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Fwd: [iindep-hub] Major Loophole Remains in Net Neutrality Resolution
by Paolo Brini Oct. 19, 2011

Oct. 19, 2011

-------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: [iindep-hub] Major Loophole Remains in Net Neutrality Resolution Data: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:27:46 +0200 Mittente: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> Rispondi-a: iindep info exchange hub <hub(a)iindep.org> A: hub(a)iindep.org La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/major-loophole-remains-in-net-neutrality-res… Major Loophole Remains in Net Neutrality Resolution *** Brussels, October 19th, 2011 — Negotiations on a weak Net neutrality resolution are coming to an end at the EU Parliament, with the vote taking place tomorrow. After much reluctance, the conservative (EPP) group has finally agreed to endorse a call for a timely assessment of further regulation on Net neutrality. However, the text still includes a major loophole allowing operators to implement Internet access restrictions on the pretext of managing congestion. *** The negotiations of “compromise amendments” to a Net Neutrality resolution at the EU Parliament have come to a close. La Quadrature du Net publishes its voting recommendations on the proposed amendments [1], sent to the members of the Industry (ITRE) committee, ahead of tomorrow's vote [2]. In a last minute move, the conservative (EPP) group finally agreed to endorse an amendment asking the EU Commission to promptly assess the need for “further regulatory measures” on Net neutrality after the body of telecom regulators concludes its forthcoming study [3] on Internet service providers' traffic management practices (ISPs) [4]. However, the resolution still includes a major loophole favouring telecom operators, supported by the conservatives (EPP), namely the ITRE chair, Herbert Reul, and the social-democrats (S&D), represented by Catherine Trautmann. According to the draft, operators may implement access restrictions [5] in cases of “congestion” of their networks. Such wording allows ISPs to use the excuse of radio spectrum scarcity to create permanent congestion and legitimize widespread violations of Net neutrality in mobile Internet access. To avoid such deviation from the Net neutrality principle, ISPs should only be allowed to practice discriminatory traffic management in cases of unforeseen congestion, in which case traffic management should be proportionate and time-limited. [6] The compromise amendments must be amended to include the notion of “unforeseen” congestion to correct this major flaw in the current wording. Failing this, the European Parliament might let operators create an artificial scarcity of bandwidth and business models based on discrimination, detrimental to investment in networks, competition and citizens' freedoms online. “The draft resolution amended with compromise amendments is overall weak, yet brings useful elements and slightly increases pressure on the Commission to take action. However, it also contains one major loophole. The Parliament can still fix the resolution to send a stronger signal to the Commission and the EU body of regulators: no restriction of Internet access harmful to competition and freedoms should be tolerated”, says Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson and co-founder of La Quadrature du Net. * References * 1. See voting list here, and detail of amendments here. 2. The vote is scheduled for 10:00 am. See http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+COMPARL+IT… 3. The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications' (BEREC) study on traffic management practices was originally supposed to be released by the end of 2011. Apparently, it has now be postponed to February 2012. 4. In compromise amendment 9, the Parliament asks the Commission “ to assess within six months after the publication of the findings of BEREC's investigation whether further regulatory measures are needed”. See https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Network_Neutrality_resolution_amendments#… 5. Access restrictions are described by the broad, undefined wording of “reasonable network management”. 6. As we wrote last year in our response to the EU Commission's consultation on Net neutrality: “When a wireless or land-line network goes through a period of unforeseen congestion (e.g. in the case of equipment failure), network operators are entitled to implement discriminatory traffic management practices in order to ensure to fluidity of data streams. But every time, operators must be able to prove to the regulatory authority that such congestion of its network was not foreseeable and that it took necessary steps to correct it. If the deployment of very high broadband networks takes longer than expected and operators face a durable saturation of their network, then the available bandwidth should be shared equally between all the subscribers and all service providers, until operators invest to upgrade their infrastructure”. See https://www.laquadrature.net/en/la-quadrature-answers-the-eu-questionnaire-… ** About la Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room ___________________________________________________________________________ iindep info hub - hub(a)iindep.org - https://listes.globenet.org/listinfo/hub policy: * do NOT forward mails or non-public information from this list * new subscribers must be approved by a list member * messages from non-members addresses are bounced back list admin is Nil (mailto:hub-owner@iindep.org, he rarely reads the list)

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Invito - La tutela personale dei dati in Italia 15 anni dopo
by Valerio Lubello Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

Cari tutti, sperando di farvi cosa gradita allego invito ad un convegno in materia di privacy che si terrà l'11 novembre presso l'Università Bocconi, vi aspetto! Valerio Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or its attachments--thank you!

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togliere retroattivamente dal pubbico dominio
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

Cari tutti, qualche giorno fa alla Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti e' stato discusso il caso Golan v. Holder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_v._Holder) Audio dell'oral argument: http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argum… Op-ed NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/opinion/keep-works-in-the-public-domain-p… E' un caso importante per il pubblico dominio negli USA. Il punto fondamentale e' la costituzionalità (o meno) di togliere opere dal pubblico dominio con leggi che retroattivamente ne modifichino lo status. A quanto pare, infatti, non era mai successo prima negli USA. Ora, in Europa e' successo piu' e piu' volte, l'ultima volta con la sciagurata Direttiva sull'estensione dei termini di protezione per fonogrammi, etc. Da non-giurista e' qualcosa che mi sembra profondamente ingiusto, un vero vulnus a diritti fondamentali. Mi chiedo e vi chiedo: non e' che abbiamo finora trascurato dei profili giuridici che forse ci potrebbero aiutare a contrastare questo tipo di "barbarie" legislativa anche in Europa? Cosa ne pensate? juan carlos

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Segnalazione convegno su Psicologia e sicurezza informatica
by Daniele Mazzocchi Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

Buongiorno a tutti, vi segnalo il convegno gratuito che organizziamo come Assosecurity relativamente al tema Psicologia e sicurezza informatica il prossimo 20 Ottobre a Torino presso la Sala Convegni di Regione Piemonte in corso Regina Margherita 174. Il programma del convegno è il seguente: 09:15 Welcome coffee e registrazione 09:45 Presentazione di Assosecurity 10:00 La dimensione psicologica della sicurezza informatica - Ivan Enrici - Centro di Scienza Cognitiva di Torino 11:00 Il profiling degli Hackers e dei nuovi attori nel mondo del Cybercrime: il progetto HPP (Hacker's Profiling Project) Raoul Chiesa, Cybercrime Advisor e Francesca Bosco, Head of Global Crimes Unit, UNICRI 11:45 Sicurezza e privacy nelle reti sociali: istruzioni per l'uso - Daniele Sgandurra e Anna Vaccarelli - Istituto di Informatica e Telematica - CNR di Pisa 12:30 Dibattito Per iscriversi è sufficiente una mail all'indirizzo info(a)assosecurity.it oppure una telefonata al numero 011/4815921 Cordiali saluti, Daniele Mazzocchi Istituto Superiore Mario Boella

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Così gli archivi gratis sul Web cambieranno le nostre vite
by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2011/10/18/news/open_data-23405552/ Luna è ottimista... staremo a vedere ("il ministro Renato Brunetta è pronto a lanciare anche il governo italiano su questo tema."). L'esperienza sul campo dice che non è tutto molto semplice, ma certo una potenziale "competizione" far le amministrazioni su questo trend potrà essere utile. Rimangono ancora insoluti diversi aspetti del quadro giuridico, specie in relazione alla commerciabilità correlata alle finalità originarie del trattamento dati da parte della PA, ed occorre anche prestare attenzione alle modalità di rilascio (licenze). Direi che siamo all'inizio; adesso occorrerà ragionare nello specifico, come per altro stiamo facendo a Nexa e nel gruppo di ricerca EPSI, ma forse dovrebbero intervenire anche altri soggetti a far chiarezza (Garante, legislatore). AM

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Economist: "Is cybercrime as big as its foes fear?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

Frase conclusiva: /"None of this means that the threat of cybercrime can be written off as pure invention, or that people should turn off their spam filters. But in the grand scheme of criminal threats, hacker kingpins do not appear to be on a par with Colombian drug lords---even if the security industry would wish it otherwise."/ Dedicato a tutti i giornalisti che spesso riversano in maniera totalmente acritica sulla carta e online i comunicati stampa e le "ricerche" delle aziende di sicurezza informatica. juan carlos Measuring the black web Is cybercrime as big as its foes fear? Oct 15th 2011 | from the print edition BIG numbers and online crime go together. One well-worn assertion is that cybercrime revenues exceed those from the global trade in illegal drugs. Another nice round number is the $1 trillion-worth of intellectual property that, one senator claimed earlier this year, cybercriminals snaffle annually. It is hard to know what to make of these numbers. Online crooks, like their real-world brethren, do not file quarterly reports. In the absence of figures from the practitioners, experts tend to fall back on surveys of victims, often compiled by firms that sell security software. These have a whiff of self interest about them: they are the kind of studies that get press released but not peer reviewed. [...] Continua qui: http://www.economist.com/node/21532263

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report ENISA: "Resilience of the Internet Interconnection Ecosystem"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 15, 2011

Oct. 15, 2011

Importante rapporto ENISA, the European Network and Information Security Agency, pubblicato a quanto pare in Aprile 2011, ma che mi era sfuggito: Resilience of the Internet Interconnection Ecosystem /This study looks at the resilience of the Internet interconnection ecosystem. The Internet is a network of networks, and the interconnection ecosystem is the collection of layered systems that holds it together. The interconnection ecosystem is the core of the Internet, providing the basic function of reaching anywhere from everywhere. / Publication date: Apr 11, 2011 Authors: Panagiotis Trimintzios, ENISA (Editor) Chris Hall, Highwayman Associates Richard Clayton, Cambridge University Ross Anderson, Cambridge University Evangelos Ouzounis, ENISA http://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/res/other-areas/inter-x/report/interx-report Executive Summary (PDF): http://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/res/other-areas/inter-x/report/interx-report… Full Report (PDF): http://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/res/other-areas/inter-x/report/interx-report… Trovate una sintesi qui: http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2011/04/12/resilience-of-the-internet-in… juan carlos

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NY Times: "Amazon’s Silk Browser Plays Another Role"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 15, 2011

Oct. 15, 2011

Un altro muro cade sotto le spinte del cloud computing: il browser a bordo del nuovo tablet della Amazon si appoggia ai server di Amazon. La motivazione ufficiale e' per aumentare l'efficienza (e non dubito che in alcuni casi possa anche essere vero), ma le implicazioni e le possibili conseguenze sono preoccupanti. Da leggere con grande attenzioni i "terms of use" quando saranno disponibili. Ciao, juan carlos September 28, 2011, /7:22 pm/ Amazon’s Silk Browser Plays Another Role By QUENTIN HARDY <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/author/quentin-hardy/> With access to books, movies, and other media, Amazon <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/amazon_inc/index.html…>’s Kindle Fire tablet may look like another consumer toy. However, an important part of the product, an advanced Web browser, is at the heart of where business computing is going. The new Amazon browser, called Silk, seems to be the first of its kind built for the world of cloud computing, which uses the Internet to gain access to the extensive computing power in data centers. Silk takes into consideration both the computing power in the user’s device and the computing power in Amazon’s enormous data centers, then executes tasks for maximum efficiency. As Peter Vosshall, a Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, says in a video <http://amazonsilk.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/introducing-amazon-silk/> that Amazon released Wednesday, “it is split between what runs on your device and what runs in the cloud.” [...] Continua qui: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/amazons-silk-browser-plays-another…

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Copyright: evidence, please
by Paolo Brini Oct. 15, 2011

Oct. 15, 2011

Il governo inglese ammette ufficialmente di non avere alcuna evidenza o dato o valutazione di impatto in merito alla scala e all'effetto delle violazioni del copyright online. <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2011/the-need-for-evidence> Ciao, Paolo

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Twitting the revolution?
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Oct. 15, 2011

Oct. 15, 2011

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