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Fwd: [IP] How the NSA is Transforming Law Enforcement
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 22, 2014

May 22, 2014

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IP] How the NSA is Transforming Law Enforcement Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:29:31 -0400 From: David Farber via ip <ip(a)listbox.com> Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net, "David Farber" <farber(a)gmail.com> To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: *From: *Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne@warpspeed.com>> *Subject: **[Dewayne-Net] How the NSA is Transforming Law Enforcement* *Date: *May 21, 2014 at 4:13:37 PM EDT *To: *Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>> *Reply-To: *dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com> How the NSA is Transforming Law Enforcement By NADIA KAYYALI May 20 2014 <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/how-nsa-transforming-law-enforcement> If you’ve been imagining NSA surveillance as something distant, with analysts sitting in remote data centers quietly analyzing metadata—stop now. NSA surveillance has become a part of day-to-day law enforcement fabric in the United States. The Snowden disclosures <https://www.eff.org/document/20140513-greenwald-noplacetohidedocuments> that were made public as part of Glenn Greenwald’s book /No Place to Hide/ <http://glenngreenwald.net/> drive this point home, and they emphasize why we need real change to government surveillance, not minor reforms. There are two key points necessary to understand the domestic aspect of NSA surveillance: the integral role <http://complex.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/11/14/the_fbi_is_helping_the_ns…> of the FBI in helping the NSA <http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/19/hoovers-fbi-todays-sur…> spy on Americans, and the acceptance of usage of NSA material for domestic and traditional law enforcement purposes. These are contingent, of course, on the fact that the NSA’s procedures allow widespread targeting of Americans <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/depth-review-new-nsa-documents-expose…>. Much of the material published on May 13 expanded on the disturbing revelations that we’ve already seen, but there were some standout points: new information about the degree of spying on the U.N. and other foreign officials, documents demonstrating the economic espionage aspect of NSA surveillance, and some interesting technical details about NSA programs. Among those technical details, what was especially striking for those of us in the United States were the slides that described how the FBI enables NSA surveillance. A series of slides demonstrated that the FBI essentially serves as an attack dog for the NSA, doing the NSA’s domestic dirty work. One slide, which was previously published, notes that for purposes of PRISM, relationships with communications providers are only through the FBI. (slide23.jpg <safari-reader://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/20/slide23.jpg>). Another slide describes how the FBI and NSA partner to “address an unreliable and incomplete Facebook collection system.” (slide81.jpg <safari-reader://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/20/slide81.jpg>). There are also a series of slides describing the FBI’s relationship with Microsoft. One notes that the NSA is now able to collect Microsoft Skydrive data as a “result of the FBI working for many months with Microsoft to get this tasking and collection solution established .” (slide27.jpg <safari-reader://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/20/slide27.jpg>). The documents also show that the NSA, Department of Justice, and FBI collaborated to collect Skype data. (slide29.jpg <safari-reader://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/20/slide29.jpg>). Similarly, after Microsoft enabled encrypted chat: “MS, working with the FBI, developed a surveillance capability to deal with the new SSL.” (slide30.jpg <safari-reader://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/20/slide30.jpg>). Clearly, the NSA would have a much more difficult—if not impossible—time collecting information without the FBI. None of this should be surprising. It's easy to forget that Section 215 of the Patriot Act allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation—/not/ the NSA—to apply for production of business records <http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1861>. Remember the Verizon order <https://www.eff.org/document/2013-06-05-guard-verizon-215-secondary-order> that jumpstarted the NSA surveillance conversation? That order was an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court /by the FBI/ for production of Verizon’s business records to the NSA. [snip] Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/14798382-eb93fc78> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-58a8a…> Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-…> [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com>

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TOP-IX Technical Meeting
by Luca Cicchelli May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

Vi inoltro il programma definitivo, scusandomi per invii multipli -- Luca > > > > > TOP-IX Torino Piemonte Internet Exchange > > > > > > NEWS > Italian version > 19 MAGGIO 2014 > > Il prossimo martedì, 27 maggio 2014, si terrà il TOP-IX Technical Meeting, il consueto appuntamento di incontro con i Consorziati e gli amici di TOP-IX per confrontarsi e discutere di reti e tecnologia. Qui di seguito il programma aggiornato della giornata. > Programma: > 10:00 Registrazione e welcome coffee > 10:30 Interconnessioni tra le reti italiane a cura di Marco D'Itri (Seeweb) > 11:00 Quadro giuridico per gli ISPs a cura di Studio Valli Mancuso & Associati > 12:00 Interventi aperti: > - IPV6 vs IPV4 a cura del Consorzio TOP-IX; > - Internet of Things a cura di CSP; > - Spazio aperto per gli interventi del pubblico > 12:30 L'innovazione nella Progettazione delle Reti a cura di Sytel Reply > > 13:00 Networking Lunch > Vi ricordiamo che l'evento si terrà quest'anno presso Temporary Museum, in Corso Verona 15 a Torino, e che la partecipazione è gratuita, previa registrazione su Eventbrite. > > Ulteriori aggiornamenti sul programma della giornata verranno segnalati sul sito www.top-ix.org e sulla pagina del TOP-IX Technical Meeting di Eventbrite. > > English version > MAY 19th, 2014 > > > Next May 27th TOP-IX Technical Meeting will be held. It’s the first of two usual meetings organized by TOP-IX to share experiences about networking and technology. > > Agenda: > 10:00 Registration & welcome coffee > > 10:30 Italian Networks Interconnections by Marco D’Itri (SeeWeb) > 11:00 Legal Framework for ISPs by Studio Valli Mancuso & Associati > 12:00 Lightning talks: > - IPV6 vs IPV4 by TOP-IX Consortium; > - Internet of Things by CSP; > - Open Mic > 12:30 Innovation in Networks design by Sytel Reply > > 13:30 Networking Lunch > > Venue will be Temporary Museum, Corso Verona 15 in Torino (Italy), starting at 10:00 am. > To attend please register on Eventbrite. > > The program updates and more details on www.top-ix.org and on Eventbrite page. > > - - - - - - - > > Evento sponsorizzato da / Sponsored by > > > Ci scusiamo per eventuali duplicati / Our apologies for duplicate mails > Seguici anche su Twitter @top_ix | Facebook topixconsortium | Sito web TOP-IX > > Vi ricordiamo che, ai sensi del Codice della Privacy, D.Lgs 196/03, potete opporVi in qualsiasi momento, anche oralmente, al trattamento in oggetto, mediante l'invio di un'email al seguente indirizzo: staff(a)top-ix.org, ovvero tramite un diniego del consenso telefonando al numero: 011/8390191. Potrete inoltre esercitare tutti i diritti di cui l'art.7 del D.Lgs 196/03 (tra cui i diritti di accesso, rettifica, aggiornamneto e di cancellazione). Vogliamo inoltre informarVi, per una maggiore trasparenza, che sul nostro sito internet: www.top-ix.org potrete trovare l'informativa sulla privacy comprensiva dei diritti di cui all'art.7 D.Lgs 196/03, completa in tutte le sue parti. > > Indirizzo postale di riferimento: staff(a)top-ix.org > Copyright © 2014 TOP-IX, All rights reserved. > unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences > > > > > > > > This email was sent to luca.cicchelli(a)top-ix.org > why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences > TOP-IX · Via Bogino 9 · Torino, Piemonte 10123 · Italy > >

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La gestione collettiva dei diritti d'autore e connessi all'indomani della direttiva 2014/26/EU
by Giuseppe Mazziotti May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

Ciao a tutti, vi segnalo un convegno sulla gestione collettiva dei diritti d'autore all'indomani della direttiva 2014/26/EU organizzato dalla LUISS a Roma nel pomeriggio di martedì 27 maggio: http://www.luiss.it/evento/2014/05/27/la-gestione-collettiva-dei-diritti-d-… Giuseppe -- Giuseppe Mazziotti Mobile: +39 347 3018306 Skype: giuseppe.mazziotti Website: http://mediartis.it

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What the EU's New Internet Privacy Regulation Means for the United States
by Diego Giorio May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141435/henry-farrell-and-abraham-new… Segnalo questo interessante articolo di Foreign Affairs Saluti

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"The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

*The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age** */It's an astonishing look inside the cultural change still needed in the shift to digital --- even in one of the world's greatest newsrooms. Read it.// /By Joshua Benton There are few things that can galvanize the news world's attention like a change in leadership atop The New York Times. Jill Abramson's ouster yesterday afternoon probably reduced American newsroom productivity enough to skew this quarter's GDP numbers. We don't typically write about intra-newsroom politics at Nieman Lab, leaving that to Manhattan's very capable cadre of media reporters. But Abramson's removal and Dean Baquet's ascent has apparently inspired someone inside the Times to leak one of the most remarkable documents I've seen in my years running the Lab, to Myles Tanzer at BuzzFeed. It's the full report of the newsroom innovation team that was given six full months to ask big questions about the Times' digital strategy. (A summary version of it was leaked last week, but this is the big kahuna.) [...] Continua qui: http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/05/the-leaked-new-york-times-innovation-repor…

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W3C spinge per DRM in tutti i browser
by Paolo Brini May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

Salve, vi segnalo questo articolo di Cory Doctorow: We are Huxleying ourselves into the full Orwell. Try as I might, I can’t shake the feeling that 2014 is the year we lose the Web. The W3C push for DRM in all browsers is going to ensure that all interfaces built in HTML5 (which will be pretty much everything) will be opaque to users, and it will be illegal to report on security flaws in them (because reporting a security flaw in DRM exposes you to risk of prosecution for making a circumvention device), so they will be riddled with holes that creeps, RATters, spooks, authoritarians and crooks will be able to use to take over your computer and fuck you in every possible way. http://mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/post/72759474218/we-are-huxleying… Ciao, Paolo

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Apple, Google settle smartphone patent litigations
by Marco Galli May 17, 2014

May 17, 2014

Segnalo: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA4F0S020140516?irpc=932

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"Study indicates Robots could replace 80% of Jobs"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 16, 2014

May 16, 2014

*Study indicates Robots could replace 80% of Jobs** * Posted on April 16, 2014 by Colin Lewis In a few decades, twenty or thirty years --- or sooner -- robots and their associated technology will be as ubiquitous as mobile phones are today, at least that is the prediction of Bill Gates; and we would be hard-pressed to find a roboticist, automation expert or economist who could present a strong case against this. The Robotics Revolution promises a host of benefits that are compelling (especially in health care) and imaginative, but it may also come at a significant price. * **The Pareto Principle of Prediction* We find ourselves faced with an intractable paradox: On the one hand technology advances increase productivity and wellbeing, and on the other hand it often reinforces inequalities. A new study due to be published in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training by Stuart Elliot visiting analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who incidentally is on leave from the Board on Testing and Assessment of the National Research Council, indicates that technology could replace 'workers for 80 percent of current jobs.' [...] Continua qui: http://robotenomics.com/2014/04/16/study-indicates-robots-could-replace-80-…

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Flleischer Harvard Nostalgia ed oblio
by Alessandro Mantelero May 16, 2014

May 16, 2014

http://peterfleischer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/harvard-nostalgia.html personalmente non condivido molte delle sue posizioni sul right to be forgotten, ma il pezzo è sublime e merita (anche stilisticamente). -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute 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 Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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Independent Report on E-voting in Estonia
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 16, 2014

May 16, 2014

Vi anticipo l'ultima frase dell'Executive Summary: /"use of the Estonian I-voting system should be immediately discontinued."/ * *juan carlos * _Independent Report on E-voting in Estonia_** * A security analysis of Estonia's Internet voting system by international e-voting experts. *Executive Summary* (Full technical report to be published here Monday, May 12.) This report was prepared by an independent group of international experts with experience of analyzing e-voting systems around the world. The team performed a security evaluation of Estonia's Internet-based e-voting system. Estonia is the only country in the world that relies on Internet voting in a significant way for legally-binding national elections --- in recent polls, 20-25% of voters cast their ballots online. The team sought to understand its strengths and weaknesses in order to inform technologists and decision makers globally about the prospects of Internet voting. The researchers studied the system by observing e-voting operations during Estonia's 2013 municipal elections, analyzing published documents, software, and source code, then conducting experiments with a laboratory recreation of the I-voting system. The analysis showed a number of serious security problems: *Obsolete threat model* The Estonian system uses a security architecture that may have been adequate when the system was introduced a decade ago, but it [...] Continua qui: https://estoniaevoting.org/findings/

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