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What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality
by gianluca June 28, 2014

June 28, 2014

[...] If Comcast's last-mile of cable connection was available to all competitors under the same terms that gave dial-up service providers access to all copper telephone networks back in the 1990s, we would have more ISPs in more geographical areas. Consumers could simply switch providers whenever Netflix or YouTube started to get choppy. And that would give Netflix and YouTube more leverage in their deals with the ISPs. At the moment, this option---where ISPs are treated as "common carriers"---is on the table, but it seems like a remote possibility. Maybe it shouldn't be. Instead of railing against fast lanes, we should be pushing Washington to explore ideas like this that could actually promote competition among ISPs. "In the present situation," Johnson says, "the debate is misdirected." continua qui http://www.wired.com/2014/06/net_neutrality_missing/

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Seminar: "Governing Knowledge Commons" - Prof. Brett Frischmann (June 27, 3-5 p.m.)
by Giuseppe Futia June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/2014/06/frischmann> NEXA Friday, June 27 3-5 p.m. Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (first floor) http://nexa.polito.it/2014/06/frischmann Governing Knowledge Commons Brett Frischmann Speaker Prof. Brett Frischmann (Yeshiva University) This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Prof. Brett Frischmann will discuss *Governing Knowledge Commons <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199972036.do>*, which will be published by Oxford University Press in July 2014. "Knowledge commons" describes the institutionalized community governance of the sharing and, in some cases, creation, of information, science, knowledge, data, and other types of intellectual and cultural resources. It is the subject of enormous recent interest and enthusiasm with respect to policymaking about innovation, creative production, and intellectual property. Taking that enthusiasm as its starting point, Governing Knowledge Commons argues that policymaking should be based on evidence and a deeper understanding of what makes commons institutions work. It offers a systematic way to study knowledge commons, borrowing and building on Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize-winning research on natural resource commons. It proposes a framework for studying knowledge commons that is adapted to the unique attributes of knowledge and information, describing the framework in detail and explaining how to put it into context both with respect to commons research and with respect to innovation and information policy. Eleven detailed case studies apply and discuss the framework exploring knowledge commons across a wide variety of scientific and cultural domains. This seminar is organized in cooperation with the Joint Research Activity on "Governance, Regulation and Standards" of the EINS European Network of Excellence in Internet Science <www.internet-science.eu>. Biography of Brett Frischmann Brett Frischmann is Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, where he teaches intellectual property and Internet law. He is currently the Director of Cardozo's IP and Information Law Program, an Affiliated Scholar of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, and an Affiliated Faculty Member of The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University. n March 2012, he published Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources <http://www.amazon.com/Infrastructure-Social-Value-Shared-Resources/dp/01999…>, with Oxford University Press. He received a BA in Astrophysics from Columbia University, an MS in Earth Resources Engineering from Columbia University, and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center. After clerking for the Honorable Fred I. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practicing at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, DC, he joined the Loyola University, Chicago law faculty in 2002. In June 2013 Prof. Frischmann held the short course "Law and economics of shared infrastructure <http://nexa.polito.it/2013-frischmann>" at the Politecnico di Torino, organized by the Doctoral School of the Politecnico di Torino and the Nexa Center for Internet & Society./p> 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. More information about the Nexa Center for Internet & Society at Politecnico di Torino is available at: http://nexa.polito.it/. 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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Seminar: "Transdiegetic information: what it is and why it matters" - Prof. Luciano Floridi (Oxford University), June 27 , 9-11 a.m
by Giuseppe Futia June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/2014/06/floridi> NEXA Friday, June 27 9-11 a.m. Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Corso Castelfidardo 34 - Torino, Sala Riunioni, 5° piano <http://www.polito.it/ateneo/sedi/index.php?bl_id=TO_CIT11&fl_id=XP05&rm_id=…> http://nexa.polito.it/2014/06/floridi Transdiegetic information: what it is and why it matters Luciano Floridi Speaker Prof. Luciano Floridi (Oxford University) This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events /Public seminar organized by SCUDO - Scuola di Dottorato <http://dottorato.polito.it/>, Politecnico di Torino, and the Nexa Center for Internet & Society <http://nexa.polito.it>, Politecnico di Torino (DAUIN)/. Prof. Luciano Floridi (Oxford University & Trustee of the Nexa Center for Internet & Society (DAUIN)) will discuss: *Transdiegetic information: what it is and why it matters*. "Data is one of the few resources that is not only renewable and repurposable, it is also expandable and pervasive. As a result, we increasingly live in a world of information (/infosphere/ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosphere>). Borrowing some technical vocabulary from film studies and game design, in this lecture I shall argue that new Information and Communication Technologies are breaking the boundaries between diegetic and non-diegetic information, in favour of a transdiegetisation of the /infosphere/. The talk does not presuppose any previous knowledge and all technical concepts will be clearly and simply explained during the lecture." In 2013 Prof. Floridi has already held a Seminar at the Politecnico di Torino, organized by SCUDO and the Nexa Center, entitled "The Onlife Manifesto <http://nexa.polito.it/2013-floridi-onlife-manifesto>". Moreover, Prof. Floridi was one of the main speakers of the "Computer Ethics <http://nexa.polito.it/2013-aica-computer-ethics>" Conference at the Politecnico di Torino, organized by AICA - Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico <http://www.aicanet.it/> and the Nexa Center. Download the flyer <http://nexa.polito.it/nexacenterfiles/floridi-transdiegetic-information.pdf> of the seminar. Biography of Luciano Floridi Luciano Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he is Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>, Governing Body Fellow of St Cross College, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics <http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/>; Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy at the Department of Computer Science; and Member of the Faculty of Philosophy. He is also Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C. Among his recognitions, he has been awarded the Cátedras de Excelencia Prize by the University Carlos III of Madrid (2014-15), was the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics and Gauss Professor of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. He is a recipient of the APA's Barwise Prize, the IACAP's Covey Award, and the INSEIT's Weizenbaum Award. He is an AISB and BCS Fellow, Editor in Chief of Philosophy & Technology and of the Synthese Library. In 2012, he was Chairman of EU Commission's "Onlife Initiative <http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-initiative>". His most recent books are: The Fourth Revolution - How the infosphere is reshaping human reality <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199606726.do> (Oxford University Press, 2014), The Ethics of Information <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199641321.do> (Oxford University Press, 2013), The Philosophy of Information <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199232383.do> (Oxford University Press, 2011), The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics <http://www.cambridge.org/it/academic/subjects/philosophy/philosophy-general…> (editor, Cambridge University Press, 2010), and Information: A Very Short Introduction <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199551378.do> (Oxford University Press, 2010). 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. More information about the Nexa Center for Internet & Society at Politecnico di Torino is available at: http://nexa.polito.it/. 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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parere del garante privacy sul fascicolo sanitario
by Mauro Alovisio June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

gent.me/mi dal sito del Garante http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/… Cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio Il giorno 20 giugno 2014 13:25, Ducato, Rossana <Rossana.Ducato(a)unitn.it> ha scritto: > Sperando di fare cosa gradita, segnalo che il 30 giugno e il 1° luglio si > terranno presso la Facoltà di Giurisprudenza di Trento due giornate di > studio dedicate a "L'attuazione della sanità elettronica. La prospettiva > europea e i profili giuridici, tecnologici e organizzativi del Fascicolo > Sanitario Elettronico", organizzate dalla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza > dell'Università di Trento, Gruppo di ricerca LawTech > (http://www.lawtech.jus.unitn.it/) in collaborazione con APIHM (Privacy > and Information Helthcare Manager Association <http://www.apihm.it>). > > Il programma dell'evento è disponibile al seguente indirizzo: > < > http://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/giurisprudenza/1188/lattuazione-della-s > anita-elettronica> > > La partecipazione all'evento è libera e gratuita. Per il rilascio di > eventuali attestati di partecipazione è necessario registrarsi, inviando i > propri dati anagrafici e la propria qualifica a: > apihm-congressi(a)googlegroups.com > > Cordiali saluti, > > Rossana Ducato > > -- > Post-doc Research Fellow in Comparative Law > Ph.D. in European and Comparative Legal Studies > The Trento Law and Technology Research Group > Faculty of Law University of Trento > http://www.lawtech.jus.unitn.it/index.php/people/rossana-ducato > > > Follow my work on: > http://www.ehealthlaw.it > Twitter: @eHealth_LawTech > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ehealthlawtech > SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1881833 > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

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NYT-Op-Ed: "The Supreme Court Saves Cellphone Privacy"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

*The Supreme Court Saves Cellphone Privacy* By THE EDITORIAL BOARD JUNE 25, 2014 The nine justices of the Supreme Court --- whose average age is 68 --- often admit to being unfamiliar with modern technology, if not befuddled by it. While listening to oral arguments in April, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. asked, with apparent sincerity, why anyone other than a criminal would carry two cellphones. Yet in a gratifyingly sweeping ruling on Wednesday, the court embraced a central reality of the digital age and protected such phones from being searched without a warrant during an arrest, except in rare circumstances. "Modern cellphones are not just another technological convenience," Chief Justice Roberts wrote for a unanimous court. "With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans 'the privacies of life.' " [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/opinion/the-supreme-court-saves-cellphone…

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Chiusi: "Perché non abbiamo accesso ai nostri stessi dati"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

*Perché non abbiamo accesso ai nostri stessi dati** * Fabio Chiusi Pubblicato giugno 24, 2014 Nell'era della sorveglianza di massa dare ai cittadini il diritto di sapere chi sta raccogliendo quali dati sul loro conto, e verificare che quella raccolta avvenga nel rispetto della legge, è fondamentale. Il problema è renderlo effettivo, utilizzabile. Un miraggio, argomenta unlungo e dettagliato studio <http://irissproject.eu/?page_id=9>coordinato dall'Università di Sheffield, e parte del progetto del progetto IRSS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) finanziato dall'Unione Europea. Intitolato'Exercising Democratic Rights under Surveillance Regimes' <http://irissproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IRISS-WP5-Executive-Summa…>, il lavoro pubblicato in queste ore si addentra in tre problemi macroscopici: comprendere il quadro normativo all'interno dei singoli Paesi dell'Unione e darne un'analisi comparativa, studiare sul campo quanto è semplice o meno reperire chi è responsabile del controllo dei nostri dati (/data controller/), e da ultimo -- sempre dal punto di vista empirico -- osservare la effettiva capacità di risposta di questi soggetti alle richieste dei cittadini. Il risultato è deludente. L'implementazione non omogenea della Direttiva europea per la protezione dei dati personali, si legge nel lavoro a guida di Clive Norris e Xavier L'Hoiry, insieme a un quadro normativo contraddittorio a livello delle singole legislazioni nazionali, fa sì che i cittadini (/data subject/) siano "/naturalmente svantaggiati già prima che possano dare il via al processo per inviare una richiesta di accesso/" ai loro dati. [...] Continua qui: http://www.wired.it/internet/regole/2014/06/24/perche-non-abbiamo-accesso-a…

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Supreme Court: Police can't search smartphones without a warrant
by gianluca June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

chissà cosa ne pensano alla NSA... The Supreme Court has decided that Americans have a constitutional right to privacy in the personal information they carry on smartphones, ruling unanimously that police may not search such devices without a warrant from a magistrate. The decision is major victory for privacy advocates and the most surprising criminal law ruling handed down in years by the conservative-leaning high court. “Modern cellphones are not just another technological convenience,” said Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’ ” [...] continua qui http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-search-20140… qui la sentenza http://documents.latimes.com/supreme-court-ruling-smart-phone-searches/

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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones
by gianluca June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile phones. The modules, made by the Italian company Hacking Team, were uncovered by researchers working independently of each other at Kaspersky Lab in Russia and the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs in Canada, who say the findings provide great insight into the trade craft behind Hacking Team's tools. [...] continua qui http://www.wired.com/2014/06/remote-control-system-phone-surveillance/?mbid…

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Guardian: "Pepper-spray drone offered to South African mines for strike control"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

*Pepper-spray drone offered to South African mines for strike control* Desert Wolf, maker of Skunk Riot Control Copter, says aim is to 'prevent another Marikana' -- the strike when 34 workers killed * David Smith <http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidsmith>in Johannesburg * * The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian>,Friday 20 June 2014 18.57 BST A South African company has built a drone designed to shower pepper spray on unruly crowds and says it has begun supplying units to an internationalmining <http://www.theguardian.com/business/mining>company. Desert Wolf claims it wants to help in "preventing another Marikana" -- a reference to aprotest <http://www.theguardian.com/world/protest>in August 2012 at which34 striking mineworkers were shot and killed during clashes with the police <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/17/south-african-police-shot-mine…>. But the "Skunk Riot Control Copter" was condemned by labour activists as "absolutely outrageous" and compared with deadly US militarydrones <http://www.theguardian.com/world/drones>in Pakistan. Desert Wolf is marketing the 500,000 rand (£27,400) machine, unveiled at a recent trade show, as"designed to control unruly crowds without endangering the lives of the protesters or the security staff" <http://www.desert-wolf.com/dw/products/unmanned-aerial-systems/skunk-riot-c…>. [...] Continua qui: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/20/pepper-spray-drone-offered-sou…

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Wired: "What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

Essere a favore della neutralità della rete (come il sottoscritto) non significa credere che il problema sia semplice, tutt'altro... juan carlos * What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality** * BY ROBERT MCMILLAN 06.23.14 Even Sunday night HBO watchers are worried the Federal Communications Commission will soon put an end to net neutrality. Earlier this month, on the HBO comedy news show "Last Week Tonight," host John Oliver went on a 13-minute rant against the new set of internet rules proposed by the FCC. He warned that the rules would lead to a world where internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon can sell special treatment to web companies like Google and Netflix, charging extra fees to deliver their online videos and other content at fast speeds, and he urged viewers to bombard the FCC website with protests, saying the rules would end up hurting smaller web outfits that can't afford to pay the fees. The next day, the FCC site buckled under the traffic and went offline. It was just part of a sweeping effort to squash the proposed rules. When the rules first leaked out in May, protesters camped out in front of the FCC's Washington offices. Big tech companies such as Google, Amazon, and Netflix signed a letter asking the government communications agency to bar internet providers from discriminating "both technically and financially against internet companies." And last week, two big name Democrats on Capitol Hill unveiled a bill that seeks to undermine the new rules. Nearly everyone, it seems, wants to prevent the FCC from allowing some companies to have internet "fast lanes" while others toil at slower speeds. [...] Continua qui: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/net_neutrality_missing/

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