Segnalo, la recente lettera pubblicata su FT a firma del direttore del GCHQ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c89b6c58-6342-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0.html#axz... Leggendo la lettera è inevitabile provare una certa irritazione. Si notino i seguenti passagggi: "For our part, intelligence agencies such as GCHQ need to enter the public debate about privacy [...] GCHQ is happy to be part of a mature debate on privacy in the digital age [...]" "To those of us who have to tackle the depressing end of human behaviour on the internet, it can seem that some technology companies are in denial about its misuse. I suspect most ordinary users of the internet are ahead of them: they have strong views on the ethics of companies, whether on taxation, child protection or privacy; they do not want the media platforms they use with their friends and families to facilitate murder or child abuse. They know the internet grew out of the values of western democracy, not vice versa. I think those customers would be comfortable with a better, more sustainable relationship between the agencies and the technology companies." Qui la risposta della Global Network Initiative (di cui Nexa è parte) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/041b49e6-638a-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0.html?sit... "Co-operation between technology companies and governments can and should play a role in addressing legitimate security threats online. But when it comes to handing over user data, or taking down content posted online, companies have an equally important responsibility to respect their users’ rights. That must entail a level of transparency and accountability that has been glaringly absent from GCHQ’s own conduct revealed by Edward Snowden. The necessity and proportionality of any intrusion into privacy or free expression must be demonstrated, not simply asserted in a “nanny knows best” way by an unaccountable state." -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero http://works.bepress.com/alessandro_mantelero/ Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo