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Premio ICT for Social Good
by Francesco Ruggiero March 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

Gentilissimi, siamo lieti di segnalarvi il Premio ICT for Social Good, dedicato gli innovatori locali nei Paesi a basso reddito. Organizzato da Ong 2.0 <http://www.ong2zero.org> con il sostegno strategico e finanziario di *Fondazione Cariplo* e *Compagnia di San Paolo* in collaborazione con *Fondazione Mission Bambini* all’interno del programma “Innovazione per lo sviluppo <http://ictforsocialgood.org/progetto/>”. La scadenza per le candidature è il *30 aprile 2017*. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://ictforsocialgood.org/ Cordiali saluti, -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Database Technology and Behavior, Security, Ethics, Rights and Duties of Citizens (Venezia, 22 marzo)
by Francesco Ruggiero March 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

Gentilissimi, *mercoledì 22 Marzo*, ore 16.15 a Venezia, nell'ambito della *Conferenza congiunta EDBT/ICDT 2017*, si svolgerà l'incontro moderato dal* Prof.* *Stefano Ceri* dal titolo: Database Technology and Behavior, Security, Ethics, Rights and Duties of Citizens. Tra i partecipanti *Serge Abiteboul *(INRIA, ENS Paris), *Sihem Amer-Yahia* (CNRS, Grenoble), *Carlo Batini* (Univ. Bicocca, Milano), *Juan Carlos De Martin* (Politecnico di Torino), e *Julia Stoyanovich *(Drexel University). Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://edbticdt2017.unive.it/?panel Cordiali saluti, -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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The Amazon S3 Outage Is What Happens When One Site Hosts Too Much of the Internet
by Alberto Cammozzo March 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

Un altro pericolo della centralizzazione estrema dell'attuale Internet <https://www.wired.com/2017/02/happens-one-site-hosts-entire-internet> If you’ve been having trouble using some of your favorite apps today, you’re not alone. Users have reported trouble with sites and apps like Medium, Slack, and Trello. The problems seem to stem from trouble with Amazon’s cloud storage service S3, which Amazon confirmed is experiencing <https://status.aws.amazon.com/> “high error rates,” particularly on the East Coast. Several other Amazon services appear to be having problems as well, but countless sites rely on S3 to host images and other files. Even Amazon’s site itself relies on S3, leading to some baffling updates <https://twitter.com/awscloud/status/836656664635846656> from the company.

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Israeli lawmakers pass biometric database bill
by Alberto Cammozzo Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

Israele adotta la schedatura biometrica. <https://www.rt.com/news/378820-israel-knesset-biometric-database/> Israeli lawmakers have passed a biometric database law to digitally encode personal information of all Israeli residents, including high-quality photos for face recognition and fingerprints, but with certain provisions. Passed by a vote of 39 to 29 following a fierce debate in the Knesset, the biometric bill, promoted by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, was adopted in the second and third readings, Haaretz reported <http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-1.774287>. Before the legislation was passed, Members of Knesset (MK) had to overcome two key issues: one dealing with police access to the database and the second, whether minors would be included in it. Under the amended version of the bill, everyone living in Israel will be required <http://main.knesset.gov.il/News/PressReleases/Pages/press27217f.aspx> to submit their personal details to the nationwide digital database, which will contain high-quality images for future face recognition. However, at the last moment, Knesset members decided not include fingerprints of anyone under the age of 16. Parliamentarians also determined that police can only get access to the database with the approval from the district court. Furthermore, the legislators decided to make fingerprint collection voluntary when Israeli nationals or residents apply for a new ID card or passport.Those who only submit an image will be issued with a smart ID card for five years, rather than a 10-year version for individuals who submit both their picture and fingerprints. /“At the last minute, we included [the provision] that the fingerprints of minors would not be added to the database. And anyone who has doubts [about being included in the database] can request to have his fingerprints deleted,”/ MK Nissan Slomiansky the chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, said following the vote, Israel National News reported. <http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/225781>

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Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence? Bell'articolo ricco di dati da Scientific American
by gabriele elia Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

sono riportati i casi come Singapore, il programma cinese Citizez Score e China Brain, oltre al già noto Karma Police inglese ... una riflessione profonda sulle svolte che abbiamo di fronte un saluto gabriele https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-democracy-survive-big-data-… [https://www.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4593CEFD-A536-4E40-A310…]<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-democracy-survive-big-data-…> Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-democracy-survive-big-data-…> www.scientificamerican.com We are in the middle of a technological upheaval that will transform the way society is organized. We must make the right decisions now

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Five Global Challenges and the Role of University
by Francesco Ruggiero Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

Gentilissimi, oggi, alle ore 18 a Harvard, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin terrà una lezione dal titolo: "Five Global Challenges and the Role of University", durante la quale presenterà alcuni dei contenuti del suo recente libro "Università futura - tra democrazia e bit" (Codice Edizioni, http://www.codiceedizioni.it/libri/universita-futura/) La discussione sarà introdotta e moderata dal Prof. Charles Nesson <https://nexa.polito.it/people/cnesson>, fondatore del Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Il talk sarà trasmesso live in streaming. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2017/02/DeMartin -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Harvard Report: "Open Data Privacy Playbook"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

*Open Data Privacy Playbook* February 27, 2017 /A data privacy playbook by Ben Green, Gabe Cunningham, Ariel Ekblaw, Paul Kominers, Andrew Linzer, and Susan Crawford./ https://cyber.harvard.edu/publications/2017/02/opendataprivacyplaybook Cities today collect and store a wide range of data that may contain sensitive or identifiable information about residents. As cities embrace open data initiatives, more of this information is available to the public. While releasing data has many important benefits, sharing data comes with inherent risks to individual privacy: released data can reveal information about individuals that would otherwise not be public knowledge. In recent years, open data such as taxi trips, voter registration files, and police records have revealed information that many believe should not be released. Effective data governance is a prerequisite for successful open data programs. The goal of this document is to codify responsible privacy-protective approaches and processes that could be adopted by cities and other government organizations that are publicly releasing data. Our report is organized around four recommendations: Conduct risk-benefit analyses to inform the design and implementation of open data programs. Consider privacy at each stage of the data lifecycle: collect, maintain, release, delete. Develop operational structures and processes that codify privacy management widely throughout the City. Emphasize public engagement and public priorities as essential aspects of data management programs. Each chapter of this report is dedicated to one of these four recommendations, and provides fundamental context along with specific suggestions to carry them out. In particular, we provide case studies of best practices from numerous cities and a set of forms and tactics for cities to implement our recommendations. The Appendix synthesizes key elements of the report into an Open Data Privacy Toolkit that cities can use to manage privacy when releasing data.

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ITALIAN CYBERSECURITY REPORT 2016" - 2 MARZO 2017
by Blengino Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

Potrebbe esser dinteresse: lItalian Cybersecurity Report 2016, realizzato dal CIS-Sapienza e dal Laboratorio Nazionale di Cyber Security-CINI, presenterà 15 controlli di sicurezza essenziali corredati da un guida all'implementazione degli stessi. https://www.cis.uniroma1.it/node/5940

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Open Data Privacy
by Eleonora Bassi Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

Segnalo il report Open Data Privacy appena pubblicato dal Berkman Center: https://cyber.harvard.edu/publications/2017/02/opendataprivacyplaybook https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/30340010 Buona giornata, Eleonora

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"A cosa serve la politica?" di Piero Angela. Roma, 22 marzo, ore 15:00 / sala Ex Agricoltura
by Luigi Scorca Feb. 28, 2017

Feb. 28, 2017

Buongiorno, vi segnalo che l'Intergruppo Innovazione del Parlamento italiano ( www.parlamentari.org) sta organizzando la *presentazione del libro di Piero Angela* "*A che serve la politica?*" per *mercoledì 22 marzo 2017*, a partire *dalle ore 15:00*, presso la Sala Ex Agricoltura della Camera dei Deputati (accesso da via del Parlamento n. 24, Roma). Chi intende partecipare deve registrarsi al seguente link (i posti sono limitatiI: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-cosa-serve- la-politica-di-piero-angela-roma-22-marzo-2017-ore-1500-tickets-32390401563 A presto, Luigi -- Luigi Scorca Mob: +39 347 85 22 221 Mail: luigi.scorca(a)gmail.com

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