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"Austria plans 10 new spy agencies with vast surveillance powers"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

Durante la lettura di notizie come questa si consiglia l'ascolto, per esempio, del seguente brano: https://youtu.be/zR2P-5J-2MA Anzi, apriamo un filone: "Musiche per regimi sempre meno democratici". juan carlos *Austria plans 10 new spy agencies with vast surveillance powers* /"Justified suspicion" enough to spy on citizens; no warrant needed, little oversight allowed./ by Glyn Moody - Sep 10, 2015 2:00pm CEST […] Continua qui: http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/09/austria-plans-ten-new-spy-agen…

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EFF: "Researchers Could Have Uncovered Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheat If Not Hindered by the DMCA"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 | BY KIT WALSH *Researchers Could Have Uncovered Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheat If Not Hindered by the DMCA* https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/researchers-could-have-uncovered-volk… Automakers argue that it’s unlawful for independent researchers to look at the code that controls vehicles without the manufacturer’s permission. We’ve explained before how this allows manufacturers to prevent competition in the markets for add-on technologies and repair tools. It also makes it harder for watchdogs to find safety or security issues, such as faulty code that can lead to unintended acceleration or vulnerabilities that let an attacker take over your car. The legal uncertainly created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act also makes it easier for manufacturers to conceal intentional wrongdoing. We’ve asked the Librarian of Congress to grant an exemption to the DMCA to make it crystal clear that independent research on vehicle software doesn’t violate copyright law. In opposing this request, manufacturers asserted that individuals would violate emissions laws if they had access to the code. But we’ve now learned that, according to the Environmental Protection Agency [PDF], Volkswagen had already programmed an entire fleet of vehicles to conceal how much pollution they generated, resulting in a real, quantifiable impact on the environment and human health. This code was shielded from watchdogs’ investigation by the anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA. Surprisingly, the EPA wrote in [PDF] to the Copyright Office to oppose the exemptions we’re seeking. In doing this, the EPA is asking the Copyright Office to leave copyright law in place as a barrier to a wide range of activities that are perfectly legal under environmental regulations: ecomodding that actually improves emissions and fuel economy, modification of vehicles for off-road racing, or activities that have nothing to do with pollution. The EPA is undermining its own ability to issue nuanced regulation in this space, as well as its ability to learn about large-scale violations of the law committed by manufacturers. When you entrust your health, safety, or privacy to a device, the law shouldn’t punish you for trying to understand how that device works and whether it is trustworthy. We hope the Copyright Office and the Librarian of Congress agree when they rule on our exemptions next month.

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Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18 - The Next Generation of Search Engines
by Giuseppe Futia Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

The Next Generation of Search Engines https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/09/Rudin *with Cynthia Rudin, Associate Professor of Statistics at MIT* Today, 6.00 pm Webcast live:http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live <http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live> *From Cynthia* Hi Everyone! My goal for this year is to anticipate the next generation of search engines. I say that the current generation of search engines just tells you where to find information (returns a list of webpages), where the next generation of search engines find the information for you (reads the webpages and returns content!). I would like to cordially invite you to a brainstorming session on what the next generation of search engines might look like. Challenges for the audience: * What are some cases where Google fails miserably? * Do you sometimes want to find the answer to a complicated type of question? How do you envision the answer being presented? * Do you have ideas of what the capabilities will be for the next generation of search engines? * What are some lessons we can learn from search engines from the past? This will be mainly audience participation. Audience members are invited to *bring one slide*. Please send it in advance to rudin(a)mit.edu. As an introduction to this topic, I will describe "Growing A List" which is a search engine for the problem of "set expansion." See you there! About Cynthia Cynthia Rudin is an associate professor of statistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology associated with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Sloan School of Management, and directs the Prediction Analysis Lab. Her interests are in machine learning, data mining, applied statistics, and knowledge discovery (Big Data). Her application areas are in energy grid reliability, healthcare, and computational criminology. Previously, Prof. Rudin was an associate research scientist at the Center for Computational Learning Systems at Columbia University, and prior to that, an NSF postdoctoral research fellow at NYU. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University at Buffalo where she received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Senior Award in Sciences and Mathematics, and three separate outstanding senior awards from the departments of physics, music, and mathematics. She received a PhD in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University. She is the recipient of the 2013 INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, an NSF CAREER award, and was named as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" by Poets and Quants in 2015. Her work has been featured in Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Times of London, Fox News (Fox & Friends), the Toronto Star, WIRED Science, U.S. News and World Report, Slashdot, CIO magazine, Boston Public Radio, and on the cover of IEEE Computer. She is presently the chair-elect for the INFORMS Data Mining Section, and currently serves on committees for DARPA, the National Academy of Sciences, the US Department of Justice, and the American Statistical Association.

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Grande novità FB
by Diego Giorio Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/sicurezza/2015/09/20/news/privacy_faceb… Sono veramente sorpreso e sconcertato, non me l'aspettavo: che non l'avessero già fatto prima! Saluti a tutti Diego

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Re: L'ondata di leggi liberticide lambisce ormai le coste sudamericane (Stefano Quintarelli)
by Guido Gorgoni Sept. 21, 2015

Sept. 21, 2015

Buongiorno a tutti, ecco i links alla proposta di legge brasiliana sulla libertà di espressione: scheda: http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/fichadetramitacao?idProposicao=9460… testo: http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra;jsessionid=AC99… Saluti Guido Gorgoni -- _________________________________________________________ Guido Gorgoni Ricercatore in Filosofia del Diritto (Assistant Professor in Legal Theory) Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Giuridiche e Studi Internazionali (Department of Political Science, Law, and International Studies) Università di Padova (University of Padua) via VIII febbraio, 2 35122 - Padova, Italy tel (+39) 049 827 3441 fax (+39) 049 827 3479 guido.gorgoni(a)unipd.it _________________________________________________________

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34° Nexa Lunch Seminar - Mercoledì 23 settembre 2015
by Giuseppe Futia Sept. 21, 2015

Sept. 21, 2015

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-34> NEXA 34°Nexa Lunch Seminar Mercoledì 23 settembre 2015, ore 13.00 - 14.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-34 App, Store e Società: permessi e profilazione Speaker Antonio Langiu (Intern Centro Nexa) This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Negli ultimi anni il mondo dell'informatica ha subito una forte trasformazione dovuta all’arrivo nel mercato di sistemi operativi basati sul concetto di App. Le persone utilizzano ogni giorno decine di App e affidano ad esse dati personali e informazioni sensibili. Tali App possono infatti raccogliere dati sull’utente (come la localizzazione, l’elenco delle chiamate e dei messaggi, la galleria di immagini e video), ma per questo hanno bisogno del permesso dall’utente stesso, che viene poi forzato dal sistema operativo. Obiettivo di questo lunch seminar, che vedrà come ospite *Antonio Langiu*, intern presso il Centro Nexa, sarà capire meglio come sono *implementati i permessi sulle varie piattaforme* mobile (Android, iOS) e desktop (Windows, Mac), analizzando quanto sia semplice per un utente gestire i permessi (e quindi controllare la propria privacy). Dopo questa introduzione iniziale, analizzeremo la *profilazione all’interno del sistema mobile iOS*, approfondendo in particolare come fanno le applicazioni iOS a profilare gli utenti e quali sono le implicazioni sulla privacy. /Ingresso libero - Saranno disponibili panini e bibite per coloro che si saranno registrati su http://lunch34.eventbrite.com/ entro il 21 settembre./ Speaker - e informazioni supplementari [Antonio Langiu] ANTONIO LANGIU, laureando in Ingegneria Informatica al Politecnico di Torino e Intern del Centro Nexa, si è occupato nell’anno 2015 dell’analisi dei permessi sui sistemi mobile, con un particolare interesse sulla raccolta dati e sulla profilazione degli utenti per fini pubblicitari. Letture consigliate e link utili * Wikipedia: Mobile App. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app * Curran, M., McKelvey, N., Curran, K., & Nadarajah, S. (2015). /Mobile App Stores <http://scisweb.ulster.ac.uk/%7Ekevin/papers/IGI2014-mobileappstores.pdf>/ * Ogul, M., Baktir, S., & Tatli, E. I. (2014, October). /Abused Android Permissions by Advertising Networks. In IT Convergence and Security (ICITCS) <http://www.researchgate.net/publication/265726768_Abused_Android_Permission…>/, 2014 International Conference on (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Ulteriori letture consigliate sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-34 Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e “Nexa Lunch Seminar” Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Maggiori informazioni sui Nexa Lunch Seminar e i Mercoledì di Nexa, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter

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L'ondata di leggi liberticide lambisce ormai le coste sudamericane
by Antonio Casilli Sept. 21, 2015

Sept. 21, 2015

Nel 2014 il Brasile ci ha dato il Marco Civil d’Internet. Nel 2015, ci "regala" la proposta di legge PL 215, ennesimo pacchetto di misure di sorveglianza di massa e di repressione della libertà d'espressione online. http://www.brasilpost.com.br/cts-fgv/liberdades-sob-ataque_b_8149356.html?n… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS)

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"VW Accused Of Using Software To Fool Emissions Tests: Welcome To The Internet Of Cheating Things"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 21, 2015

Sept. 21, 2015

VW Accused Of Using Software To Fool Emissions Tests: Welcome To The Internet Of Cheating Things from the /is-that-domestic-appliance-lying-to-you?/ dept There have been a number of stories on Techdirt recently about the increasing use of software in cars, and the issues that this raises. For example, back in April, Mike wrote about GM asserting that while you may own the car, the company still owns the software <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150421/23581430744/gm-says-that-while-y…> that runs it. You might expect GM to come out against allowing you to modify that software, but very recently we reported that it had received support <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150909/16165032210/epa-sides-with-gm-te…> from a surprising quarter: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA had a particular concern that engine control software might be tampered with, causing cars to breach emissions regulations. We've just found out that the EPA was right to worry about this <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/business/volkswagen-is-ordered-to-recall-…>, but not for the reason it mentioned, as the The New York Times explains: /The Environmental Protection Agency issued [the German car manufacturer Volkswagen] a notice of violation and accused the company of breaking the law by installing software known as a "defeat device" in 4-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi vehicles from model years 2009-15. The device is programmed to detect when the car is undergoing official emissions testing, and to only turn on full emissions control systems during that testing. Those controls are turned off during normal driving situations, when the vehicles pollute far more heavily than reported by the manufacturer, the E.P.A. said. / […] Continua qui: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150920/03163032307/vw-accused-using-sof… / /

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The data protection credibility crisis
by Alessandro Mantelero Sept. 20, 2015

Sept. 20, 2015

Interessante editoriale pubblicato su International Data Privacy Law The data protection credibility crisis Christopher Kuner, Fred H. Cate, Christopher Millard, Dan Jerker B. Svantesson and Orla Lynskey http://idpl.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/3/161.full -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Full-Tenured Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai Visiting Professor, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero

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"Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem with Disruption"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 19, 2015

Sept. 19, 2015

Basta avere pazienza. Prima o poi la pelle floscia di concetti senza contenuto ci passerà davanti trascinata dalla corrente del fiume. jc Snake Oil for the Innovation Age: Christensen, Forbes, and the Problem with Disruption September 16, 2015 A new study by Andrew A. King and Baljir Baatartogtokh in the MIT Sloan Management Review has marshaled the best evidence yet to show that Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation is deeply flawed. The study—which is put in its larger context in this insightful article by Evan Goldstein in the Chronicle of Higher Education—found that only 9 of 77 cases that Christensen used as examples of disruptive innovation actually fit the criteria of his own theory. Economists and business school thinkers have known that disruptive innovation was problematic for quite a while. For instance, the economist Kenneth Simon wrote a paper on the topic as early as 2009. But the dissent of these thinkers rarely entered public view, perhaps because speaking up would have gone against the academic code that forbids publicly attacking one’s own. […] Continua qui: http://leevinsel.com/blog/2015/9/16/snake-oil-for-the-innovation-age-christ…

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