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The Power of Platforms | Public Seminar
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 27, 2019

Jan. 27, 2019

http://www.publicseminar.org/2019/01/the-power-of-platforms/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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desidero ricevere le vostre comunicazioni al seguente indirizzo melotti.massimo@gmail.com. grazie
by m.melotti Jan. 27, 2019

Jan. 27, 2019

Inviato da smartphone Samsung Galaxy.

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Lanciato il cfp per il prossimo e-privacy
by Diego Giorio Jan. 26, 2019

Jan. 26, 2019

Grazie alla preziosa collaborazione di alcuni amici nexiani, la XXV edizione di e-privacy si svolgerà a Torino ai primi di giugno. Era dal 2012 che il convegno non tornava all'ombra della Mole e tratterà temi di grande interesse e attualità. Tutti i particolari a questo link: https://e-privacy.winstonsmith.org/ Saluti e buona domenica a tutti D.

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Facebook Let Kids Rack Up Charges on Parents' Credit Cards and Did Nothing to Stop It
by Giacomo Jan. 26, 2019

Jan. 26, 2019

Newly unsealed court documents show that Facebook was aware that underage children routinely used their parents’ payment information to spend large sums of money on in-game purchases, and the company chose not to fix the problem. For years, it allowed for what it called “friendly fraud” because it feared implementing protections would harm revenue, according to the documents. In 2016, Facebook settled a class-action lawsuit brought by parents of children who were tricked into unwittingly making purchases with real money while playing free video games hosted on the social media platform. Despite its recognition of the problem, internal discussions show that Facebook decided it would be best to fight refund requests and allow the problem to persist. Documents related to the case were placed under seal because Facebook successfully argued that releasing them to the public could harm its business. Reveal, a publication run by the Center for Investigative Reporting, argued that these documents were in the public interest; last week, a judge granted Reveal’s request to release the documents. On Thursday night, 135 pages from the court proceedings were unsealed, though Facebook was allowed to maintain some redactions. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-let-kids-rack-up-charges-on-parents-credit-car… Mi chiedo se si possa considerare sfruttamento del lavoro minorile: in fondo i bambini hanno sottratto il denaro ai genitori per Facebook... in modo piuttosto picaresco! Al di la di ciò, è bello vedere giornalisti andare in tribunale per difendere il diritto all'informazione. (Anche se bisogna ammettere che di questi tempi Facebook appare come una preda facile) Giacomo

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NYT: "The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 26, 2019

Jan. 26, 2019

*The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite** * By Kevin Roose Jan. 25, 2019 DAVOS, Switzerland — They’ll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to replace you as soon as possible. I know this because, for the past week, I’ve been mingling with corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. And I’ve noticed that their answers to questions about automation depend very much on who is listening. In public, many executives wring their hands over the negative consequences that artificial intelligence and automation could have for workers. They take part in panel discussions about building “human-centered A.I.” for the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” — Davos-speak for the corporate adoption of machine learning and other advanced technology — and talk about the need to provide a safety net for people who lose their jobs as a result of automation. But in private settings, including meetings with the leaders of the many consulting and technology firms whose pop-up storefronts line the Davos Promenade, these executives tell a different story: They are racing to automate their own work forces to stay ahead of the competition, with little regard for the impact on workers. […] Continua qui: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/automation-davos-world-econom…

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Facebook to integrate Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp | Technology | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo Jan. 26, 2019

Jan. 26, 2019

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/25/facebook-integrate-insta…> Facebook is reportedly considering a merger of its three messaging platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger – allowing users to send messages between the networks for the first time. The plans are said to come directly from the Facebook chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, the New York Times has reported, and would involve rewriting the basic software of the three apps to ensure they were interoperable. A WhatsApp user would be able to, for instance, text an Instagram user for the first time without needing to switch applications. That rewrite would also involve enabling end-to-end encryption (E2E) on all three apps, according to the NYT’s Mike Isaac. While all WhatsApp messages use that security feature, which prevents anyone, including Facebook itself, from intercepting the contents of messages, support across Facebook’s wider business is patchy. Facebook Messenger only supports E2E in a special “secure conversations” mode, which is off by default and must be enabled separately for every chat, while Instagram features no encryption at all. While E2E is a valuable security measure for users, it has the side effect of preventing Facebook from scanning messages as part of its advertising business. The technology has also come under attack from law enforcement organisations, since it hinders their ability to intercept suspect communications in real time.

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Ai al servizio dell'uomo
by don Luca Peyron Jan. 25, 2019

Jan. 25, 2019

Buongiorno a voi tutti, Un contributo dalle nostre "bande" Affiancare etica e tecnologia per un’intelligenza artificiale che ponga sempre al centro l’uomo e sia al servizio di un autentico sviluppo. Ma servono nuovi criteri, categorie e linguaggi. E occorre sviluppare un’etica degli algoritmi. Intervista a tutto campo con Paolo Benanti, docente di etica delle tecnologie e membro del Gruppo di esperti del Mise https://agensir.it/italia/2019/01/24/intelligenza-artificiale-paolo-benanti…

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Come intercettare un Continente
by Matteo G.P. Flora Jan. 25, 2019

Jan. 25, 2019

Ciao! Come forse molti di voi sanno da qualche anno (3) tengo una video rubrica giornaliera online parlando di come "La rete ci cambia". Ho accumulato nel tempo qualche milione di minuti di ascolti (annulla, ovviamente) ed un piccolo pubblico molto affezionato. Da qualche mese tengo anche appuntamenti "a due" in cui ospito amici e personalità di spicco ed in cui per una mezz'oretta parliamo a microfono aperto di un tema caro ad entrambi. Si tratta di video molto "easy" e aperti, su temi spesso di interesse per una nicchia di persone. Questa settimana la chiacchierata ha incluso l'amico Andrea "Pila" Ghirardini, uno dei massimi esperti a livello europeo di "Lawful Interception" e l'argomento è "Come Intercettare un Continente". Se vi interessa il tema potrebbero essere 40 minuti piacevoli da ascoltare. Qui su YouTube: https://youtu.be/sqvv0lhww84 Qui su Facebook: https://business.facebook.com/MatteoFloraOfficial/videos/918063225053840 Qui le altre puntate di MIC: http://mgpf.it/mic Come al solito ogni commento è bene accetto e se qualcuno di voi pensa di avere qualcosa da raccontare di "nerd" e adatto ad un piccolo pubblico (meno di 100.000 persone) molto interessato al mondo IT, scrivetemi ed organizziamo una chiacchierata! Un caro saluto. M. [image: photo] *Matteo G.P. Flora* Founder and CEO, TF Group srl +39.347.9676430 | mf(a)thefool.it http://thefool.it Via Vitruvio, 1, Milano (MI), Italy <http://us.linkedin.com/in/matteoflora> <http://facebook.com/lastknight> <http://youtube.com/user/mgpfvideo> <http://twitter.com/lastknight> L'ultimo Video: #MIC - Andrea Ghirardini ci racconta come Intercettare un Continente <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpfqfnMmZE> <http://mgpf.it/digitalupdate>

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Why free software evangelist Richard Stallman is haunted by Stalin’s dream
by Giacomo Tesio Jan. 25, 2019

Jan. 25, 2019

> If you are carrying a mobile phone, it is always tracking your movements > and it could have been modified to listen to the conversations around you. > I call this product Stalin’s dream. What would Stalin have wanted to hand > out to every inhabitant of the former Soviet Union? Something to track > that person’s movements and listen to the person’s conservations. > > Fortunately, Stalin could not do it because the technology didn’t exist. > Unfortunately for us, now it does exist and most people have been > pressured or lured into carrying around such a Stalin’s dream device, > but not me. I am suspicious of new digital technology. I expect it to have > new malicious functionalities. It has happened so many times that I have > learned to expect this, so I have always checked before I start using some > new digital technology. I asked to find out what is nasty about it and I found > out these two things. It was something like 20 years ago, and I decided it > was my duty as a citizen to refuse, regardless of whatever convenience it > might offer me. To surrender my freedom in this way was failing to defend > a free society. This is why I do not have a portable phone. I refuse to carry > a portable phone. I never have one and unless things change, I never will. > I do use portable phones, lots of different ones. If I needed to call someone > right now, I would ask one of you, “Could you please make a call for me?” > If I am on a bus and it is late and I need to tell somebody that I am going > to arrive late, there is always some other passenger in the bus who will > make a call for me or send a text for me. Practically speaking, it is not > that hard. https://factordaily.com/richard-stallman-india/

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Twitter embraces Google Cloud
by Giacomo Tesio Jan. 24, 2019

Jan. 24, 2019

> Twitter migrates data to Google Cloud to keep the world tweeting > > Twitter is in the business of helping people share information > and find out what’s happening around the world. And with > people tweeting more and more every day, the data > produced by these tweets starts to add up. > > Twitter knew this meant they needed more storage and more > compute power. To keep processing massive amounts of > data 24/7, the social media platform was expecting to > transfer over 300 petabytes of data storage to the cloud. > > To determine if a migration of this scale would even be > possible, Twitter had a rigorous cloud evaluation process. > After months of in-depth analysis, Twitter engineers found > Google Cloud to be the best fit for Twitter’s needs because > it provided flexibility in storage and compute scaling in both > dimensions independently while also providing access to > a high-speed network. > > "Once you actually aggregate up the network differences and > the savings from having more flexible resources, then the > difference [with Google Cloud] was dramatic." https://cloud.google.com/twitter/ In altri termini: "è inutile che cercate di regolamentare il trasferimento di dati personali fra le aziende, troveremo sempre il modo di (e la scusa per) condividere ciò che vogliamo condividere". Mi sorprende che non abbiano tirato fuori l'impatto energetico e il riscaldamento globale... Delenda carthago^W^W Server in ogni casa, per ogni famiglia. E' l'unica soluzione. Geopolitica, tecnologica e culturale. Giacomo

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