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Yahoo: "The coolest US agency is starting a ‘revolution’ to get rid of computer viruses"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 17, 2016

July 17, 2016

*The coolest US agency is starting a ‘revolution’ to get rid of computer viruses* Daniel Howley Technology Editor July 17, 2016 In the world of computer security, the bad guys are always 10 steps ahead of the good guys. But next month the mad scientists at the government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will bring together a group of the world’s best computer security experts to see if they can tip the scales in the good guys’ favor for once. Dubbed the Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), the event will determine if an autonomous program can hunt for security vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit to attack a computer, create a fix that patches that vulnerability and distribute that patch — all without any human interference. “The idea here is to start a technology revolution,” said DARPA program manager for the CGC, Mike Walker. […] Continua qui: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/darpa-grand-cyber-challenge-hacking-000000417…

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"Cyberpower Crushes Coup"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 17, 2016

July 17, 2016

*Cyberpower Crushes Coup* /Rewriting the rulebook on coups, time to add cyberpower/ the grugq Information Security Researcher 6 min read Mere hours after the putsch in Turkey has failed, it is still too early to understand exactly what went on. Given those constraints, I still want to discuss something which has altered “the game” so much that the existing guidebook needs to be significantly revised. I am not a military strategist, but I have lived through a couple coups here in Thailand, so I have some first hand experience of what they look like. The guide book to running a coup is still Luttwak’s Coup d’État, but it needs to be revised to reflect the use of cyberpower. In the same vein, people who talk about cyberpower need to understand what it actually is (hint: it isn’t a stockpile of exploits, it’s the ability to create and maintain advantage.) […] Continua qui: https://medium.com/@thegrugq/cyberpower-crushes-coup-b247f3cca780#.r30vvod8k

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Open Government Partnership Italia consultazione scadenza 31 agosto 2016 |
by Mauro Alovisio July 16, 2016

July 16, 2016

Gent.me/ mi segnalo interessante consultazione pubblica on line http://open.gov.it/ scadenza 31 agosto 2016 Cordiali saluti Mauro

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Privacy Policy di Pokemon Go
by Alberto Cammozzo July 16, 2016

July 16, 2016

Ma Safe Harbor non c'è più... <http://www.pokemon.com/it/privacy-policy/> Si ricorda che le informazioni raccolte sui Servizi vengono memorizzate ed elaborate negli Stati Uniti. Usando i Servizi, l'utente acconsente al trasferimento delle informazioni al di fuori del suo Paese. *Pokémon rispetta lo U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework* e lo U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework come sancito dal Dipartimento del Commercio degli Stati Uniti in relazione alla raccolta, all'uso e alla conservazione delle informazioni personali da parte dei Paesi membri dell'Unione Europea e della Svizzera. Pokémon ha certificato la sua adesione ai Principi sulla privacy Safe Harbor in materia di avviso, scelta, trasferimento continuo, sicurezza, integrità dei dati, accesso e applicazione. Per saperne di più sul programma Safe Harbor e visualizzare la certificazione del Family Online Safety Institute visitare http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.

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Microsfot vince la causa sulle email archiviate in Irlanda
by Alessandro Mantelero July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

Judgement: http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/microsoft_ca2_20160714.pdf "CONCLUSION We conclude that Congress did not intend the SCA’s warrant provisions to apply extraterritorially. The focus of those provisions is protection of a user’s privacy interests. Accordingly, the SCA does not authorize a U.S. court to issue and enforce an SCA warrant against a United States‐based service provider for the contents of a customer’s electronic communications stored on servers located outside the United States. The SCA warrant in this case may not lawfully be used to compel Microsoft to produce to the government the contents of a customer’s e‐mail account stored exclusively in Ireland. Because Microsoft has otherwise complied with the Warrant, it has no remaining lawful obligation to produce materials to the government. We therefore REVERSE the District Court’s denial of Microsoft’s motion to quash; we VACATE its order holding Microsoft in civil contempt of court; and we REMAND this cause to the District Court with instructions to quash the warrant insofar as it demands user content stored outside of the United States." -- 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 EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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Gabriella Coleman: New major article on digitale disobedience
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

Gabriella Coleman (@BiellaColeman) 14/07/16, 14:06 New major article on digital disobedience (exploring acts of Anonymous, Wikleaks, Snowden, + Manning) tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… #hackademia (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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"Contre une invocation abusive de la légitime défense face au terrorisme"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

*Contre une invocation abusive de la légitime défense face au terrorisme* Un appel signé par de nombreux professeurs et chercheurs en droit international public intitulé «/Contre une invocation abusive de la légitime défense pour faire face au défi du terrorisme/ » circule sur la toile depuis plus d´une semaine. Parmi les signataires de la longue liste actualisée par le Centre de Droit International de l´Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (disponible ici <http://cdi.ulb.ac.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Liste-prof-et-assistants-8-…> ) on retrouve plusieurs grands noms du droit international, associés pour l´occasion à des enseignants et à des assistants bien plus jeunes. L´objectif d´une telle initiative est de mettre en cause le recours à l´argument juridique de la légitime défense invoqué par plusieurs Etats dans le contexte de la lutte contre l’Etat islamique. […] Continua qui: http://www.globalrights.info/2016/07/75033/

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Dai siti per incontri ai governi, ecco chi vuole la tua faccia
by Alberto Cammozzo July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

La richiesta di sorveglianza traina il riconoscimento facciale. Quali attori sono in gioco e come si muove l’Italia <http://www.lastampa.it/2016/07/14/tecnologia/dai-siti-per-incontri-ai-gover…> [] Ma quali sono gli attori principali del riconoscimento facciale? I francesi del gruppo Safran, i giapponesi di NEC e Ayonix, i tedeschi di Cognitec, gli olandesi di Gemalto, le statunitensi Animetrics, Aware, 3M Cogent, i britannici di Cybula, e gli italiani di Eurotech sono alcuni dei nomi ricorrenti in questi report. Oltre a ciò, un sottobosco di startup che si stanno specializzando in funzioni o settori specifici. L’Italia e il taggare i terroristi Il nome dell’udinese Eurotech era circolato anche quando il presidente del Consiglio Renzi, lo scorso 21 novembre, aveva parlato di riconoscimento facciale in funzione di controterrorismo e di voler “taggare” (presumibilmente: identificare) tutti i sospetti <http://www.lastampa.it/2015/11/21/tecnologia/renzi-litalia-pu-diventare-il-…>. Principio ribadito anche dal ministro dell’Interno Angelino Alfano, secondo il quale il governo aveva un piano di potenziamento del sistema di sicurezza del Paese anche attraverso il riconoscimento facciale, che non includeva soltanto gli aeroporti. Come sarebbe avvenuto in pratica, dove, con quali tecnologie e aziende non era però affatto chiaro. «Non mi risulta che siamo stati contattati in relazione a quel progetto», commenta oggi alla Stampa Roberto Siagri, ad di Eurotech. «Non so neanche se tale progetto sia mai partito». Il bando italiano È partita però una gara pubblica, indetta proprio il 26 novembre scorso. L’obiettivo è la “fornitura di sistemi di videosorveglianza sia per gli edifici in uso alle pubbliche amministrazioni sia per il territorio”. I sistemi realizzati dovranno poter integrare funzionalità avanzate di analisi video in tempo reale “come il riconoscimento facciale” e dovranno essere uno strumento significativo “per la realizzazione dei progetti del Governo in merito alla sorveglianza e alla sicurezza del territorio”, è scritto nel bando. Valore della fornitura: 56 milioni di euro in tre anni. Il termine per la ricezione delle offerte è stato il primo marzo 2016, ma del suo esito ancora non si sa nulla. []

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The Internet of Things has a dirty little secret: it's not really yours
by Alessandro Mantelero July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

The Internet of Things has a dirty little secret: it's not really yours http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/7/12/12159766/internet-of-thing… -- 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 EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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The FBI has quietly gathered 400,000 iris scans
by Alberto Cammozzo July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

<http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/iris-scan-database/#lcRSsK6bmSqY> The FBI has quietly been collecting iris scans from 434,000 people over the last three years during a "pilot program" involving multiple police departments, the Pentagon and U.S. border patrol, according to a report published Tuesday <http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12148044/fbi-iris-pilot-program-ngi-biome…> on The Verge. The project, which was launched in September 2013 <https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/fingerprints_biometrics/ngi>, has seen the FBI collaborate with agencies in Texas, Missouri and California, according to documents obtained by the site. In California, the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino have contributed scans, with the latter's sheriff's department harvesting more than 200,000 scans alone. An average of 189 iris scans were collected every day at the start of 2016. The FBI says <https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/fingerprints_biometrics/ngi> it started what it calls the Iris Pilot in 2013 "to evaluate technology, address key challenges and develop a system capable of performing iris image recognition services." The pilot also aims to build a criminal iris repository. It's a part of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's broader Next Generation Identification (NGI) project that aims to replace mere fingerprint databases with palm prints, iris scans and facial recognition to create what it calls "the world's largest and most efficient electronic repository of biometric and criminal history information." However, this kind of growing database, put together under the guise of a pilot program and free from regulation, has concerned some privacy groups - including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "The fact these systems have gone forward without any public debate or oversight that we've been able to find is very troubling," Nicole Ozer, director of Technology and Civil Liberties Policy at the ACLU of California, said <http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12148044/fbi-iris-pilot-program-ngi-biome…>. "Must stop runaway surveillance," she added <https://twitter.com/NicoleOzer/status/752891913477382144> in a tweet. The California program was scheduled to run for one year and then be reassessed, according to documents obtained by The Verge. However, it's been renewed each year since 2013. Steve Fischer, Chief of Multimedia Productions at the FBI's CJIS Division told /Mashable/ the pilot is "estimated to continue for 2-3 additional years."

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