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Fazi, "EU Chat Control extension is an insult to democracy"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*EU Chat Control extension is an insult to democracy* Thomas Fazi On Thursday, the European Parliament “adopted” <https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/07/10/chat-control-10-passed-the-europea…> the extension of Chat Control 1.0. This is the temporary suspension of the EU’s ePrivacy rules that allows tech platforms to mass-scan citizens’ private communications, ostensibly to detect child sexual abuse material. “Adopted” is placed in quotation marks here because the word implies something that conspicuously failed to happen: a majority of MEPs voting in favour. In fact, 314 MEPs voted to reject the text, against 276 in favour. And yet it passed anyway. This was made possible through a procedural sleight of hand worthy of Brussels at its most cynical. The file was rammed through under an “urgency procedure”: European Parliament President Roberta Metsola unilaterally reopened a dossier that MEPs had already rejected in March, and the Council conveniently bounced it back at the start of the summer recess, when securing attendance is hardest. Rejecting it a second time would have required not a simple majority but an absolute one: 360 votes. The law was therefore approved despite a majority of MEPs voting against it. The regulation will now remain in force until April 2028, buying time for negotiations on its even more ambitious successor, Chat Control 2.0. [...] continua qui: https://unherd.com/newsroom/eu-chat-control-extension-is-an-insult-to-democ…

July 11, 2026

Re: Environmental cost of AI's energy use

by Alfredo Bregni

Salve. Mi permetto di dire, per i due "divoratori di energia" citati, che: - I Bitcoin sono una beata schifezza, dalla tecnologia blockchain di registrazione, inutilmente ipertrofica, alla moneta stessa, catena di Sant'Antonio annunciata nonché senza un debitore, né formale né sostanziale; per chi non dovesse saperlo, la moneta "seria" è debito di qualcuno solvibile o ritenuto tale: . La moneta legale ha debitore formale la banca centrale e sostanziale lo stato, che è obbligato ad accettarla in pagamento di tasse; . La moneta bancaria -- il grosso, che origina dalla concessione di credito, vera "creatrice di moneta" (con immediata "intermediazione bancaria", che si assume il rischio da un lato e l'obbligo dall'altro) -- ha debitore formale e legale la banca ordinaria. - L'AI (termine "marchettaro" per "confezionatori di testi") qualche utilità ce l'ha, quando chiedo ad es. come si incollano fra loro due pezzi di alluminio anodizzati ...e mi spiega come si fa: . Il brutto NON è tanto che nel farlo consumi... . ...quanto il fatto che non ci sia un'alternativa valida: prima dell'AI si doveva cercare un esperto con il lanternino di Diogene ...e la risposta non arrivava mai all'istante. Solo per chiarire, A ----- Original Message ----- From: antonio via nexa To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2026 10:43 AM Subject: [nexa] Environmental cost of AI's energy use _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list -- nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it To change settings or unsubscribe please go to: https://server-nexa.polito.it/postorius/lists/nexa.server-nexa.polito.it/ The general archive of the list is located at: https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa@server-nexa.polito.it/ Permalink to this message: https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa@server-nexa.polito.it/me…

July 11, 2026

Environmental cost of AI's energy use

by antonio

Credo che questa analisi [1], pubblicata dall'Istituto per l'acqua, l'ambiente e la salute dell'Università delle Nazioni Unite (UNU-INWEH), non sia passata in lista. "L'intelligenza artificiale rischia di diventare un problema ambientale globale. Entro il 2030 consumerà l'acqua necessaria a 1,3 miliardi di persone (pari all'intera popolazione dell'Africa subsahariana), e 945 terawattora di elettricità (il triplo di quella usata da 650 milioni di persone tra Pakistan, Bangladesh e Nigeria)." [2] Approfitto di questa notizia per fare un appello ai/alle docenti di informatica delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado (do per scontato che nelle università queste cose già si sappiano ;) ). Vi prego di ripetere ad ogni lezione che non tutto quello che "gira" nei datacenter ha lo stesso impatto ambientale. Bitcoin e AI sono devastanti, una singola operazione, a parità di "utilità all'umanità" [3] consuma una quantità spropositata di risorse, milioni di volte di più che mandare una mail, fare una ricerca su un database, scambiarsi un messaggio su un social del fediverso, ecc. A. [1] https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-Use-Carbon… [2] https://www.rsi.ch/info/mondo/ONU-l%E2%80%99IA-consumer%C3%A0-l%E2%80%99acq… [3] sulle attività pro bono ne abbiamo discusso tante volte

July 11, 2026

Re: chat control... strikes again

by Andrea Trentini

se non c'è altro padulo legale mi pare che a questo punto basta esprimere la propria volontà di non essere ascoltato usando critto e siamo a posto, cioè è come dire (come dovrebbe essere) nel mondo reale la corrispondenza è inviolabile ma se mandi una cartolina la possono leggere, corretto? a questo punto basterebbe far capire alla gente l'importanza della crittografia (veramente) end-to-end... a latere, sapete se quella di whatsapp è stata audited per capire se è vera o farlocca? On 10/07/2026 10:14, Stefano Quintarelli wrote: > 2 bis. Il presente regolamento non si applica alle comunicazioni interpersonali alle quali é stata o > sarà applicata la cifratura end-to-end. > > questo e' l'emendamento che e' passato > > ciao, s. > -- Andrea Trentini ⠠⠵ - http://atrent.it - public key ID: 0xA7A91E3B RU - Dip.to di Informatica - Università degli Studi di Milano Cittadinanza Digitale e Tecnocivismo: 1) https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo 2) https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal-tecnocivismo-alla… Siamo nati per chiederci perché. Il tuo 5xmille all'Università degli Studi di Milano Codice fiscale 80012650158 [https://sites.unimi.it/loghi/5x1000/5x1000.png]

July 10, 2026

Re: chat control... strikes again

by Stefano Quintarelli

2 bis. Il presente regolamento non si applica alle comunicazioni interpersonali alle quali é stata o sarà applicata la cifratura end-to-end. questo e' l'emendamento che e' passato ciao, s. On 09/07/26 15:15, B. J. wrote: > Sigh.. > > Ulteriori informazioni sul sito di Patrick Breyer (ex parlamentare > europeo e fermo oppositore): https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu- > parliament-greenlights-chat-control-1-0-breyer-our-children-lose-out/ > > E qui un commento a caldo di Andy Yen, CEO di Proton: https:// > www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1urp48t/comment/owhe9ed/?context=3 > > On 08/07/26 14:55, Stefano Quintarelli via nexa wrote: >> e' passata per 25 voti >> giovedi si vota nel merito >> S&D si e' divisa 2/3 a favore 1/3 contro. >> chi ha conoscenze in quei 2/3 farebbe cosa utile ad attivarsi... >> >> On 08/07/26 12:33, Andrea Trentini via nexa wrote: >>> https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unexpected- >>> return-of-Chat-Control-1-0-11356680.html >>> >>> non so più cosa pensare... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Andrea Trentini ⠠⠵ -http://atrent.it - public key ID: 0xA7A91E3B >>> RU - Dip.to di Informatica - Università degli Studi di Milano >>> >>> Cittadinanza Digitale e Tecnocivismo: >>> 1)https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo >>> 2)https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal- >>> tecnocivismo-alla-cittadinanza-digitale >>> >>> >>> Siamo nati per chiederci perché. >>> >>> Il tuo 5xmille all'Università degli Studi di Milano >>> >>> Codice fiscale 80012650158 >>> >>> [https://sites.unimi.it/loghi/5x1000/5x1000.png] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nexa mailing list --nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >>> To change settings or unsubscribe please go to:https://server- >>> nexa.polito.it/postorius/lists/nexa.server-nexa.polito.it/ >>> The general archive of the list is located at:https://server- >>> nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it/ >>> Permalink to this message:https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/ >>> list/nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it/message/AXNYRIY7IXU4Z5E7XFAOMTWMRJW4CLDC/ >> -- >> You can reach me on Signal: @quinta.01 (no Whatsapp, no Telegram) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list --nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> To change settings or unsubscribe please go to:https://server-nexa.polito.it/postorius/lists/nexa.server-nexa.polito.it/ >> The general archive of the list is located at:https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa@server-nexa.polito.it/ >> Permalink to this message:https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa@server- >> nexa.polito.it/message/CHDPZNIDD52TKJ53TDPJEUKARZJG3LIF/ > -- > /Diventiamo ciò che contempliamo. Noi modelliamo i nostri strumenti, e > in seguito sono i nostri strumenti a modellare noi. (John M. Culkin) > Un Internet libero, diverso e rispettoso della privacy è lo strumento > fondamentale per tutte le sfide che ci attendono. > Inviato con l'email crittografata di Proton Mail <https://pr.tn/ > ref/2P5MPTKZY2G0>./ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > /We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools > shape us. (John M. Culkin) > A free, diverse, and privacy-respecting Internet is the fundamental tool > for all the challenges that await us. > Sent with the encrypted email of Proton Mail <https://pr.tn/ > ref/2P5MPTKZY2G0>./ -- You can reach me on Signal: @quinta.01 (no Whatsapp, no Telegram)

July 10, 2026

Re: chat control... strikes again

by B. J.

Sigh.. Ulteriori informazioni sul sito di Patrick Breyer (ex parlamentare europeo e fermo oppositore): https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-parliament-greenlights-chat-control-1-0… E qui un commento a caldo di Andy Yen, CEO di Proton: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1urp48t/comment/owhe9ed/?conte… On 08/07/26 14:55, Stefano Quintarelli via nexa wrote: > e' passata per 25 voti > giovedi si vota nel merito > S&D si e' divisa 2/3 a favore 1/3 contro. > chi ha conoscenze in quei 2/3 farebbe cosa utile ad attivarsi... > > On 08/07/26 12:33, Andrea Trentini via nexa wrote: > >> https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unexpected >> - >> return-of-Chat-Control-1-0-11356680.html >> >> non so più cosa pensare... >> >> -- >> Andrea Trentini ⠠⠵ - >> http://atrent.it >> - public key ID: 0xA7A91E3B >> RU - Dip.to di Informatica - Università degli Studi di Milano >> >> Cittadinanza Digitale e Tecnocivismo: >> 1) >> https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo >> 2) >> https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal >> - >> tecnocivismo-alla-cittadinanza-digitale >> >> Siamo nati per chiederci perché. >> >> Il tuo 5xmille all'Università degli Studi di Milano >> >> Codice fiscale 80012650158 >> >> [ >> https://sites.unimi.it/loghi/5x1000/5x1000.png >> ] >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list -- >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> To change settings or unsubscribe please go to: >> https://server >> - >> nexa.polito.it/postorius/lists/nexa.server-nexa.polito.it/ >> The general archive of the list is located at: >> https://server >> - >> nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it/ >> Permalink to this message: >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/ >> >> list/nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it/message/AXNYRIY7IXU4Z5E7XFAOMTWMRJW4CLDC/ > > -- > You can reach me on Signal: @quinta.01 (no Whatsapp, no Telegram) > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list -- > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > To change settings or unsubscribe please go to: > https://server-nexa.polito.it/postorius/lists/nexa.server-nexa.polito.it/ > The general archive of the list is located at: > https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa@server-nexa.polito.it/ > Permalink to this message: > https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa@server-nexa.polito.it/me… -- Diventiamo ciò che contempliamo. Noi modelliamo i nostri strumenti, e in seguito sono i nostri strumenti a modellare noi. (John M. Culkin) Un Internet libero, diverso e rispettoso della privacy è lo strumento fondamentale per tutte le sfide che ci attendono. Inviato con l'email crittografata di [Proton Mail](https://pr.tn/ref/2P5MPTKZY2G0). --------------------------------------------------------------- We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us. (John M. Culkin) A free, diverse, and privacy-respecting Internet is the fundamental tool for all the challenges that await us. Sent with the encrypted email of [Proton Mail](https://pr.tn/ref/2P5MPTKZY2G0).

July 9, 2026

La rappresentazione mediatica dell'IA in Italia

by Maurizio Borghi

Segnalo questo interessante rapporto dell'Hermes Center, scritto da Laura Carrer e Fabio Chiusi, che analizza 563 articoli dei principali quotidiani italiani: https://hermescenter.org/iniziative/la-rappresentazione-mediatica-dellia-in…

July 9, 2026

"Ensuring freedom, one blob at a time"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Ensuring freedom, one blob at a time by Zoë Kooyman <https://www.fsf.org/author/zoe> — Published on 17/06/2026 10:50 https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2026/summer/ensuring-freedom-one-blob-at-a-time The Free Software Foundation (FSF) was founded to support the work of the GNU Project <https://www.gnu.org/>, and this is still proudly one of our core responsibilities. The GNU Project has delivered some of the most important software used globally, and it is free as in freedom <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>. It is a symbol and source of inspiration for those of us who advocate for software freedom. It has been part of the long-lived success of the FSF and the free software philosophy that when we present our convictions, we are able to point to pragmatic implementations of the issues we advocate for. The FSF has a long history of taking action and delivering the software we want to see. This is still true today, and we will not stop. At the end of 2025, the FSF launched LibrePhone <https://librephone.fsf.org/>, a project that works on closing the last gaps towards free mobile phone computing <https://librephone.fsf.org/freedom>. LibrePhone's goal is to better understand and reverse-engineer the nonfree blobs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob> used by a great majority of (if not all) SoCs (system on a chip) designs available today. We started with researching <https://librephone.fsf.org/site/files/> the proprietary files in Android phones supported by the Lineage <https://wiki.lineageos.org/> project, an Android-based volunteer-led mobile phone operating system with much free software already in it. Our current, primary focus is on the radio blobs that control WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, and cellular communications. The software freedom issues with mobile computing <https://www.fsf.org/working-together/next-steps/free-software-phones> have been around for a long time, with the most challenging issue being the baseband/modem firmware that relies heavily on proprietary software. This creates a technical and legal maze that is nearly impossible to break free from, but that doesn't mean we should ever stop working to create free systems. It certainly doesn't mean we shouldn't liberate the software that we know /can/ be free software. Now, half a year into this project, lead developer Rob Savoye has extracted firmware from over 200 Lineage install packages, processed 85GB of files, and imported the results of these analyses into a PostgreSQL <https://www.postgresql.org/> database for [cross-device comparison. By focusing on one device <https://librephone.fsf.org/hardware/fairphone6>, we envisioned we would have the best opportunity to work towards a truly libre phone that could serve as an example. This was done to get a feel for which blobs are the most common, identify the best blobs for reverse engineering, and select the best initial development device for reverse engineering <https://librephone.fsf.org/site/tools/>. We found <https://librephone.fsf.org/site/comparing/> instead, among other things, that much of the software and blobs we need to work through are shared across multiple devices; this means even greater strides for mobile phone freedom. Freeing even just one aspect of mobile phone computing is a huge task, and the work on LibrePhone will take a long time, but so was creating a fully free OS in 1983 <https://www.gnu.org/>. Look where we are forty years after the FSF's founding! Sometimes it feels like so much is bending towards the will of power and finance in technology that it can be hard to think positively about the future of software freedom. We get buried every day in news about the threats to copylefted software by large language models <https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-appl…>, increased vendor lock-ins <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/fcc-says-ban-on-foreign-made-ro…>, and so-called "cloud <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html>" computing. We never stop finding new license violations <https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2026-anthropic-settlement> or absurd privacy violations <https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-ring-offers-mass-surveillance>, and the rights related to ownership <https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/your-digital-life-is-not-yours> and repair of our technology <https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/fight-to-repair> are in need of stronger lines of defense. The FSF is working hard on all those aspects threatening our digital rights, but in the meantime, we are putting our money where our mouth is, and continuing to develop software for freedom. As insurmountable as it may seem at times, every blob we manage to free up will be progress. The FSF has proven time and time again that it can bring the free software philosophy <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html> to life, not just by advocating for it, but by making it so. In 2026, free software runs two-thirds <https://www.networkworld.com/article/964836/linux-then-and-why-you-should-l…> of the servers powering the internet, it has 100% market share of the top 500 supercomputers <https://www.zdnet.com/article/all-500-of-the-worlds-fastest-supercomputers-…>, and 98% of all codebases <https://ia801906.us.archive.org/7/items/rep-ossra-2021/rep-ossra-2021.pdf> contain free software. Tens of millions of individuals also run free software on their personal devices, and many millions more could. Consider all this success, all these enormous accomplishments of free software powering the world's technology, and you'll find that the four freedoms we advocate for — to run, modify, copy, and share software — already have a place in our daily lives. The possibilities of what we can do together are often wildly underestimated or stymied by those who fear them. Much like with the start of the GNU Project in 1983, we have set out on a journey that we know is a massive undertaking, but given much of our computing is done on mobile phones these days, it is a necessary project. All we need is time, financial support <https://my.fsf.org/donate?mtm_campaign=summer26&mtm_source=bulletinm> to keep going, volunteers <https://www.fsf.org/volunteer?mtm_campaign=summer26&mtm_source=bulletinm>, and our free software spirit. Let's take matters into our own hands and secure freedom, one blob at a time.

July 9, 2026

Re: chat control... strikes again

by Stefano Quintarelli

e' passata per 25 voti giovedi si vota nel merito S&D si e' divisa 2/3 a favore 1/3 contro. chi ha conoscenze in quei 2/3 farebbe cosa utile ad attivarsi... On 08/07/26 12:33, Andrea Trentini via nexa wrote: > > https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unexpected- > return-of-Chat-Control-1-0-11356680.html > > non so più cosa pensare... > > > -- > Andrea Trentini ⠠⠵ - http://atrent.it - public key ID: 0xA7A91E3B > RU - Dip.to di Informatica - Università degli Studi di Milano > > Cittadinanza Digitale e Tecnocivismo: > 1) https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo > 2) https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal- > tecnocivismo-alla-cittadinanza-digitale > > > Siamo nati per chiederci perché. > > Il tuo 5xmille all'Università degli Studi di Milano > > Codice fiscale 80012650158 > > [https://sites.unimi.it/loghi/5x1000/5x1000.png] > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list -- nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > To change settings or unsubscribe please go to: https://server- > nexa.polito.it/postorius/lists/nexa.server-nexa.polito.it/ > The general archive of the list is located at: https://server- > nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/list/nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it/ > Permalink to this message: https://server-nexa.polito.it/hyperkitty/ > list/nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it/message/AXNYRIY7IXU4Z5E7XFAOMTWMRJW4CLDC/ -- You can reach me on Signal: @quinta.01 (no Whatsapp, no Telegram)

July 8, 2026

chat control... strikes again

by Andrea Trentini

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unexpected-return-o… non so più cosa pensare... -- Andrea Trentini ⠠⠵ - http://atrent.it - public key ID: 0xA7A91E3B RU - Dip.to di Informatica - Università degli Studi di Milano Cittadinanza Digitale e Tecnocivismo: 1) https://www.ledizioni.it/prodotto/cittadinanza-digitale-tecnocivismo 2) https://edizionithemis.it/catalogo/digitale-e-societa/dal-tecnocivismo-alla… Siamo nati per chiederci perché. Il tuo 5xmille all'Università degli Studi di Milano Codice fiscale 80012650158 [https://sites.unimi.it/loghi/5x1000/5x1000.png]

July 8, 2026