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Prisoners’ code word caught by software that eavesdrops on calls
by Alberto Cammozzo June 6, 2016

June 6, 2016

[..] Every call into or out of US prisons is recorded. It can be important to know what’s being said, because some inmates use phones to conduct illegal business on the outside. But the recordings generate huge quantities of audio that are prohibitively expensive to monitor with human ears. To help, one jail in the Midwest recently used a machine-learning system developed by London firm Intelligent Voice to listen in on the thousands of hours of recordings generated every month. “No one at the prison spotted the code word until software started churning through calls“ The software saw the phrase “three-way” cropping up again and again in the calls – it was one of the most common non-trivial words or phrases used. At first, prison officials were surprised by the overwhelming popularity of what they thought was a sexual reference. Then they worked out it was code. Prisoners are allowed to call only a few previously agreed numbers. So if an inmate wanted to speak to someone on a number not on the list, they would call their friends or parents and ask for a “three-way” with the person they really wanted to talk to – code for dialling a third party into the call. No one running the phone surveillance at the prison spotted the code until the software started churning through the recordings. This story illustrates the speed and scale of analysis that machine-learning algorithms are bringing to the world. Intelligent Voice originally developed the software for use by UK banks, which must record their calls to comply with industry regulations. As with prisons, this generates a vast amount of audio data that is hard to search through. [..] <https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23030762-200-prisoners-code-word-cau…>

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Airbnb’s racism problem isn’t going away any time soon | Fusion
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 6, 2016

June 6, 2016

http://fusion.net/story/308759/airbnbs-racism-problem-isnt-going-away-any-t… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Cyber Act of War
by Alberto Cammozzo June 5, 2016

June 5, 2016

The Cyber Act of War Act: A Proposal for a Problem the Law Can’t Fix In a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week, Senator Mike Rounds argued the United States urgently needs “a clear and concise definition of when an attack in cyberspace constitutes an act of war.” To produce this definition, Rounds introduced the “Cyber Act of War Act” to remove “dangerous ambiguity” in U.S. policy and better prepare the United States “to respond to cyberattacks and better deter bad actors from attempting an attack on the U.S. in the first place.” Unfortunately for Rounds, his proposal would neither produce the definition he believes is critical nor advance policy from where it presently stands. Although Senator Rounds stresses the need for a clear and concise definition of a cyber act of war, the bill does not mandate the government produce such a definition. The proposed legislation would require the president to “develop a policy for determining when an action carried out in cyberspace constitutes an act of war against the United States.” This obligation is procedural—establish a process for deciding when a cyber incident crosses into warfare. Developing this process would not necessarily produce a clear and concise definition of a cyber act of war. In developing a policy process, the bill instructs the president to consider how “a cyberattack may be equivalent to the effects of an attack using conventional weapons, including with respect to physical destruction or casualties” and “intangible effects of significant scope, intensity, or duration.” Application of these criteria would not produce a clear and concise definition. What the bill proposes is a process that evaluates cyber incidents on a case-by-case basis using relevant considerations. [..] <http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/05/12/the-cyber-act-of-war-act-a-proposal-f…>

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"Deep Cables" (Berlin, 17-18 giugno 2016)
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 4, 2016

June 4, 2016

Commento a margine di questa segnalazione: un problema - molto serio - dell'Italia è che se qualcuno provasse a dire a qualche potenziale finanziatore di voler organizzare un incontro di questo, il 99% dei finanziatori non capirebbe. Ergo chi ha certe idee avanzate prima o poi tende, se può e se ne ha voglia, ad andare all'estero; dopo un po', infatti, è normale stufarsi di parlare ai muri. Ergo l'Italia, perdendo persone che potrebbero tenerla agganciata al resto del mondo (e magari portarla addirittura in posizioni di leadership, almeno in certi settori) rimane sempre più indietro. Come si interrompe la spirale verso il basso? jc Deep Cables Uncovering the Wiring of the World June 17-18 · 2016 Pre-Lab @ Spektrum June 1 Berlin · JUNE 17-18 · 2016: DEEP CABLES: Uncovering the Wiring of the World “/Art & Evidence” conference series by Disruption Network Lab/ The 8th event of the Disruption Network Lab at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Studio 1 <http://www.kunstquartier-bethanien.de/bethanien_studio1.html>, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin. Directed by *Tatiana Bazzichelli*. Funded by: *Der Regierende Bürgermeister von Berlin, Senatskanzlei, Kulturelle Angelegenheiten / City Tax*. In partnership with: *Friedrich Ebert Stiftung*. In cooperation with *Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethanien <http://www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de/>*. *Pre-Lab* 1.6 at *SPEKTRUM <http://spektrumberlin.de/>*, Bürknerstraße 12, Berlin-Kreuzberg. In collaboration with: *NOME*, *Wau Holland Stiftung*, *Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE)*, *Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)*. With the support of the *Free Chelsea Manning Initiative Berlin*. *Entrance 5€ / day. *In English language. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hackers, engineers, investigative journalists, writers, researchers, artists and activists unveil how the Internet really works, how it is secretly structured, and in which way interlinked land and undersea network cables influence our political, cultural and everyday life. […] Continua qui: http://www.disruptionlab.org/deep-cables/

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Researchers Uncover a Flaw in Europe’s Tough Privacy Rules - NYTimes.com
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 4, 2016

June 4, 2016

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/technology/europe-right-to-be-forgotte… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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"Tutela ed enforcement del diritto d'autore su Internet" - venerdì 10 giugno, ore 10 alla Camera dei Deputati
by Marco Bassini June 4, 2016

June 4, 2016

Cari Tutti, in allegato la locandina del seminario in oggetto, che si terrà presso la Sala della Regina, alla Camera dei Deputati, venerdì prossimo 10 giugno. Cari saluti, Marco Marco Bassini Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici "Angelo Sraffa" Università Commerciale "L. Bocconi" Via Roentgen, 1 20136 Milano Stanza 1-C1-07 Tel. +39.02.5836.5611 View my SSRN page View my Academia.edu page --- Dai il tuo 5x1000 alla Bocconi. Aiuta gli studenti meritevoli a costruire il proprio futuro. CF 80024610158. www.unibocconi.it/5x1000 Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. ---

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Corte di Cassazione del Belgio sul Right To Be Forgotten
by Maura Migliore June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016

Nearly two years after the European Court of Justice has issued its famous judgment on the right to be forgotten, in its *Google Spain *Case (read our blog from 14 May 2014 *here <http://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/the-eucj-has-ruled-in-favour-of-th…>*), the Belgian Court of Cassation has for the first time decided itself on the matter (Cass. 29 April 2016, n° C.15.0052.F). The Court decided that the right to privacy and right to be forgotten expressed by the claimant justify the limitation of the right to freedom of expression from Le Soir. Therefore, Le Soir needs to remove the name of the applicant from the article in its database. *Source*: http://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/belgium-high-court-decision-on-rig… Kind regards, Maura Migliore

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Facebook is using smartphones to listen to what people say, professor suggests
by Alessandro Mantelero June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016

Facebook is using smartphones to listen to what people say, professor suggests http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-usin… Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or News Feed Stories http://newsroom.fb.com/news/h/facebook-does-not-use-your-phones-microphone-… http://qz.com/697923/heres-how-to-stop-facebook-from-listening-to-you-on-yo… -- 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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Geert Lovink presenta "L'abisso dei social media"
by donna d.r. June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016

Ciao a tutt* volevo segnalare che la settimana prossima Geert Lovink sarà in Italia in una serie di incontri pubblici dove si discuterà del suo ultimo libro, "L'abisso dei social media" appena uscito per Egea /Bocconi in It questi i link agli eventi romani mart 7 18.20 http://interactiveimagination-rainyforest.rhcloud.com/digitized-imagination/ mart 7 21.30 (in questo intervengo anch'io) http://www.forteprenestino.net/index.php/prossimi-eventi/912-incontro-tra-g… merc 8 a Milano http://socialmediaweek.org/milan/events/labisso-dei-social-media/ spero di vedervi! un saluto donatella

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Re: [nexa] EU warns governments against banning Uber and Airbnb
by attardi June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016

On 3/6/2016 8:31, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it wrote: > Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 08:31:19 +0200 > From: "J.C. DE MARTIN"<demartin(a)polito.it> > To:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it > Subject: Re: [nexa] EU warns governments against banning Uber and > Airbnb > Message-ID:<2280d5f3-de8e-1399-4d8e-00128815626c(a)polito.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Chiosa a margine: a pensarci bene forse per tanto tempo abbiamo > criminalizzato ingiustamente il "caporalato". > Dopo tutto il "caporale" svolgeva la nobile e socialmente > utile funzione di mettere in contatto domanda e offerta > in un ambito fondamentale come quello del "mercato del lavoro"*. > > Se rivalutiamo il "caporale", il passo alle app è brevissimo: > è chiaro che usare app, infatti, è molto più efficiente (e anche > più elegante) di andare all'alba in piazza con un camion. Ci sono somiglianze, ma anche differenze. Il "caporale" ha un potere forte e discriminatorio sulla scelta del manovale e sul prezzo del lavoro. Con Uber generalmente il lavoro viene dato a tutti e la remunerazione è più equa, basata sul mercato (aumenta la domanda, aumenta il guadagno dell'autista). -- Beppe > > Pensiamoci. > > ciao, > > juan carlos > > *virgolette in omaggio a Karl Polanyi.

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