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Nationalizing IXPs
by Luca TOP-IX June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019

Visto che a volte l’idea viene in mente a qualche politico nazionale, in Uganda ci stanno lavorando seriamente…. http://blog.uixp.co.ug/2019/06/nationalization-in-uganda-looming.html Il blog riporta chiaramente tutti i pericoli di una simile iniziativa. -- Luca

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What can Wikipedia tell us about human interaction?
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019

What can Wikipedia tell us about human interaction? https://actu.epfl.ch/news/what-can-wikipedia-tell-us-about-human-interactio… EPFL researchers have studied the dynamics of network structures using one of the world’s most-visited websites: Wikipedia. In addition to a better understanding of online networks, their work brings exciting insights into human social behavior and collective memory. (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Amazon Is Watching – OneZero
by Alberto Cammozzo June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

<https://onezero.medium.com/amazon-is-watching-d51b20f1668a> When you think of Amazon, you might think of comparison shopping from your couch, buying exactly what you want, for less than you’d pay at the store. You might think of a delivery person dropping a package at your door, right on time, and how if there’s anything amiss you can send it back for a full refund. You might think of asking Alexa to play a song or a TV show or turn on the lights, and the marvel of how it all just works (usually). You might think of a Prime members’ discount on avocados at Whole Foods, which Amazon acquired in 2017. Amazon’s reputation for serving its customers with low prices and ruthless efficiency might help to explain why, in survey after survey, the Seattle-based company ranks as America’s most valuable — nay, most loved — brand. One recent study found that Amazon is the second most-trusted institution of any kind in the United States, ahead of Google, the police, and the higher-education system, and trailing only the U.S. military. At a time when an endless string of privacy and election scandals has left Facebook’s reputation in smoldering ruins, and Google’s has been dented by YouTube’s radicalization and content moderation woes, Amazon’s is stronger than ever. But Amazon’s public image as a cheerfully dependable “everything store” belies the vast and secretive behemoth that it has become — and how the products it’s building today could erode our privacy not just online but also in the physical world. Even as rival tech companies reassess their data practices, rethink their responsibilities, and call for new regulations, Amazon is doubling down on surveillance devices, disclaiming responsibility for how its technology is used, and dismissing concerns raised by academics, the media, politicians, and its own employees. “We’re all hoping they’re not making a panopticon,” says Lindsey Barrett, staff attorney at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Public Representation. Last month, the institute, serving as counsel to a group of 19 watchdog groups, called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for alleged violations of the federal law protecting children’s online privacy. Among other concerns, they found that Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids Edition smart speaker retained children’s voice recordings and personal data even after parents tried to delete them. Amazon blamed at least part of the problem on a software bug, which it says it has since fixed. While the outcome of that case remains to be seen, the complaint represents just the tip of the iceberg. The Amazon of today runs enormous swaths of the public internet; uses artificial intelligence to crunch data for many of the world’s largest companies and institutions, including the CIA; tracks user shopping habits to build detailed profiles for targeted advertising; and sells cloud-connected, A.I.-powered speakers and screens for our homes. It acquired a company that makes mesh Wi-Fi routers that have access to our private Internet traffic. Through Amazon’s subsidiary Ring, it is putting surveillance cameras on millions of people’s doorbells and inviting them to share the footage with their neighbors and the police on a crime-focused social network. It is selling face recognition systems to police and private companies. The Amazon of tomorrow, as sketched out in patents, contract bids, and marketing materials, could be more omnipresent still. Imagine Ring doorbell cameras so ubiquitous that you can’t walk down a street without triggering alerts to your neighbors and police. Imagine that these cameras have face recognition systems built in, and can work together as a network to identify people deemed suspicious. Imagine Ring surveillance cameras on cars and delivery drones, Ring baby monitors in nurseries, and Amazon Echo devices everywhere from schools to hotels to hospitals. Now imagine that all these Alexa-powered speakers and displays can recognize your voice and analyze your speech patterns to tell when you’re angry, sick, or considering a purchase. A 2015 patent filing reported last week by the Telegraph described a system that Amazon called “surveillance as a service,” which seems like an apt term for many of the products it’s already selling. [...]

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Editoria cattolica sul digitale: Abeltino (Google), la qualità fa la differenza
by don Luca Peyron June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

Chi può faccia la sua parte, così in tanti faremo tante cose! A voi la nostra piccola parte, in parte. Buon lettura dl https://www.vaticannews.va/it/vaticano/news/2019-06/editoria-cattolica-digi… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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How to speak Silicon Valley: decoding tech bros from microdosing to privacy | US news | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

Il dizionario tecnologico come lo avrebbe scritto Ambrose Bierce. Divertente. <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/how-to-speak-silicon-valley…>

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From 1985: "Weizenbaum examines computers and society"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

MIT The Tech - Volume 105 >> Issue 16 : Tuesday, April 9, 1985 Weizenbaum examines computers and society *By Diana ben-Aaron* /Professor Joseph Weizenbaum is well-known, both as a teacher of computer science and as an activist for scientific and educational responsibility. He designed the first computerized banking system before coming to MIT in the 1960s. He invented ELIZA, the first "psychiatric" program, and was moved by the reaction to it to write the best-selling /Computer Power and Human Reason/. / Q: What, if anything, do you think should be the role of the computer in education? A:I'll tell you my reaction to that question without answering it directly. There's a Russian joke that goes something like this: Two people are standing in a very large breadline in Moscow, and they're talking about the fact that the harvest failed once more and that's why there's a shortage of bread, and one of them says to the other, "You know, it's all the fault of the Jews and the bicyclists." The other one says, "Why the bicyclists?" and the first one answers, "Why the Jews?" / / [...] continua qui: http://tech.mit.edu/V105/N16/weisen.16n.html / / / /

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Turismo digitale tra Stato e Regioni
by Valerio Lubello June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

Cari amici nexiani, sono lieto di invitarVi all'evento in oggetto previsto per il prossimo primo di luglio presso la SDA Bocconi. Nelle pagine di Medialaws trovate il link per la registrazione: http://www.medialaws.eu/turismo-digitale-tra-stato-e-regioni-sda-bocconi-mi… Resto a disposizione per chi volesse ricevere ulteriori informazioni o confrontarsi sui temi ad oggetto della ricerca, cordialmente, Valerio Lubello

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by costanza matteuzzi June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

mi permetto di segnalare questo cordiali saluti Avv. Costanza Matteuzzi *Avvertenze ai sensi del Regolamento Generale UE 679/2016 (Regolamento Privacy)* Il presente messaggio, corredato dei relativi allegati, potrebbe contenere informazioni strettamente riservate o confidenziali ed è riferito esclusivamente al destinatario sopra indicato. Quest’ultimo è l'unico autorizzato ad usarlo, copiarlo e, sotto la propria responsabilità a diffonderlo. Chiunque ricevesse questo messaggio per errore o lo leggesse senza esserne legittimato è avvisato che trattenerlo, copiarlo, divulgarlo, distribuirlo a persone diverse dal destinatario è severamente proibito ed è pregato di rinviarlo immediatamente al mittente distruggendo l'originale. Grazie. This message, together with its annexes, may contain information strictly confidential or privileged and is intended only for the addressee(s) identified above, who only may use, copy and, under his/their responsibility, further disseminate it. If you are not the intended recipient or have read it without entitlement, please be aware that keeping, copying, disseminating or distributing this message to persons other than the addressee(s) is strictly forbidden and transmit it immediately back to the sender, deleting the original message received. Thank you.

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MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito on Kara Swisher podcast Recode Decode - Vox
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 26, 2019

June 26, 2019

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/6/26/18758776/joi-ito-mit-media-lab-resisti… The problem with tech people who want to solve problems On the latest Recode Decode, MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito says we need to resist the urge to oversimplify the problems we’re solving. By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Jun 26, 2019, 6:20am EDT (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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"Policy and investment recommendations for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 26, 2019

June 26, 2019

*REPORT / STUDY 26 June 2019 Policy and investment recommendations for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence** * This document was written by the High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG). It is the second deliverable of the AI HLEG and follows the publication of the group's first deliverable, Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI, published on 8 April 2019. The AI HLEG is an independent expert group that was set up by the European Commission in June 2018. PDF: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=60343

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