- nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Sun Tzu vs Google AI
by Antonio Casilli May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

"Siediti lungo la riva del fiume e aspetta", diceva Sun Tzu. "Prima o poi vedrai passare i cadaveri dei tuoi nemici". I miei nemici sono le menzogne delle aziende che truffano i loro investitori e i loro clienti promettendo soluzioni miracolose di IA "completamente automatizzate", che invisibilizzano il lavoro che rende possibile queste tecnologie. Oggi ho visto passare un ennesimo cadavere (squisito): Google Duplex AI, l'assistente vocale che fa telefonate per voi. Un anno fa, il CEO Sundar Pichai lo aveva presentato come la summa di tutti gli investimenti del gigante di Mountain view nel deep learning, nel text-to-speech, nel NLP...(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtBRI9AhOU). Ma in un post di blog il vicepresidente dell'azienda era stato più prudente, ammettendo che l'IA si basava su un principio di "real-time supervised training" (https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation…) Infine, ieri sul New York Times, si scopre cosa c'è dietro quest'ultima espressione: 3 volte su 4, degli esseri umani simulano il funzionamento delle macchine ("AI impersonation"). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/technology/personaltech/ai-google-duplex… #EnAttendantLesRobots #digitallaborator

2 3

How Silicon Valley gamed Europe’s privacy rules – POLITICO
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

How Silicon Valley gamed Europe’s privacy rules The region's data protection overhaul was supposed to help citizens. Instead, it's helped Big Tech. By Mark Scott, Laurens Cerulus, Steven Overly | 5/22/19, 10:40 AM CET | Updated 5/22/19, 6:20 PM https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-data-protection-gdpr-general-data-pr… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

2 1

Why should we vote in the EU elections? [FROM: : EDRi-gram newsletter 17.10, 22 May 2019
by Diego Latella May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

Why should we vote in the EU elections? See below! D > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "European Digital Rights (EDRi)" <edrigram(a)edri.org> > Subject: EDRi-gram newsletter 17.10, 22 May 2019 > Date: 22 May 2019 at 17:14:40 CEST > To: edri-news(a)mailman.edri.org > Reply-To: edrigram(a)edri.org > > ====================================================================== > > EDRi-gram > > fortnightly newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe > > EDRi-gram 17.10, 22 May 2019 > > Read online: https://edri.org/edri-gram/17-10/ > > ======================================================================= > Contents > ======================================================================= [ … OMISSIS …] > 2. Why should we vote in the EU elections? > [ … OMISSIS …] > 12. About > > [ … OMISSIS …] > ======================================================================= > 2. Why should we vote in the EU elections? > ======================================================================= > > What are your plans for the coming days? We have a suggestion: The > European elections will take place - and it's absolutely crucial to go > and vote! > > In the past, the EU has often defended our digital rights and freedoms. > This was possible because the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) > – who we, the EU citizens, elected to represent us in the EU > decision-making – are open to hearing our concerns. > > So, what exactly has the EU done for our digital rights? > > Privacy > > The EU has possibly the best protection for citizens' personal data: the > General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This law was adopted thanks > to some very dedicated European parliamentarians, and it enhances > everyone’s rights, regardless of nationality, gender, economic status > and so on. Since the GDPR came into effect, we now have for example the > right to access our personal data a company or an organisation holds on > us, the right to explanation and human intervention regarding automated > decisions, and the right to object to profiling measures. > > You can read more about your rights under the GDPR here: > https://edri.org/a-guide-individuals-rights-under-gdpr/ > > Net neutrality > > Europe has become a global standard-setter in the defence of the open, > competitive and neutral internet. After a very long battle, and with the > support of half a million people that responded to a public > consultation, the principles that make the internet an open platform for > change, freedom, and prosperity are upheld in the EU. > > In June 2015, negotiations between the three European Union institutions > led to new rules to safeguard net neutrality - the principle according > to which everyone can communicate with everyone on the internet without > discrimination. This principle was put at risk by the ambiguous, > unbalanced EU Commission proposal, which would have undermined the way > in which the internet functions. In 2016, the Body of European > Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) was tasked with > publishing guidelines to provide a common approach to implementing the > Regulation in the EU Member States. In June 2016, BEREC published the > draft guidelines that confirm strong protections for net neutrality and > open internet. > > ACTA > > In 2012, the MEPs voted against an international trade agreement called > the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which, if concluded, > would have likely resulted in online censorship. It would have had major > implications for freedom of expression, access to culture and privacy, > it will harm international trade and stifle innovation. Therefore, > people decided to demonstrate and there were protests against this draft > agreement in over 200 European cities calling for a rejection. In the > end, the Parliament listened to the concerns of the people and voted > against ACTA. > > Protecting whisteblowers > > Whistleblowers fight for transparency, democracy and the rule of law, > reporting unlawful or improper conduct that undermine the public > interest and our rights and freedoms. In 2017, the European Parliament > called on legislation to protect whistleblowers, making a clear > statement recognising the essential role of whistleblowers in our > society. This Resolution started the process of putting into place > effective protections for whistleblowers throughout the EU. In April > 2019, the Parliament adopted the new Directive, which is still to be > approved by the EU Council. > > Your vote matters for digital rights > > In many occasions, the EU Parliamentarians have stood for our rights and > freedoms. It's important that also the new EU Parliament will be a > strong defender of our digital rights – because there are so many > important fights coming up. > > The European elections are one of the rare occasions where we can take > our future and the future of Europe into our own hands. Your vote > matters. Please go and vote for digital rights on 23-27 May! > > You can find more information about the elections online, for example at > https://www.european-elections.eu, https://www.thistimeimvoting.eu/ and > https://www.howtovote.eu/. > > ======================================================================= > 3. Pseudo-counter-terrorism at the cost of human rights? > ======================================================================= > > The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Arden showed compassionate and > empathetic leadership in her response to the Christchurch terrorist > attack on a mosque in her country on 15 March 2019. On 16 May in Paris, > Arden and the French President Emmanuel Macron co-launched the > Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist > Content Online. > > The day before, EDRi joined a meeting the New Zealand government held > with civil society and academics. The purpose of the meeting was to > present the call and to hear recommendations moving forward on the call > implementation and joint work to combat terrorism and white supremacy. > > While the approach of the New Zealand government is sensible, and the > final text of the call to action does include human rights safeguards > for a free and open internet, the initiative is naïve as it relies on > questionable companies and governments’ practices, inefficient in > combatting terrorism, and opens the door to serious human rights breaches. > > A “sacrificed process” > > In the words of Arden herself, civil society consultations were > “sacrificed” to allow for a swift process and for the call to be > launched, on the occasion of the Tech for Good conference and the G7 > Digital Ministers meeting. NGOs and other stakeholders such as > journalists, academics and the technical community did not get a chance > to submit contributions before the finalisation of the call. The rushed > timeline was an obstacle to any meaningful participation in the process. > The lack of anti-racism organisations or organisations from the Global > South in the consultative meeting in Paris is a major gap for an > initiative purporting to address “violent extremism” globally. > > Failure to address social media business model > > The call to action refrains from criticising and questioning the > business model of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple in order to get > them to sign the initiative. However, as long as profit is made mainly > from behavioural advertising revenue which increases by showing > polarising, violent or illegal content, the entire system will continue > to promote such content and lead people to share it. Human nature and > all of its addictions are encouraged and amplified by opaque artificial > intelligence. > > Human rights concerns > > As state authorities are unable to call out the big tech for larger > issues, the Christchurch call places emphasis on content removal and > filtering of broadly and ill-defined content. “Terrorist and violent > extremist” content can be left to the appreciation of law enforcement > authorities and companies, which opens risks of arbitrariness against > legitimate dissent from groups at risk of racism, human rights > defenders, civil society organisations or political activists. Solutions > such as upload filters or rapid removals of content can be turned into > censorship and are error-prone, as the European Commission acknowledges, > by stating that “biases and inherent errors and discrimination can lead > to erroneous decisions”. Invaluable and unique evidence of human rights > abuses committed by groups or governments can also disappear, as > examples from the war in Syria show. UN Special Rapporteur on human > rights and counter-terrorism estimates that around 67% of people > affected by counter-terrorism or security policies are human rights > defenders. > > Handing over policing powers and regulating freedom of expression to the > private sector, with no accountability or possibility of redress, is > highly problematic for the rule of law. Companies' terms of services do > not replace laws when it comes to assessing what is legal and what is > not. In addition to this problem, there should be redress mechanisms to > review whether in fact only illegal terrorist content has been removed − > otherwise human rights will be at risk in countries that do not have the > same respect for the rule of law than New Zealand. > > Algorithms used to prevent uploading or delete content are not > transparent, and do not allow for accountability or redress mechanisms. > Therefore unaccountable removal of content and incentives for > over-removal of content must be explicitly rejected. Likewise, law > enforcement authorities must be held accountable by being obliged to > submit transparency reports regarding the requests to remove content, > including the number of investigations and criminal cases opened as a > result of these requests. There are many initiatives addressing the > broad range of “harmful online content” such as the upcoming G7 Biarritz > Summit, France and the UK’s online harms/platform duties proposals and > the EU Regulation on Terrorist Content Online. The overall impact of > initiatives that risk limiting freedom of expression needs to be > evaluated based on evidence. This is currently not the case. > > Broader societal efforts are needed to effectively combat terrorism - > online and offline. These include education, social inclusion, > questioning the impact of austerity, accountability for politicians > using hate speech and stigmatising rhetoric, and real community involvement. > > What the YouTube and Facebook statistics aren’t telling us (24.04.219) > https://edri.org/what-the-youtube-and-facebook-statistics-arent-telling-us/ > > Commission working document - Impact assessment accompanying the > Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council > on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online (12.09.2018) > https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/soteu2018-preven… > > Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of > human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on the > role of measures to address terrorism and violent extremism on closing > civic space and violating the rights of civil society actors and human > rights defenders (18.02.2019) > https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Terrorism/SR/A_HRC_40_52_EN.pdf > > (Contribution by Claire Fernandez, EDRi) > > [ … OMISSIS …] > > ============================================================ > 12. About > ============================================================ > > EDRi-gram is a fortnightly newsletter about digital civil rights by > European Digital Rights (EDRi), an association of civil and human rights > organisations from across Europe. EDRi takes an active interest in > developments in the EU accession countries and wants to share knowledge > and awareness through the EDRi-gram. > > All contributions, suggestions for content, corrections or agenda-tips > are most welcome. Errors are corrected as soon as possible and are > visible on the EDRi website. > > Except where otherwise noted, this newsletter is licensed under the > Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. See the full text at > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ > > Newsletter editor: Heini Jarvinen - edrigram(a)edri.org > > Information about EDRi and its members: http://www.edri.org/ > > European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in > the EU. If you wish to help us promote digital rights, please consider > making a private donation. > https://edri.org/donate/ > > - EDRi-gram subscription information > subscribe by e-mail > To: edri-news-request(a)mailman.edri.org > Subject: subscribe > You will receive an automated e-mail asking to confirm your request. > Unsubscribe by e-mail > To: edri-news-request(a)mailman.edri.org > Subject: unsubscribe > > - Newsletter archive > Back issues are available at: > http://www.edri.org/newsletters/ > > - Help > Please ask edrigram(a)edri.org if you have any problems with subscribing > or unsubscribing. 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

1 0

Assistenti sessisti?
by don Luca Peyron May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

Una ricerca dell'agenzia dell'Onu sostiene che le risposte spesso remissive e civettuole offerte dagli assistenti virtuali persino alle molestie verbali degli utenti rafforzano l'idea che le donne abbiano un ruolo subordinato. Buona lettura e buona giornata Dl www.corriere.it/tecnologia/19_maggio_22/assistenti-vocali-voci-femminili-de…

1 0

E se Facebook fosse una no profit?
by Niccolò Caranti May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

Partendo dall'idea che il problema di fondo dietro alla disinformazione sia il modello di business di internet ho provato a immaginare Facebook come una no profit (un po' come Wikipedia): https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/Progetti/ESVEI/Notizie-Esvei/E-se-Facebook-f… Sono gradite ovviamente anche le critiche :) --- Niccolò Caranti OBC Transeuropa *Centro per la Cooperazione Internazionale* vicolo San Marco 1 <https://maps.google.com/?q=vicolo+San+Marco+1+38122+Trento+(TN)+-+Italia&en…> 38122 Trento (TN) - Italia <https://maps.google.com/?q=vicolo+San+Marco+1+38122+Trento+(TN)+-+Italia&en…> www.balcanicaucaso.org www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng Tel: +39 0461 1828617

2 3

[Creis_Terminal] Pour l’interopérabilité des grandes plateformes en ligne
by Mariella Berra May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

*Pour l’interopérabilité des grandes plateformes en ligne* Lettre commune de 45 organisations de défense des libertés, organisations professionnelles, hébergeurs et FAI associatifs Le 21 mai 2019 Nous, défenseurs d’un Internet neutre, libre et ouvert, appelons le législateur à agir pour que les grandes plateformes deviennent interopérables avec les autres services Internet. *L’interopérabilité garantit à tout le monde de ne pas se trouver captif d’une plateforme* : de pouvoir librement la quitter, sans perdre ses liens sociaux, et de continuer à communiquer avec ses contacts. L’interopérabilité permet à quiconque de lire depuis un service A les contenus diffusés par ses contacts sur un service B, et d’y répondre comme s’il y était. L’interopérabilité est garantie lorsqu’elle repose sur des standards ouverts. Des services comme Facebook, Twitter et Youtube tiennent leur pouvoir du nombre élevé d’utilisateurs et d’utilisatrices qu’ils ont rendu captives : ce grand nombre incite d’autres personnes à rejoindre leur service, et leur captivité permet de leur imposer une surveillance constante à des fins publicitaires. Aujourd’hui, nombreux sont celles et ceux qui souhaiteraient y échapper mais sont contraints d’y rester sous peine de perdre le contact avec leurs relations. Pourtant, en dehors de ces plateformes, des services interopérables réunissent déjà des millions de personnes (Mastodon, Diaspora, PeerTube…), notamment via le protocole d’interopérabilité ActivityPub publié par le W3C en 2018. Ces réseaux décentralisés, basés sur des logiciels libres, sont co-hébergés par une multitude d’acteurs distribuant largement les coûts entre eux, ce qui contribue à l’émergence de modèles économiques bien plus respectueux des libertés que celui de la publicité ciblée. Migrer vers ces services permettrait aussi d’échapper à l’environnement toxique entretenu sur Facebook, Youtube ou Twitter. Ces géants favorisent la diffusion des contenus qui maintiennent au mieux notre attention, souvent les plus anxiogènes ou caricaturaux. À l’opposé de la voie prise par les récentes lois de censure, il ne faut pas espérer que ces plateformes freinent la diffusion de propos haineux, trompeurs ou dangereux, car leur modèle économique, au contraire, renforce cette diffusion. *Il est urgent de permettre à toute personne d’échapper à la surveillance et à la toxicité de ces grandes plateformes en rejoignant des services libres, décentralisés et à taille humaine sans conséquences nocives sur ses liens sociaux. La loi doit imposer cette interopérabilité.* 45 premiers signataires : 42l, AFUL ,Alsace Réseau Neutre, April, Aquilenet, Assodev-Marsnet, Bee Home, CECIL,*Creis–Terminal*, Devloprog, Domaine public, FACil, FDN, Framasoft, Franciliens.net, Globenet, Hadoly, Hoga, Iloth, Illyse, La Quadrature du Net, La mère Zaclys, Labomedia, Landinux, Ligue des Droits de l’Homme, LinuQ, Lorraine Data Network, Midway’s Network, MiNET, Mycélium, Nubo scrl-fs, Observatoire des Libertés et du Numérique, Parinux, PauLLA, Picasoft, Projet Internet et Citoyenneté, Revlibre, Ritimo, Rhizome, Sud-Ouest.org, Stolon, Syndicat ASSO – Solidaires, Syndicat des Avocats de France, T.A.C.T.I.C. asbl, Tetaneutral, Yunohost http://www.lecreis.org/?p=2725

2 1

Fwd: INDAGINE SUI VEICOLI AUTONOMI – SURVEY ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
by Eleonora Bassi May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

Credo possa essere di interesse per questa lista. Saluti, Eleonora ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <cristina.pronello(a)polito.it> Date: Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:09 PM Subject: INDAGINE SUI VEICOLI AUTONOMI – SURVEY ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES To: Care colleghe e Cari colleghi, Vi sarei grata se poteste rispondere alla nostra indagine sulla percezione dei veicoli autonomi e – possibilmente – diffonderla ai vostri contatti, sia quelli più prossimi che in giro per il mondo. Siamo infatti interessati al confronto interculturale in merito alla previsione del comportamento grazie all’utilizzo di teorie psicologiche, pertanto la diffusione *“world-wide”* del questionario è auspicabile e perseguibile anche grazie al vostro aiuto. A tale proposito il questionario è stato già tradotto in diverse lingue ed è disponibile in italiano, francese, inglese, spagnolo, cinese e polacco (*coming soon*). Si può compilare cliccando sui link riportati sotto e, comunque, da ogni link è possibile scegliere la lingua (in alto nella schermata). English: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=en French: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=fr Italian: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=it Spanish: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=es Chinese: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=zh-Hans Polish: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=pl (COOMING SOON) Come anticipato, la compilazione non richiede più di 15 minuti. Vi ringrazio per la Vostra preziosa collaborazione e non esitate a contattarci per eventuali chiarimenti e/o informazioni (in fondo alla mail i contatti). Cordiali saluti Cristina Pronello Gruppo di ricerca TRIS – Transport Research on Innovation and Sustainability ----- Prof. Cristina Pronello, PhD POLITECNICO DI TORINO Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning Viale Mattioli, 39. 10125 Torino. ITALY Tel. +39 011 0905613 Fax +39 011 0906450 E-mail:cristina.pronello@polito.it Dear colleagues, I would be grateful if you can reply to our survey on the perception of autonomous vehicles and – possibly – spread it to your contacts all over the world. We are interested in an intercultural comparison as regards the travel behaviour forecast thanks to psychological theories, thus “world-wide” diffusion of the questionnaire is desirable and possible also thanks to your help and contribution. The questionnaire is translated in several languages and available in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Chinese and Polish (coming soon). It can be filled in through the following links and, anyway, the language can be chosen at any time (top of the screen). Italian: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=it English: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=en French: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=fr Spanish: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=es Chinese: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=zh-Hans Polish: http://survey.polito.it/ng/index.php/683668?lang=pl (COOMING SOON) As already said, the questionnaire/ the compilation does not take more than 15 minutes. Thank you very much for your precious help! Do not hesitate to contact us for any clarification and/or information (see contacts below). Best regards, Cristina Pronello TRIS Research Group – Transport Research on Innovation and Sustainability ----- Prof. Cristina Pronello, PhD POLITECNICO DI TORINO Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning Viale Mattioli, 39. 10125 Torino. ITALY Tel. +39 011 0905613 Fax +39 011 0906450 E-mail:cristina.pronello@polito.it

1 0

OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

http://www.oecd.org/going-digital/ai/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

1 0

Braccianti digitali
by don Luca Peyron May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

C'erano una volta i servi della gleba, ed a quanto pare ci sono ancora! Buona lettura dl https://www.axios.com/the-ai-sharecroppers-b316d333-ce00-47a1-afd5-219d6138… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

3 2

The Most Expensive Lesson Of My Life: Details of SIM port hack
by Alberto Cammozzo May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

Questo attacco mette in evidenza quello che dico da anni: una 2-factor authentication che si appoggia a un singolo device dipende dalla sicurezza del device. Cioè è insicura. Non riguarda solo i wallet bitcoin: dovrebbero prenderne atto soprattutto le banche, che spingono app mobile e 2FA *sullo stesso device mobile*. Chi ha il controllo del device fa quello che vuole... <https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-most-expensive-lesson-of-my-life-details-o…> I lost north of $100,000 last Wednesday. It evaporated over a 24-hour time span in a “SIM port attack” that drained my Coinbase account. It has been four days since the incident and I’m gutted. I have zero appetite; my sleep is restless; I am awash in feelings of anxiety, remorse, and embarrassment. This was the single most expensive lesson of my life and I want to share my experience + lessons learned with as many people as possible. My goal is to increase awareness about these types of attacks and to motivate you to increase the security of your online identity. This is still very raw (I haven’t even told my family yet); please reserve judgement with regards to the naive security practices laid out in this post. Details Of The Attack You might be asking yourself, what exactly is a “SIM port attack”? In order to describe the attack, let’s examine a typical online identity. The diagram below should look familiar to most people. [...]

1 0