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Re: [nexa] Fwd: [ NNSquad ] FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging

by Federico Guerrini

ne ho scritto qua: http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/tecnologia/grubrica.asp?ID_b… ma vi segnalo qua soprattutto un paper molto interessante, che ho linkato nel pezzo: http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v64/no2/Vol.64-2_2012-Mar_Art.-04_Hibb… da leggere anche il pezzo di Greenwald su Saloon: http://www.salon.com/2012/05/06/surveillance_state_democracy/ Ciao, Fed. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:55 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] FBI Wants > Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 > 11:51:47 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren(a)vortex.com><lauren(a)vortex.com> To: > nnsquad(a)nnsquad.org > > FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging > http://j.mp/KAfboW (CNET) > > "CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance > backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and is > asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors > mandatory." > > - - - > > This is not new. It also continues to be (a) utterly unacceptable, and > (b) ultimately useless > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org > Founder: > - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com > 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 listhttp://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > -- www.federicoguerrini.com Il mio ultimo libro: Vivere Social http://www.bol.it/libri/Vivere-social.-Manuale/Federico-Guerrini/ea97888971…

May 9, 2012

Incontro su agenda digitale al Salone del Libro - Giovedì 10 maggio ore 18

by Giuseppe Futia

Il Consiglio regionale del Piemonte, nel suo spazio istituzionale al Salone del Libro, organizza: *Prime tappe per un’agenda digitale regionale? Egov, Open Data e ruolo dei cittadini * Intervengono: Roberto Placido, Vicepresidente del Consiglio regionale del Piemonte. Juan Carlos De Martin, Co-direttore del Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino, Fellow all'Università di Harvard Massimo Giordano, Assessore Regione Piemonte allo Sviluppo economico, Ricerca ed Innovazione Alfredo Peri, Assessore Regione Emilia Romagna alla Programmazione territoriale, urbanistica, reti di infrastrutture materiali e immateriali, mobilità, logistica e trasporti. Modera: Fabio Malagnino, giornalista dell’ufficio stampa del Consiglio regionale Cordiali saluti, -- Giuseppe Futia Communication Manager NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it tel. +39 011 090 7219

May 9, 2012

Libro: "The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Sono molto lieto di comunicarvi che il libro che ho curato con Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (ora ricercatrice al CNRS a Parigi e a cui va la maggior parte del credito per questo libro) "The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture" è finalmente disponibile per il download (o l'acquisto, se vi fa piacere avere una copia cartacea): http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/93/the-digital-public-domain--fou… Il libro tenta una sintesi dei principali risultati del progetto europeo COMMUNIA, http://communia-project.eu - progetto che ha anche generato la recentemente costituita associazione internazionale COMMUNIA on the digital public domain, http://www.communia-association.org/. Oltre agli altri importanti contributi, segnalo in particolare la prefazione del prof. Charles Nesson (fondatore del Berkman Center di Harvard) e il saggio introduttivo del nostro Giancarlo Frosio, fellow Nexa, dal titolo: "Communia and the European Public Domain Project: A Politics of the Public Domain" Grazie per il vostro aiuto nel diffondere il testo! Un caro saluto, juan carlos

May 9, 2012

Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology

by gianluca quaglia

Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology A US patent for self-driving cars has been awarded to Google. The intellectual property rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel. It explains how the car would know when to take control, where it is located and which direction to drive in. The search firm suggests the technology could be used to offer tours of tourist locations or to send faulty models to repair shops. The application for Transitioning a Mixed-mode Vehicle to Autonomous Mode was applied for in May, but had been hidden from public view until this week. The document describes using two sets of sensors. The first identifies a "landing strip" when the vehicle stops. This then triggers the second set which receives data informing the machine where it is positioned and where it should go. qui il resto dell'articolo http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16197664 Qgl

May 8, 2012

Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18.30 - The Information: James Gleick talks about his new book

by Giuseppe Futia

*The Information: James Gleick talks about his new book* http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2012/05/jgleick Today, 6.30 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live James Gleick, author of /The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood <http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/0375423729>/, will discuss his new book. *About James* James Gleick is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Harvard and the author of a half-dozen books on science, technology, and culture. His latest bestseller, translated into 20 languages, is /The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood/, which the NY Times called "ambitious, illuminating, and sexily theoretical." Whatever they meant by that. They also said "Don't make the mistake of reading it quickly."

May 8, 2012

Re: [nexa] 42° Mercoledì di Nexa - 9 maggio 2012

by Giuseppe Futia

*REMINDER* Vi ricordiamo che domani alle ore 18 Eleonora Bassi e Maria Bottis terranno un incontro dal titolo: "Data Protection Today: Challenges and Perspectives". L'incontro si terrà in italiano e inglese. Per maggiori informazioni: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-42 Webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events 2012/5/4 Giuseppe Futia <giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it> > > *42° Mercoledì di Nexa* > Data Protection Today: Challenges and Perspectives > > http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-42* > * > > *Mercoledì 9 maggio 2012 > ore 18 - 20* > (2° mercoledì del mese) > > Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nexacenter > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nexa.center > Live Streaming: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events > > > On the occasion of the 42nd Nexa Wednesday, *Eleonora Bassi*, fellow at > the Nexa Center for Internet & Society, and *Maria Bottis*, assistant > professor at Ionian University (Information Law), will discuss the key > current issue of data protection. In January 2012, the European Commission > has proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules<http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11…> > *to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe's digital economy*. > It consists in a Regulation setting out a general EU framework for data > protection and a Directive on protecting personal data processed for the > purposes of prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal > offences and related judicial activities. > > New rules focus on: enhancing a single market for personal data, on the > one hand removing unnecessary administrative requirements for companies and > on the other hand increasing responsibility and accountability for personal > data processing (introducing Data breach notifications, Data Protection > Officers, Binding corporate rules, Data Protection Impact Assessment…), > strengthening National Supervisor Authorities’ powers and cooperation, > reinforcing individuals' rights giving people more control over their > personal data and make it easier to access it (with new rules on consent, > on data portability and on the right to information). > > They also include the right to be forgotten, that has generated great > debate. It has been created especially for the online environment: the > online users’ right to have their data deleted if they withdraw their > consent and if there are no other legitimate grounds for retaining the data. > > *The meeting will be held in English and Italian (no translation provided) > *. > > A list of previous "Mercoledì di Nexa" meetings is available here<http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi> > . > > *Biographies: > * > > *Eleonora Bassi*, fellow at the Nexa Center for Internet & Society. > She holds a Degree in Law (cum laude) and a PhD in Philosophy of Law and > Legal Theory (University of Turin, 2007). Her main research fields are > legal theory, privacy and data protection law, fundamental rights. In > collaboration with the Nexa Center she has been involved in the EVPSI > research project <http://www.evpsi.org/>, in the LAPSI Thematic Network<http://lapsi-project.eu/>and in the OPEN-DAI > project <http://www.open-dai.eu/> studying privacy issues related to open > data policies. > > *Maria Bottis*, assistant professor, Information law, Ionian University > (Corfu, Greece). She holds a law Degree (with honors) from Athens Law > School, a LLM degree (Cambridge Law School, UK, 1991), a LLM degree (Yale > Law School, 1992) and a PhD on medical information law (University of > Athens). She was appointed a Faculty Fellow at Harvard University, Center > for Ethics and the Professions <http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/>(2000-2001). She is an elected member of the board of the International > Society for Ethics and Technology <http://inseit.net/> and author of many > books and international publications on data protection, digital divide, > library ethics, privacy medical/health law and intellectual property. > > * > **Recommended readings and links*: > > - The proposal of the European Commission<http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11…>to reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules > > - EU Data Protection Reform<http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/edps/site/mySite/Reform_package> > > - Article 29 Data Protection Working Party<http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinio…> > > **** > > > *Ufficio Stampa > Centro NEXA su Internet & Società:* > Giuseppe Futia > > NEXA Center for Internet & Society > Politecnico di Torino > Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica > > Tel. +39 011 090 7219 > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > -- Giuseppe Futia Communications Manager NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it tel. +39 011 090 7219

May 8, 2012

Fwd: [ NNSquad ] Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial

by J.C. DE MARTIN

(in mobilità) Begin forwarded message: > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren(a)vortex.com> > Date: 07 maggio 2012 21:02:34 CEST > To: nnsquad(a)nnsquad.org > Subject: [ NNSquad ] Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial > > > http://j.mp/KfNoNn (ars technica) > > "In what could be a major blow to Android, Google's mobile operating > system, a San Francisco jury issued a verdict today that the company > broke copyright laws when it used Java APIs to design the system. The > ruling is a partial victory for Oracle, which accused Google of > violating copyright law. But the jury couldn't reach agreement on a > second critical issue-whether Google had a valid "fair use" defense > when it used the APIs. Google has asked for a mistrial based on the > incomplete verdict, and that issue will be briefed later this week." > > - - - > > If this kind of insanity had been present decades ago, the entire > Internet, such as it might be, could be essentially owned by AT&T, and > all PCs manufactured perhaps only by IBM. And every commercial (at > least) program written would require payments to whomever managed to > claim ownership of a programming language first. This kind of > "intellectual property" madness is costing us billions and billions of > dollars, and increasingly holding back innovation as would-be > innovators fear someone coming after them demanding payments for > almost every line of code they write. > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org > Founder: > - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com > 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 >

May 7, 2012

moglen e la sua freedombox

by Simone Aliprandi

Riprendendo l'interessante intervista raccolta da Anna Masera e pubblicata la scorsa settimana, ho scritto un breve articolo sulla FreedomBox promossa da Moglen. L'avvocato hacker punta ancora il dito contro il cloud computing, i grandi social network e tutti quei servizi che, con l’esca seducente della gratuità e della comodità (e spesso anche quella più subdola del "ce l’hanno tutti; devo averlo anch’io!"), portano a rinunciare a buone fette della nostra privacy e del controllo sui nostri dati. Leggi l'intero articolo: http://www.apogeonline.com/webzine/2012/05/07/inscatolata-la-liberta Un caro saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

May 7, 2012

Coursera

by vale.it.newsletters＠gmail.com

Mi sembra un'ottima iniziativa. V https://www.coursera.org/ > Education for Everyone. > > We offer courses from the top universities, for free. > Learn from world-class professors, watch high quality lectures, achieve mastery via interactive exercises, and collaborate with a global community of students. > > About Coursera > > We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.

May 7, 2012

Autoprogettazione 2.0 – una Call of Ideas per il design in Creative Commons

by Davide Gomba

Ciao a tutti. mi sembra doveroso condividere l'esito di questa meravigliosa esperienza con gli amici di NEXA, che leggo quotidianamente. http://www.fablabtorino.org/2012/05/autoprogettazione-2-0-una-call-of-ideas… Buona giornata Gomba

May 7, 2012