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Federal Communications Commission, and previously chaired the FCC's Open Internet Advisory Committee. His book /The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It/ predicted the end of general purpose client computing and the corresponding rise of new gatekeepers. That and other works may be found at <http://www.jz.org>.

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Intervista a Rodotà sulla Dichiarazione dei diritti in Internet
by Anna Masera Nov. 3, 2014

Nov. 3, 2014

Nel caso vi fosse sfuggita vi segnalo: http://www.linkiesta.it/stefano-rodota-intervista-carta-diritti-internet

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Open data: quali diritti sui dati? - webinar gratuito domani
by Simone Aliprandi Nov. 3, 2014

Nov. 3, 2014

Domani (mercoledì 29 ottobre) dalle 12:00 alle 13:00 un terrò un webinar per il portale e-learning della Regione Lombardia. E' il primo di un ciclo di tre appuntamenti in cui spiegherò i fondamenti giuridici del fenomeno open data. In questo primo incontro (intitolato appunto "Open data: Quali diritti sui dati?") inizieremo a porre le basi concettuali e terminologiche per la corretta comprensione del fenomeno open data e per il corretto inquadramento giuridico delle varie fattispecie in cui esso si realizza, cercando di mettere a fuoco se e in quali termini vi è una tutela sui dati. Fonte principale dei contenuti del seminario sarà il mio libro “Il fenomeno open data. Indicazioni e norme per un mondo di dati aperti” (disponibile online su www.aliprandi.org/fenomeno-opendata) La partecipazione al webinar è gratuita previa registrazione e seguendo poi le istruzioni per l’installazione dell’apposito software. La piattaforma utilizzata permetterà una reale e diretta interazione con tra partecipanti e docente. Tutti i dettagli qui: http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/2014/10/quali-diritti-dati-webinar-lombardia.h…. Spero di vedervi domani online. Un cordiale saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org | http://www.array.eu

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