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I: Tempi moderni
by Diego Giorio July 26, 2013

July 26, 2013

Non è mio costume intasare la mailng list con barzellette catene di Sant'Antonio e simili, ma questa merita un'eccezione, visto che ironizza (ma poi neppure troppo) su temi tante volte dibattuti. Saluti e buone vancanze (da Montpellier) a tutti. Diego -----Messaggio originale----- Da: "Marina Maximova" <m.maximova(a)fatagroup.it> Inviata: 25 luglio 2013 18.11 A: "Marina Maximova" <m.maximova(a)fatagroup.it> Oggetto: I: Tempi moderni Da: Alessandra Marchetti [mailto:a.marchetti@fataepc.com] Inviato: 25/07/13 18:07 A: Alessandra Marchetti Oggetto: Tempi moderni Semplicemente F A N T A S T I C A !!!!! > > Pizzeria Google > -Pizzeria Google, buona sera… > -Pizzeria cosa? > -Pizzeria Google, signore. Cosa vuole ordinare? > -Ma, questo non era il numero della pizzeria Gino? > -Si signore, ma Google ha comprato la pizzeria e ora il servizio è più completo. > -Va bé, posso ordinare? > -Certo signor Rossi. Vuole la solita pizza? > -La solita pizza, ma lei sa mio nome? Lei mi conosce? > -E per l’identificatore di chiamate, controllando il suo numero di telefono le ultime 37 volte che ha ordinato una pizza, ha ordinato quattro formaggi. > -Non me lo sarei mai immaginato…. voglio proprio la quattro formaggi! > -Signore, posso farle un suggerimento? > -Certo!. Avete una nuova pizza nel menù? > -No signore, il menu non è diverso da prima, ma mi permetterei di suggerirle una pizza alla ricotta e rucola. > -Ricotta?!! Rucola?!! Nooooo! Io odio queste cose > -Ma signore, è una cosa buona per la sua salute, e anche perché il suo colesterolo non va così bene. > -Cosa?!! > -Abbiamo l’informazione dal laboratorio dove ha fatto le sue analisi, incrociando il suo nome e il suo telefono possiamo vedere il livello del colesterolo…. > -Non voglio una pizza così, anche perché prendo la mia medicina per il colesterolo e posso mangiare quello che voglio. > -Signore, mi dispiace ma lei non ha preso la sua medicina ultimamente. > -Come lo sa? ma lei mi sta guardando tutto il tempo?! > -Abbiamo accesso ai dati di tutte le farmacie della città. L’ultima volta che ha comprato la sua medicina fu tre mesi fa e la scatola contiene solo trenta compresse. > -È vero, ma.... ma lei come lo sa?.. > -Per la sua carta di credito… > -Cosaaaaa?!! > -Lei compra sempre la sua medicina nella farmacia Sori che le fa degli sconti se paga con la carta di credito della banca BANK. Grazie ai dati che abbiamo nel nostro data base su i suoi movimenti con la carta di credito,sappiamo che da tre mesi lei non ha comprato niente in questa farmacia. Ma l’ha utilizzata in altri negozi, questo vuol dire che non l’ha persa. > -E se avessi pagato in contante in farmacia?? Cosa mi dici ora?? > -Lei paga € 800 in contante alla sua domestica tutti i mesi e il resto delle spese le fa con la carta di credito. > -Come sa quanto pago la domestica?? > -Lei paga i contributi e le tasse. > -Ma vai ......!! > -Signore mi dispiace, ma è tutto nello schermo. Ho il dovere di aiutarla. > Credo che lei dovrebbe chiedere un appuntamento con il suo dottore, già che a quello scorso lei non è andato a portargli i risultati delle analisi, cosi le può cambiare i farmaci. > -Senti caro, sono stanco, non ce la faccio più, sono stufo di INTERNET, del PC, del XXI secolo, della mancanza della Privacy, dei DATA BASE, di questo paese e di tutti voi!!!! > -Ma, signore… > -Stai zitto!!! Me ne vado lontano da qui. In un paese dove non ci sia INTERNET, né computer, né telefono e ne gente che mi controlla!!! > -Ho capito…. > -Userò la mia carta di credito per la ultima volta per comprare un biglietto d’aereo e andarmene via il più lontano possibile!! > -Va bene, signor Rossi. > -Puoi cancellare la mia pizza!! > -Nessun problema, già cancellata. Solo una ultima cosa…. > -Cosa vuoi ?!!! > -Ha il passaporto scaduto…..

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Il Gran Consiglio dell'Agcom vara oggi 25 luglio lo schema di regolamento sul diritto d'autore
by fulvio sarzana July 25, 2013

July 25, 2013

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LLVM,
by gianluca July 24, 2013

July 24, 2013

'There should be an industry standard for how code is shipped and executed, so that it would just work on different combinations of hardware.' http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/07/apple-google-llvm/ QGL

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Possibili Interruzione servizi IT a partire dalle 19.00 di domani
by Luca Leschiutta July 24, 2013

July 24, 2013

Buongiorno, giovedì 25 luglio (domani), a partire dalle ore 19.00, verrà effettuata un' articolata attività di manutenzione dei servizi di rete del Politecnico. Pertanto, a partire da tale orario e sino alle 9.00 del giorno seguente, potranno verificarsi interruzioni dei servizi IT forniti da Nexa. Cordiali saluti Luca Leschiutta ====================================== Dr. Luca Leschiutta, Ph.D. IT manager @ NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy Tel. +39 011 090 7218 Fax +39 011 090 7216 web: http://nexa.polito.it/people/lleschiutta =======================================

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il licensing di dati georeferenziati
by Simone Aliprandi July 24, 2013

July 24, 2013

Il licensing di dati georeferenziati: indicazioni per la scelta e applicazione della licenza più adatta: due documenti realizzati da me e Carlo Piana per il progetto FreeGIS.net. http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/2013/07/freegis-D52-D54-license-it.html Spero possano risultare utili. C'è più o meno tutto quello che c'è da sapere sul licenziamento dei dati geografici. Un caro saluto a tutti. Simone -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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Paper (2012): "Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 23, 2013

July 23, 2013

Vecchio di un anno, ma forse è il caso di ripassarlo. juan carlos *Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like* Author:Barbara van Schewick (Stanford) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick> Publication Type: White Paper / Report Publication Date: June 11, 2012 Over the past ten years, the debate over "network neutrality" has remained one of the central debates in Internet policy. Governments all over the world, including the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, have been investigating whether legislative or regulatory action is needed to limit the ability of providers of Internet access services to interfere with the applications, content and services on their networks. Beyond rules that forbid network providers from blocking applications, content and services, non-discrimination rules are a key component of any network neutrality regime. Non- discrimination rules apply to any form of differential treatment that falls short of blocking. Policy makers who consider adopting network neutrality rules need to decide which, if any, forms of differential treatment should be banned. Network neutrality proponents generally agree that network neutrality rules should preserve the Internet?s ability to serve as an open, general- purpose infrastructure that provides value to society over time in various economic and non- economic ways. There is, however, a lot of uncertainty on how to get from a high-level commitment to network neutrality to a specific set of rules. The decision for a non-discrimination rule has important implications: Non-discrimination rules affect how the core of the network can evolve, how network providers can manage their networks, and whether they can offer Quality of Service. Often, it is not immediately apparent how a specific non-discrimination rule affects network providers? ability to offer Quality of Service. At the same time, it is unclear which forms of Quality of Service, if any, a network neutrality regime should allow. This paper proposes a framework that policy makers and others can use to choose among different options for network neutrality rules and uses this framework to evaluate existing proposals for non-discrimination rules and the non-discrimination rule adopted by the FCC in its Open Internet Order. In the process, it explains how the different non-discrimination rules affect network providers? ability to offer Quality of Service and which forms of Quality of Service, if any, a non-discrimination rule should allow. Download the full paper (PDF) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/downloads/20120611-NetworkNeutrality.pdf>. Download the Executive Summary (14 pages, PDF) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/downloads/20120611-NetworkNeutrality-Executive…>. Download the Condensed Summary (2 pages, PDF) <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/downloads/20120612-NetworkNeutrality-Summary.p…>. Read a blog post discussing the main results of the paper. <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2012/06/network-non-discrimination-and-qu…> Read the press release <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/center-internet-and-society-director-bar…>. *About the Author* Barbara van Schewick <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick> is an Associate Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School, an Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering in Stanford University's Department of Electrical Engineering, Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, and a leading expert on network neutrality. Her research on the economic, regulatory, and strategic implications of communication networks bridges law, networking and economics. Her book Internet Architecture and Innovation <http://netarchitecture.org/> (MIT Press 2010) is considered to be the seminal work on the science, economics and policy of network neutrality. Her papers on network neutrality <http://netarchitecture.org/content/writing/> have influenced regulatory debates in the United States, Canada and Europe. Van Schewick has testified before the FCC in en banc hearings and official workshops. In October 2010, van Schewick received the Research Prize Technical Communication 2010 from the Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung for Communications Research for her pioneering work in the area of Internet architecture, innovation and regulation.

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GIPO / call for expressions of interest / feasibility study for the Global Internet Policy Observatory
by Andrea.GLORIOSO＠ec.europa.eu July 23, 2013

July 23, 2013

[ Apologies if you receive this message more than once. Please feel free to distribute among your contacts ] https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/global-internet-policy-observat… Global Internet Policy Observatory - call for expressions of interest for a feasibility study In the context of the Global Internet Policy Observatory<https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/commission-plans-guide-through-…> (GIPO) initiative, the European Commission will launch soon a call for tenders for a service contract of a maximum value of EUR 50,000. The purpose of this call for tenders is to develop a feasibility study which will provide: * an assessment of the technological requirements and available tools, to develop an online platform that would automatically collect and analyse information on Internet-related policy-making processes, as well as * a set of recommendations on the best "internal governance framework" for such platform in order to ensure the maximum levels of transparency, accountability, independence and inclusivity. In addition, the successful contractor will be expected to provide: * an online website, accessible to the Commission's services and to any other party the Commission might wish to grant access to, which will be used by the Contractor to set-up "live" demonstration versions of a limited number of technological tools analysed. The feasibility study is expected to last for a maximum duration of 4 months. Interested economic operators can express their interest to participate in the call for tender until 2 September 2013, in writing, by sending an e-mail to: * CNECT-D1(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:CNECT-D1@ec.europa.eu> and Andrea.Glorioso(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:Andrea.Glorioso@ec.europa.eu>. For clarity, the contracting authority will distribute the text of the call for tenders after 2 September 2013 and only to the economic operators which will have expressed their interest (as above) and to other economic operators as it deems appropriate, pursuant to the above-mentioned Rules of Application of the Financial Regulation. For further information, please refer to http://ec.europa.eu/contracts_grants/index_en.htm. Processing your reply to the ex-ante advertisement will involve the recording and processing of personal data (such as your name and address). Such data will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Unless indicated otherwise, any personal data requested are required to register your interest to participate in the call for tender and will be processed solely for that purpose by the Data Controller. You are entitled to obtain access to your personal data on request and to rectify any such data that is inaccurate or incomplete. If you have any queries concerning the processing of your personal data, you may address them to the Data Controller. You have the right of recourse at any time to the European Data Protection Supervisor for matters relating to the processing of your personal data. For the purpose of this ex-ante advertisement, the Data Controller shall be the Head of the Unit in charge of this call for tender: Eddy Hartog, DG CONNECT, Unit D1 Any queries concerning the processing of personal data of the Candidate can be addressed by e-mail to the following contact person: CNECT-DATA-PROTECTION-COORDINATOR(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:CNECT-DATA-PROTECTION-COORDINATOR@ec.europa.eu> by indicating the reference of the ex-ante advertisement. This publication is made pursuant to Article 124.1 (b) of the Rules of Application of the Financial Regulation that provides for an ex ante publication on the Institutions' websites of contracts with a value up to 60.000 EUR. Only the candidates invited by the contracting authority to participate in the procedure for awarding this low value contract will be admissible. Best, -- Andrea Glorioso (Mr) European Commission - DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology Unit D1 (International relations) + Task Force on Internet Policy Development Avenue de Beaulieu 25 (4/64) / B-1049 / Brussels / Belgium T: +32-2-29-97682 M: +32-460-797-682 E: Andrea.Glorioso(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:Andrea.Glorioso@ec.europa.eu> Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro The views expressed above are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. Les opinions exprimées ci-dessus n'engagent que leur auteur et ne sauraient en aucun cas être assimilées à une position officielle de la Commission européenne. Be transparent - Sign up to the European Commission's Register of Interest Representatives http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin

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13° Nexa Lunch Seminar & Hackathon Open Data - 24 e 27 luglio 2013
by Giuseppe Futia July 23, 2013

July 23, 2013

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-13> NEXA http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-13 *13° Nexa Lunch Seminar* Mercoledi 24 Luglio 2013, ore 13.00 - 14.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) <http://nexa.polito.it/contacts> *Hackathon Open Data di Torino* Sabato 27 luglio 2013, ore 11.00-19.00 ToolBox Office - Via Agostino da Montefeltro, 2, Torino <http://www.toolboxoffice.it/contatti.html> *Hackathon Open Data di Alessandria* Sabato 27 luglio 2013, ore 11.00-19.00 Lab121 - Via Verona, 17, Alessandria <http://www.lab121.org/contatti.asp> 13° Nexa Lunch Seminar & Hackathon Open Data, brainstorming e applicazioni concrete sui dati della PA Speaker del Nexa Lunch Seminar Luca Gioppo Ingresso libero Webcast live del Lunch Seminar: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events /Per motivi organizzativi e per fornirvi le informazioni necessarie qualora desideriate partecipare al lunch e/o all'hackathon di Torino o di Alessandria vi chiediamo di iscrivervi all'indirizzo http://lunch13-hackathon.eventbrite.com/ In occasione del 13° Nexa Lunch Seminar, che si svolgerà mercoledì 24 luglio dalle ore 13 alle ore 14 presso il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società, *Luca Gioppo*, /technical leader/ presso Csi-Piemonte <http://www.csipiemonte.it/>, illustrerà il funzionamento della piattaforma cloud Open-DAI <http://www.open-dai.eu/>, frutto di un progetto europeo in cui sono coinvolti 11 partner (provenienti da Italia, Spagna, Svezia e Turchia), che intende fornire servizi di accesso ai dati della pubblica amministrazione (PA), sulla base delle potenziali applicazioni che imprenditori, programmatori, cittadini o le stesse amministrazioni intendono sviluppare. Nel dettaglio Gioppo mostrerà come "trasformare" il dataset delle alberate della Città di Torino <http://www.comune.torino.it/aperto/dati/territorio/ambiente/alberate-anno-2…> in un servizio API e spiegherà l'utilità di componenti come Teiid <http://www.jboss.org/teiid/> per attività di /hacking/. L'incontro costituirà un'*occasione di confronto tra differenti /stakeholder/* che possano fornire spunti e idee sulle effettive possibilità di utilizzo della piattaforma e su dataset interessanti da poter sfruttare. Sulla base dei suggerimenti emersi durante il dibattito, verranno individuate, oltre a quelle proposte in seguito, alcune *"tracce" che metteranno le basi per l'hackathon distribuito che avrà luogo a Torino e ad Alessandria sabato 27 luglio 2013*. Per l'hackathon di Torino, uno dei temi individuati è quello del turismo: si potranno utilizzare i dataset pubblicati sul portale dati.piemonte.it <http://dati.piemonte.it/> della Regione Piemonte relativi ai musei <http://www.dati.piemonte.it/catalogodati/dato/100439-100439-musei-regione-p…> e alle strutture ricettive piemontesi <http://www.dati.piemonte.it/catalogodati/dato/1365-%20ricettivit%C3%A0-turi…>. Oltre alla piattaforma Open-DAI, si potranno sfruttare i servizi <http://www.museotorino.it/api> messi a disposizione da MuseoTorino <http://www.museotorino.it/> e le API del software TellMeFirst <http://tellmefirst.polito.it/>, che consente di classificare e arricchire documenti testuali con nuovi contenuti multimediali. L'hackathon di Alessandria darà l'occasione di ragionare sui dati relativi al bilancio della Regione Piemonte (rendiconto dell'esercizio finanziario <http://www.dati.piemonte.it/catalogodati/dato/100613-rendiconto-dell-eserci…> e capitoli di spesa <http://www.dati.piemonte.it/catalogodati/dato/100614-capitoli-di-spesa-per-…>), sviluppando applicazioni e visualizzazioni interessanti a riguardo. Entrambi gli hackathon si svolgeranno dalle 11 alle 19 e a fine giornata verranno mostrati e discussi i risultati ottenuti: i lavori più interessanti verranno presentati in occasione del 14° Nexa Lunch Seminar <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-14> che si terrà mercoledì 24 settembre 2013. L'hackathon di Torino è organizzato dal Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino <http://nexa.polito.it/> con il supporto del Consorzio Top-IX <http://www.top-ix.org/> e di ToolBox Office <http://www.toolboxoffice.it/>. L'hackathon di Alessandria è organizzato da PHP User Group Alessandria <http://alessandria.grusp.org/> con il supporto di Lab121 <http://www.lab121.org/index.asp>. Speaker - e informazioni supplementari [open_dai] LUCA GIOPPO, esperto di open source e di nuove tecnologie, è attualmente "technical leader" presso CSI-Piemonte ed è responsabile dell'area tecnica del progetto Open-DAI. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo http://it.linkedin.com/in/lucagioppo/ Link utili * Il sito del progetto Open-DAI <http://www.open-dai.eu/> * Il portale Open Data della Regione Piemonte <http://www.dati.piemonte.it/> * Il portale Open Data della Città di Torino <http://aperto.comune.torino.it/> * Il sito del progetto MuseoTorino <http://www.museotorino.it/> * Il sito del progetto TellMeFirst <http://tellmefirst.polito.it/> Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e il ciclo di incontri "Nexa Lunch Seminar" Il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente che studia da diversi punti di vista le varie componenti di Internet, la "più grande invenzione del secolo" secondo il Premio Nobel Rita Levi Montalcini. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it. I "Nexa Lunch Seminar <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars>" costituiscono un ciclo di incontri proposto dal Centro Nexa su Internet & Società a partire da maggio 2012 e si svolgono ogni quarto mercoledì del mese dalle ore 13 alle ore 14. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare e confrontarsi sugli argomenti scelti per il dibattito, insieme 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. Ogni secondo mercoledì dal mese, dalle ore 18 alle ore 20, continua il consueto appuntamento con i "Mercoledì di Nexa <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi>". 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 Nexa Lunch Seminar e i Mercoledì di Nexa, 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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Fwd: [ NNSquad ] NSA, FBI, the American People, and Double Secret Probation
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 23, 2013

July 23, 2013

L'quilibrata riflessione di Lauren Weinstein su sorveglianza e dintorni. juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] NSA, FBI, the American People, and Double Secret Probation Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:20:27 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren(a)vortex.com> To: nnsquad(a)nnsquad.org NSA, FBI, the American People, and Double Secret Probation http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001061.html Since the latest ramping up of concerns regarding the entire gamut of issues surrounding the surveillance activities of USA law enforcement and intelligence agencies (and by extension, similar activities conducted by the equivalent agencies in other countries), untold millions of words on these topics have been spoken and written, including some thousands of my own. And -- all over the world -- we can argue pretty much until the cows come home about what was legal, what wasn't legal, how much government leaders knew or should have known, and why members of the public paid so little attention to laws openly passed that specifically authorized such activities. Here in the USA, public observers of the PATRIOT and Homeland Security Acts should have been well aware of what FBI, NSA, and other agencies were being ordered to do by Congress -- despite current dissembling by some of those laws' authors. We warned of these programs at the time. And odds are, most or all of these activities will ultimately be declared legal by the courts. It can be argued that one clear benefit of Edward Snowden's leaks was to confirm in some detail (significantly diluted by various related wildly hyperbolic claims and erroneous interpretations) that such programs in one respect or another had actually been implemented and deployed. Yet this still doesn't get us to the heart of the matter, to the foundational questions we must ask ourselves no matter what our nationality and personal feelings about our own nation's intelligence operations. To really get there, we need to revisit a concept made famous in the classic film "Animal House" from 1978 -- "double secret probation." As the character of Dean Wormer explained -- freely paraphrased by yours truly -- double secret probation is essentially the condition of not even knowing that you are under suspicion, and that you are the subject of continuing investigation outside the normal context of traditional law enforcement activities. Of course, Wormer was talking about a rather freewheeling fraternity, not the American people in general. But the analogy still seems apt, and is at the heart of our dilemma regarding government surveillance. First, only an utter fool would argue that there is no need for any surveillance in any context, given the real world of terrorism, black market fissile materials, and all manner of other genuine threats. Secondly, stipulating that actual threats do exist is by no means to agree that every asserted threat being waved as an excuse for surveillance is genuine or not overstated, especially given the vast amounts of power and money deeply entangled with agencies' adversarial claims. And at the core of our attempts to harmonize these two realities is our friend double secret probation. For it is frequently not the existence of government surveillance per se that is so problematic, it is the deployment of such surveillance without the public being clearly and definitively aware that the surveillance is taking place, rendering us impotent to fulfill our oversight of government that makes all the difference between democracy and tyranny. Significantly, many of our government leaders have put themselves into the role of Dean Wormer -- and placed their entire citizenry on "double secret probation" -- not trusting the people to appropriately judge the actual threats or to accede to a level of surveillance activities that can be reasonably justified. It is precisely this attitude -- again even more so than the actual surveillance much of the time -- that is so unacceptable and insulting to us all. Once this attitude has taken hold, it tends to spread and permeate legislators and other government officials, who become convinced that only they are capable of making these decisions, that the people cannot be trusted to even know what's in their own best interests. So we see spectacles like major Internet firms begging for the right to even explain in broad terms what sorts of information demands are actually made of them by governments, and Kafkaesque legal arguments by agencies attempting to prevent the public from gaining any practical sense of the full extent to which telephone and Internet systems are under metadata and/or content-based observation and data collection. Some hardcore surveillance proponents argue that more transparency in these realms would compromise the efficacy of their information gathering efforts. And they may be correct, to one extent or another -- in various specific situations. But simply being "correct" in this context is not enough. In fact, all of government -- at least democratically oriented governments -- must ultimately be based on compromise (a fact apparently forgotten by many participants, to be sure), and this means that even surveillance based on seemingly laudable motives must take a back seat to the people who are supposed to be driving this bus -- the public itself. Appropriate transparency about surveillance doesn't mean revealing deep operational details, but it does require making sure that the public understands what is actually being done. If you want to collect our telephone calls, Internet, and other transactional metadata and/or content, then make your case -- we the people will make the decisions. We're the ones who pay your salaries. Your positions exist with our concurrence, not the other way around. We are, frankly, at least as intelligent as you are. And if the result of the transparency we demand is that you cannot achieve quite the level of all-encompassing surveillance of which you dream -- so be it. In the name of democracy, and here in the USA the Constitution and civil rights, you must come to terms with the fact that imperfection in surveillance is part and parcel with the fundamental precepts of our nation. So to law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and Congress -- discuss with us the kinds of surveillance you feel are genuinely needed. Treat the American people as your partners, not as your adversaries or village idiots. If your arguments are valid, we'll back you to the hilt. But we demand balance not banality, reasonable transparency not legal trickery. We're all in this together. And with all due respect, to use the vernacular -- please stop jerking us around. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad

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la Giustizia Civile resiste alla digitalizzazione
by Simone Aliprandi July 22, 2013

July 22, 2013

La Giustizia Civile resiste alla digitalizzazione. Usciremo mai dal medioevo? L’Italia è quel paese in cui sono in vigore leggi totalmente obsolete e fuori dal tempo, che nessuno pensa ad abrogare; quando invece si fanno delle norme davvero innovative, queste restano solo sulla carta e vengono bellamente ignorate dai loro destinatari. E se i loro destinatari si chiamano giudici, cancellieri e avvocati (particolarmente abili e avvezzi a “giocare” con l'interpretazione delle norme), possiamo immaginare quanto sia ... Continua su: http://www.mysolutionpost.it/blogs/it-law/piana/2013/07/digitalizzazione-gi… un cordiale saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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