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MIT TechRev: "How to Hold Algorithms Accountable"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 20, 2016

Nov. 20, 2016

A View from Nicholas Diakopoulos and Sorelle Friedler *How to Hold Algorithms Accountable* / //Algorithmic systems have a way of making mistakes or leading to undesired consequences. Here are five principles to help technologists deal with that./ November 17, 2016 Algorithms are now used throughout the public and private sectors, informing decisions on everything from education and employment to criminal justice. But despite the potential for efficiency gains, algorithms fed by big data can also amplify structural discrimination, produce errors that deny services to individuals, or even seduce an electorate into a false sense of security. Indeed, there is growing awareness that the public should be wary of the societal risks posed by over-reliance on these systems and work to hold themaccountable. […] Continua qui: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602933/how-to-hold-algorithms-accountabl…

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Slate: "How the Rest of the World Feels About U.S. Dominance of the Internet"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 20, 2016

Nov. 20, 2016

*How the Rest of the World Feels About U.S. Dominance of the Internet** * /Short answer: not great.// / By Maria Farrell The World Wide Web might have been invented by a Briton working for a European research organization, but let’s face it: The internet is American. The world’s richest tech firms are almost all American, including Apple, the single most valuable publicly traded company in the world. Much of the planet’s communications are sifted through the intelligence agencies of the United States and its proxies. The U.S. government uses American-born tech giants to access the data of millions of non-U.S. citizens, exploiting its home-field advantage over the internet’s architecture. And until just weeks ago, the U.S. had ultimate control over the entire world’s domain name and numbering systems. To top it all off, the internet is explicitly used by the U.S. State Department to preach for American values and interests abroad. It wasn’t always like this. […] Continua qui: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/11/the_u_s_shoul…

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Career Racist Jeff Sessions Is Donald Trump’s Pick For Attorney General
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 20, 2016

Nov. 20, 2016

<https://theintercept.com/2016/11/18/career-racist-jeff-sessions-is-donald-t…> [] This is not the first time Sessions has earned a presidential nomination as an administrator of justice. In 1986, President Reagan tapped him to serve as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, but at the time the Senate found him too racist for the post, and he became the second nominee in 50 years to be denied an appointment. During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions was pressed on accusations that he had called a black prosecutor “boy” and a white civil rights attorney “a disgrace to his race.” He was called out on his comment that he thought the Ku Klux Klan “was OK until I found out they smoked pot” and that the NAACP and ACLU were “trying to force civil rights down the throats of people.” (Sessions denied calling the prosecutor “boy” but not the other comments.) [] Among other positions, Sessions opposed the Violence Against Women Act, the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and the expansion of anti-hate legislation to include sexual orientation. He fought the removal of the Confederate flag from public buildings, immigration reform, and criminal justice reform. [] Va aggiunta la sua proposta di emendamento all'Electronic Communications Privacy Act per cui i provider avrebbero dovuto fornire a un government official il contenuto di una comunicazione elettronica anche solo in "caso di emergenza", su dichiarazione di quest'ultimo e senza mandato. <https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/11/18/sessions-nomination-emergency-excepti…>

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Britain has passed the 'most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy'
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 20, 2016

Nov. 20, 2016

The law forces UK internet providers to store browsing histories -- including domains visited -- for one year, in case of police investigations. <http://www.zdnet.com/article/snoopers-charter-expansive-new-spying-powers-b…> It's 2016 going on 1984. The UK has just passed a massive expansion in surveillance powers, which critics have called "terrifying" and "dangerous". The new law, dubbed the "snoopers' charter", was introduced by then-home secretary Theresa May in 2012, and took two attempts to get passed into law following breakdowns in the previous coalition government. Four years and a general election later -- May is now prime minister -- the bill was finalized and passed on Wednesday by both parliamentary houses. But civil liberties groups have long criticized the bill, with some arguing that the law will let the UK government "document everything we do online". It's no wonder, because it basically does. The law will force internet providers to record every internet customer's top-level web history in real-time for up to a year, which can be accessed by numerous government departments; force companies to decrypt data on demand -- though the government has never been that clear on exactly how it forces foreign firms to do that that; and even disclose any new security features in products before they launch. Not only that, the law also gives the intelligence agencies the power to hack into computers and devices of citizens (known as equipment interference), although some protected professions -- such as journalists and medical staff -- are layered with marginally better protections. []

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... e continua a muoversi (IoT) : [EPIC NEWS] EPIC Alert 23.21
by Diego Latella Nov. 18, 2016

Nov. 18, 2016

All'informazione diffusa in precedenza riguardo al documento del DHS (Min. Interni USA) sulle questioni dei requisiti e metodologie di security per l'IoT aggiungo quanto si legge nella Newsletter di EPIC della quale trovate stralcio sotto. Mi sembra si cominci ad andare nella direzione giusta (ovviamente senza farsi troppe illusioni) D ----- Forwarded message from EPIC Alert <alert(a)epic.org> ----- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:47:55 +0000 From: EPIC Alert <alert(a)epic.org> Reply-To: EPIC Alert <alert(a)epic.org> Subject: [EPIC NEWS] EPIC Alert 23.21 To: diego.latella(a)isti.cnr.it EPIC Alert 23.21 November 17, 2016 View this email in your browser (https://epic.org/alert/epic_alert_23.21.html) Defend Privacy. Support EPIC. (https://epic.org/support) EPIC Alert Defend Privacy. Support EPIC. (https://epic.org/donate/) [ ... OMISSIS ...] ** House Members Urge FTC to Examine Internet-of-Things ------------------------------------------------------------ In the wake of October's massive distributed denial of service attack, two members of Congress have sent a letter (https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.h…) to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez urging the FTC to protect consumers from insecure Internet of Things (https://epic.org/privacy/internet/iot/) devices. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote that the FTC should "immediately use all the tools at its disposal to ensure that manufacturers of IoT devices implement strong security measures." EPIC is at the forefront of policy work on the Internet of Things, recommending safeguards for connected cars (https://epic.org/privacy/edrs/EPIC-Connected-Cars-Testimony-Nov-18-2015.pdf) , "smart homes," (https://epic.org/2014/05/google-plans-advertising-on-ap.html) 'consumer products (https://epic.org/privacy/ftc/EPIC-FTC-IoT-Cmts.pdf) , and "always on" devices (https://epic.org/privacy/internet/ftc/EPIC-Letter-FTC-AG-Always-On.pdf) . EPIC recently urged (https://epic.org/apa/comments/EPIC-NTIA-on-IOT.pdf) the federal government to establish legal requirements to promote Privacy Enhancing Technologies, limit user tracking, minimize data collection, and "ensure security in both design and operation of Internet-connected devices." [ ... OMISSIS ...] ============================================================ ** (http://www.twitter.com/epicprivacy) ** (http://www.facebook.com/epicprivacy) ** (https://epic.org) You are receiving this email because you registered for biweekly Alerts at EPIC.org. The EPIC Alert mailing list is used only to mail the EPIC Alert and to send notices about EPIC activities. We do not sell, rent or share our mailing list. We also intend to challenge any subpoena or other legal process seeking access to our mailing list. We do not enhance (link to other databases) our mailing list or require your actual name. Our mailing address is: Electronic Privacy Information Center 1718 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (http://epic.us8.list-manage2.com/profile?u=21f268dd7c516fe1339a07557&id=3b1…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (http://epic.us8.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=21f268dd7c516fe1339a07557&id=…) Back issues are available at: ** https://www.epic.org/alert (https://www.epic.org/alert) Copyright © 2016 Electronic Privacy Information Center, All rights reserved. ** (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FcpdS2j) ** Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FcpdS2j) ** (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%5B%5BEPIC+NEWS%5D+EPIC+Alert+23.21: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FcpdS2j) ** Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%5B%5BEPIC+NEWS%5D+EPIC+Alert+23.21: http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FcpdS2j) ** (http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=21f268dd7c516fe1339a07557&id=836…) ** Forward (http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=21f268dd7c516fe1339a07557&id=836…) ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher - CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, IT (http:www.isti.cnr.it) FM&&T Laboratory (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) http://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - phone: +39 0506212982 - mob: +39 348 8283101 - fax +39 0506212040 =================== 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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Facebook buys black market passwords to keep your account safe
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 18, 2016

Nov. 18, 2016

Pratica discutibile. Come se comperare droga migliorasse la sicurezza dei tossicodipendenti. Di sicuro incentiva il mercato della droga. <https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-chief-security-officer-alex-stamos-web-s…> [] To check that Facebook members are not choosing these commonly used passwords for their accounts, Stamos revealed, the social network buys passwords hackers are selling on the black market and cross-references them with encrypted passwords used on the site. He described the task as "computationally heavy" but said that as a result of the exercise Facebook has been able to alert tens of millions of users that their passwords needed changing because they weren't strong enough. []

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Chi ha fatto vincere Trump ? Non gli algoritmi, ma lo sfruttamento di milioni di micro-lavoratori globali
by Antonio Casilli Nov. 18, 2016

Nov. 18, 2016

Per coloro che leggono il francese, ho scritto un resoconto su quello che sappiamo sul ruolo delle piattaforme globali di esternalizzazione del micro-lavoro nella vittoria di Trump e più in generale nell'ondata dei fascismi attuale. --- Qui a fait élire Trump ? Pas les algorithmes, mais des millions de “tâcherons du clic” sous-payés http://www.casilli.fr/2016/11/17/qui-a-fait-elire-trump-pas-les-algorithmes… "La montée des fascismes et l’exploitation du digital labor vont de pair. Que se serait-il passé si les droits de ces travailleurs du clics avaient été protégés, s’ils avaient eu la possibilité de résister au chantage au micro-travail, s’il avaient eu une voix pour protester contre et pour refuser de contribuer aux rêves impériaux d’un homme politique clairement dérangé, suivi par une cour de parasites corrompus ? Reconnaître ce travail invisible du clic, et le doter de méthodes de se protéger, est aussi – et avant tout – un enjeux politique global." -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow, Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS) Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS)

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Leibniz's visions - Three centuries after (14-11-2016)
by Francesco Ruggiero Nov. 18, 2016

Nov. 18, 2016

Gentilissimi, Lunedì 14 novembre si svolgerà il Convegno "*Leibniz's visions - Three centuries after*", dedicato alla figura del grande filosofo e scienziato tedesco a trecento anni esatti dalla sua scomparsa. L'evento è organizzato da *Law and Technology*, The Turin Law School project on the information revolution, e si terrà a partire dalle 9.30 presso la *Nuova Aula Magna della Cavallerizza Reale*, Università degli Studi di Torino. All'incontro parteciperanno *Anna Masera, Selmer Bringsjord**, Pompeu Casanovas, Gregory Chaitin, Giovanni Sartor, Luciano Floridi, Micheal Winter e Ugo Pagallo.* Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://www.lawandtechnology.net/leibnizs_visions/ In allegato la locandina con il programma dell'evento. 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. +39 011 090 7219

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Yochai Benkler on "Platform cooperativism"
by Alessandro Mantelero Nov. 17, 2016

Nov. 17, 2016

https://livestream.com/internetsociety/platformcoop2016/videos/141710602?t=… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero @mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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Microsoft entra nella Linux Foundation
by Diego Giorio Nov. 17, 2016

Nov. 17, 2016

Mi sembra non sia ancora passato in lista: http://www.cio.com/article/3141918/linux/linux-has-won-microsoft-joins-the-… [http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/11/img_0752.jpg-100693949-la…]<http://www.cio.com/article/3141918/linux/linux-has-won-microsoft-joins-the-…> Linux has won, Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation<http://www.cio.com/article/3141918/linux/linux-has-won-microsoft-joins-the-…> www.cio.com Microsoft also released public preview of SQL Server for Linux. Saluti a tutti D.

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