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EU Police Push for Pan-European Facial Recognition Network
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 24, 2020

Feb. 24, 2020

<https://theintercept.com/2020/02/21/eu-facial-recognition-database/> A police investigator in Spain is trying to solve a crime, but she only has an image of a suspect’s face, caught by a nearby security camera. European police have long had access to fingerprint and DNA databases throughout the 27 countries of the European Union and, in certain cases, the United States. But soon, that investigator may be able to also search a network of police face databases spanning the whole of Europe and the U.S. According to leaked internal European Union documents, the EU could soon be creating a network of national police facial recognition databases. A report drawn up by the national police forces of 10 EU member states, led by Austria, calls for the introduction of EU legislation to introduce and interconnect such databases in every member state. The report, which The Intercept obtained from a European official who is concerned about the network’s development, was circulated among EU and national officials in November 2019. If previous data-sharing arrangements are a guide, the new facial recognition network will likely be connected to similar databases in the U.S., creating what privacy researchers are calling a massive transatlantic consolidation of biometric data. The report was produced as part of discussions on expanding the Prüm system, an EU-wide initiative connecting DNA, fingerprint, and vehicle registration databases for mutual searching. A similar system exists between the U.S. and any country that is part of the Visa Waiver Program, which includes the majority of EU countries; bilateral agreements allow U.S. and European agencies to access one another’s fingerprint and DNA databases. “This is concerning on a national level and on a European level, especially as some EU countries veer towards more authoritarian governments.” Although new legislation following the report’s recommendation is not yet on the table, preparatory work is ongoing. Information provided by the European Commission to the European Parliament last November shows that almost 700,000 euros (about $750,000) are going to a study by consultancy firm Deloitte on possible changes to the Prüm system, with one part of the work looking at facial recognition technology. The European Commission has also, separately, paid 500,000 euros to a consortium of public agencies led by the Estonian Forensic Science Institute to “map the current situation of facial recognition in criminal investigations in all EU Member States,” with the aim of moving “towards the possible exchange of facial data,” according to a project presentation sent to national representatives in Brussels. “This is concerning on a national level and on a European level, especially as some EU countries veer towards more authoritarian governments,” said Edin Omanovic, advocacy director for Privacy International. Omanovic worries about a pan-European face database being used for “politically motivated surveillance” and not just standard police work. The possibility of pervasive, unjustified, or illegal surveillance is one of many critiques of facial recognition technology. Another is that it is notoriously inaccurate, particularly for people of color. “Without the transparency and legal safeguards for facial recognition technology to be lawful,” said Omanovic, “there should be a moratorium on it.” The EU has taken big steps to connect a host of migration and security databases in recent years. New legislation passed last April established a database that will hold the fingerprints, facial images, and other personal data of up to 300 million non-EU nationals, merging data from five separate systems. According to the report by 10 police forces, Deloitte consultants proposed doing the same with police facial images, but the idea was met with unanimous opposition from law enforcement officials. Nonetheless, the report recommends linking all of EU member states’ facial databases, which would seem to have the same practical effect. In another internal EU police report — this one from a working group on Prüm that looked at the exchange of drivers’ license data — police note that “a network of interconnected national registers can be regarded as a virtual European register.” To the police, the advantages of interlinked facial recognition databases are clear. The Austria-led report views the technology as a “highly suitable” biometric tool for identifying unknown suspects and suggests that the databases should be created and linked “as quickly as possible.” It also recognizes the need for data protection safeguards, such as human verification of any automated matches, but privacy experts argue that the creation of any such system is the first step toward greater sharing and linking of data where such controls are inadequate. European moves to consolidate police facial recognition data closely resembles similar efforts in the U.S., said Neema Singh Guliani, senior legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union. Many U.S. law enforcement agencies work out of “fusion centers,” where they are co-located and able to share data. If you have an information-sharing agreement with the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security, said Guliani, “there’s a risk that functionally the information may be shared with additional levels of U.S. law enforcement.” “It raises many questions,” she added. “How police are using facial recognition and gathering images, as well as in the U.S. with regard to due process and First Amendment expression. Given existing information sharing relationships, it’s very likely that the U.S. would want access to that information.” As far back as 2004, the U.S. Embassy in Brussels was calling for a relationship with the EU that allowed “expansive exchanges and sharing all forms of data, including personal data.” In recent years, efforts toward that goal have intensified. According to a Government Accountability Office report, in 2015, the Department of Homeland Security began demanding the implementation of the data-sharing agreements required of Visa Waiver Program countries. This has included the FBI providing assistance to other states to set up the necessary computer networks. Austria, to take one example, began checking fingerprints against the FBI’s criminal fingerprint databases in October 2017, explained Reinhard Schmid, a senior official in the Austrian criminal intelligence service. Since then, about 12,000 individuals’ prints have been cross-checked, leading to 150 matches. “Around 20 of these identified persons were under investigation and suspected of membership of terrorist organizations,” while in 56 cases individuals had attempted to use a false identity, said Schmid. “Their logic here is, ‘When I have a serious crime and I want to run someone’s photo against a database, why shouldn’t I have this?’” said Guliani. Yet, she added, the privacy implications were enormous. “Once you have the access, you ultimately have the ability to identify almost anyone, anywhere.” The report by 10 police forces calls for Europol, the EU agency for police information and intelligence sharing, to play a role in exchanging facial recognition and other biometric data with non-EU states. This echoes recommendations from European governments themselves: A July 2018 declaration called for the commission to consider “broadening the scope” of the Prüm network and for Europol to take the lead on data sharing with third countries. The FBI and Europol did not respond to questions about data-sharing agreements between the EU and the U.S. A spokesperson for the European Commission acknowledged the prospect of adding facial recognition data to the Prüm network, but declined to go into more detail.

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76° Nexa Lunch Seminar | Modifica Data | 25 Marzo 2020
by Nexa Media Feb. 24, 2020

Feb. 24, 2020

Gentilissimi, vi segnaliamo che il 76° Nexa Lunch Seminar, *"Intelligenza artificiale e radiologia: dalla progettazione alla pratica clinica"*, con ospite *Lia Morra* dal Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino, è stato rimandato a mercoledì *25 marzo*, dalle ore 13.00 alle ore 14.00. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: https://nexa.polito.it/lunch-76 Cordiali saluti,   -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino _web:_ https://nexa.polito.it/ _mail:_anita.botta@polito.it <mailto:anita.botta@polito.it> tel: 011 090 7219

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Scuola chiuse, ma a Vo' le lezioni non si fermano
by don Luca Peyron Feb. 24, 2020

Feb. 24, 2020

Le scuole di Vo' sono state le prime ad essere chiuse per Coronavirus. Ma i suoi alunni, da giovedì, faranno lezione da casa, online. Il dirigente Alfonso D'Ambrosio ha attivato subito una rete «per restituire “normalità” ai bambini. Basta un’ora al giorno per restituire la voce dei loro insegnanti ai nostri piccoli, attraverso una lettura, una riflessione. Buona lettura dl http://www.vita.it/it/article/2020/02/24/scuola-chiuse-ma-a-vo-le-lezioni-n… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Sospensione incontri | Cancellazione 76° Nexa Lunch Seminar | 26 Febbraio 2020
by Nexa Media Feb. 24, 2020

Feb. 24, 2020

Gentilissimi, a seguito della sospensione dell'attività didattica del Politecnico di Torino da lunedì 24 febbraio a domenica 1 marzo compresa, si è ritenuto opportuno sospendere gli appuntamenti dei cicli d'incontri organizzati dal Centro Nexa e previsti per questa settimana. A tal proposito, si segnala la cancellazione del *76° Nexa Lunch Seminar*, *"Intelligenza artificiale e radiologia: dalla progettazione alla pratica clinica"*, previsto in data *26 febbraio*, con ospite *Lia Morra* dal Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica del Politecnico di Torino, rinviando l'incontro a data da stabilire. Seguiranno a breve aggiornamenti. Cordiali saluti, -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino _web:_ https://nexa.polito.it/ _mail:_anita.botta@polito.it <mailto:anita.botta@polito.it> tel: 011 090 7219

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Henwood: "The Robots Are Not Coming for All of Our Jobs"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 23, 2020

Feb. 23, 2020

*The Robots Are Not Coming for All of Our Jobs** * DOUG HENWOOD /There’s lots of breathless talk these days about robots replacing all of our jobs. But if you look at the data, there’s little indication that’s actually going to happen.// / https://jacobinmag.com/2020/02/robots-jobs-united-states-gdp-wages-producti…

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Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee's Solid, and Me - Schneier on Security
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 23, 2020

Feb. 23, 2020

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/inrupt_tim_bern.html (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Re: [nexa] Washington Passes Government Facial Recognition Rules
by Giuseppe Attardi Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

> On 21 Feb 2020, at 11:20, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it wrote: > > From: Alberto Cammozzo <ac+nexa(a)zeromx.net <mailto:ac+nexa@zeromx.net>> > To: Stefano Quintarelli <stefano(a)quintarelli.it <mailto:stefano@quintarelli.it>>, Center Nexa > <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>> > Subject: Re: [nexa] Washington Passes Government Facial Recognition > Rules > > > On 21/02/2020 10:41, Stefano Quintarelli wrote: >> interessante >> sta imponendo limiti anche ai privati. >> >> il problema con la persona che puo' cambiare decisione e' che non lo >> fara' perche' i suoi incentivi sono a confermare la predizione del >> sistema, anche se non e' d’accordo. Questo avviene già adesso con i protocolli medici. I medici si attengono strettamente ai protocolli, anche se li ritengono on adatti al caso, in quanto se venissero contestati, possono sempre ricorrere all'argomento di aver seguito il protocollo, quindi esimendosi dalla propria responsabilità. >> >> sono sempre piu' convinto che servira' qualche forma di prediction >> poisoning >> https://5ta.it/cm/d5f6 <https://5ta.it/cm/d5f6> >> > Interessante la parte sugli incentivi e sono d'accordo: l'asimmetria > informativa genera selezione avversa (Akerlof, George A., 1970,. "The > Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism". > /Quarterly Journal of Economics/. The MIT Press. *84*) > > Sul poisoning sono perplesso: può funzionare, ma chi si prende la > responsabilità del poisoning, cioè di aver deliberatamente fatto > sbagliare la macchina per rendere l'umano attento? Non mi è chiaro quale sia il beneficio del poisoning. Alla fine ci si riduce sempre ad un unica alternativa, se le opinioni della macchina e quella del dottore siano discordanti o meno. Il fatto che venga scambiato il segno di alcune delle decisioni della macchina, non cambia nulla, se non l’effetto psicologico di un dottore che tendesse a dare ragione alla macchina. Ma questo si risolve, non facendo vedere la decisione della macchina al dottore prima che lui decida. — Beppe > > Imho, per via dell'automation paradox, "human-over-the-loop" non può > funzionare. O è dentro o è fuori. > Se è dentro decide, se è fuori non serve. > Se decide, i motivi per la decisione devono essere interni all'umano > perchè possa risponderne, con dispositivi di supporto alla decisione > esterni, al caso, del cui output risponde chi li produce. > > ciao, > A. > >> ciao, s. >>

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News per le imprese..e non solo..
by cristina Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

Carissimi,allego la locandina di un incontro organizzato a Vercelli.Sarebbe un grande piacere per me incontrarVi nell'occasione.Vi saluto cordialmente.Cristina Inviato da smartphone Samsung Galaxy. -------- Messaggio originale --------Da: Diego Latella <Diego.Latella(a)isti.cnr.it> Data: 21/02/20 13:44 (GMT+01:00) A: Discussioni varie ISTI <hydepark(a)isti.cnr.it>, nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it, RISKS RISKS <risks(a)CSL.sri.com> Oggetto: [nexa] Something {funny?, interesting?, bad?, concerning?, terrible? , booh?} with self-driving cars [notsp] From Dumpsterfire mailing list [Inverse] Spooky Video shows self-driving cars being tricked by hologramshttps://www.inverse.com/innovation/us-regulators-greenlight-nuros-… [MIT Tech. Rev.] Hackers can trick a Tesla into accelerating by 50 miles per hourhttps://www.technologyreview.com/s/615244/hackers-can-trick-a-tesla-int… Have a nice weekend Diego Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR-ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it)FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it)http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, mob: +39 348 8283101, fax: +390506212040===================The quest for a war-free world has a basic purpose: survival. But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather than by fear, by kindness rather than compulsion; if in the process we learn how to combine the essential with the enjoyable, the expedient with the benevolent, the practical with the beautiful, this will be an extra incentive to embark on this great task.Above all, remember your humanity.-- Sir Joseph Rotblat

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Intervista ad Antoni Casilli sul doc "Invisibles - les travailleurs du clic"
by Federico Bo Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

/Su Méta-Media https://www.meta-media.fr/2020/02/14/la-revolte-des-travailleurs-de-linvisi… / -- Ing. Federico Bo /federicobo.eu <https://www.federicobo.eu/>/

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Ricerca del MIT boccia una delle prime app per il voto digitale USA
by Federico Bo Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

Con il reverse engineering i ricercatori hanno demolito l'app Voatz, usata in varie elezioni, municipali, statali e federali USA: in sintesi, non è affidabile e sicura. Tra le tante criticità del voto digitalec'è la mancanza di trasparenza delle aziende che producono sistemi e app, con o senza blockchain. Oltre naturalmente al fatto che sono estremamente vulnerabili, figlie di uno sciatto (o furbo) approccio "idealistico". https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SecurityAnalysisO… -- Ing. Federico Bo /federicobo.eu <https://www.federicobo.eu/>/

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