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Kind reminder: your whole internet traffic, encryption, backups, communication, shopping, writings, business interaction, etc are transferred through your router.
Many internet service providers across Europe impose their own routers to consumers. This is a clear contradiction with the 🌐 Net Neutrality principle.
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Twitter’s latest bonehead move has led to a flurry of scam authenticator apps, with at least one of them using App Store advertising to figure prominently in search results – and then sending all scanned QR codes to the developer’s analytics service.
There’s a whole array of others that appear to be free but then require in-app purchases in order to scan QR codes …
# Identità digitale: le sfide
Il tema dell’identità digitale è ampio e ha comportato nel corso degli ultimi anni un intenso dibattito con la produzione di numerosi contributi.
In Europa, a giugno del 2021 è stata pubblicata la “[proposta di REGOLAMENTO DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO E DEL CONSIGLIO che modifica il regolamento (UE) n. 910/2014 per quanto riguarda l’istituzione di un quadro per un’identità digitale europea](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/?uri=COM:2021:281:FIN)”, meglio nota come eIDAS 2.
# Digital identity: the challenges
The topic of digital identity is broad and has involved intense debate over the past few years with the production of numerous contributions.
In Europe, the “[proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards the establishment of a framework for a European digital identity](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2021:281:FIN)” better known as eIDAS 2, was published in June 2021.
This proposed regulation is an evolution of the EU Regulation 910/2014, eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentic and trust Services) and stipulates that by 2024 every EU member state will have to make a digital identity wallet (Digital Identity Wallet) available to every citizen who wants it.
Digital Services Act: Commission starts collecting platform’s user numbers and consults on its monit
Today is the deadline set in the Digital Services Act (DSA) for all online platforms and online search engines (except micro and small enterprises) to publish their user numbers in the EU for the first time.
When is it time to start worrying about artificial intelligence interfering in our democracy? Maybe when an AI writes a letter to The New York Times opposing the regulation of its own technology.
That happened last month. And because the letter was responding to an essay we wrote, we’re starting to get worried. And while the technology can be regulated, the real solution lies in recognizing that the problem is human actors—and those we can do something about.
**[Guidance for Individuals who Accidentally Receive Personal data](https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2020-08/Guidance%20for%20Individuals%20who%20Accidentally%20Receive%20Personal%20Data.pdf "Guidance for Individuals who Accidentally Receive Personal Data")**
**[Guidance for Organisations Accidentally in Receipt of Personal Data](https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2020-08/Guidance%20for%20Organisations%20Accidentally%20in%20Receipt%20of%20Personal%20Data.pdf "Guidance for Organisations Accidentally in Receipt of Personal Data")**
**[Guidance for Data Controllers who Lose Control of Data to a Third Party](https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2020-08/Guidance%20for%20Data%20Controllers%20who%20Lose%20Control%20of%20data%20to%20a%20Third%20Party.pdf "Guidance for Data Controllers who Lose Control of data to a Third Party")**
“‘Artificial Intelligence system’ (AI system) means an engineered or machine-based system that can, for a given set of objectives, generate output such as content, predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. AI systems are designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy.”
-AI Shadow Meeting Agenda 10/02/2023
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**Read the full article**
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**From the source:**
Technologist and researcher [Aviv Ovadya](https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/aviv-ovadya) isn’t sure that generative AI can be governed, but he thinks the most plausible means of keeping it in check might just be entrusting those who will be impacted by AI to collectively decide on the ways to curb it.
That means you; it means me. It’s the power of large networks of individuals to problem solve faster and more equitably than a small group of individuals might do alone (including, say, in Washington). It’s essentially relying on the wisdom of crowds, and it’s happening in many fields, including scientific research, business, politics, and social movements.
The coming weeks will be fundamental for the DSA to take shape, as the European Commission is working on secondary legislation to define critical provisions of the regulation, and large online platforms are taking their first steps toward compliance. EURACTIV caught up with Mathias Vermeulen, Public Policy Director at AWO, and Asha Allen, Advocacy Director in the Europe office of the Center for Democracy and Technology, to discuss some of the most crucial open questions on the DSA implementation.
The German Federal Constitutional Court declared the use of Palantir surveillance software by police in Hesse and Hamburg unconstitutional in a landmark ruling on Thursday (16 February).
The ruling concludes a case brought by the German Society for Civil Rights (GFF) last year, hearings for which began in December. The plaintiffs argued that the software could be used for predictive policing, raising the risk of mistakes and discrimination by law enforcement.
The German state of Hesse has been using the software since 2017, though it is not yet in place in Hamburg. The technology is provided by Palantir, a US data analytics firm which received early backing from intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI and NSA.
During the end of year holidays, and without fanfare, the government prepared the introduction of a new legislation regarding the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games. As expected, this draft law pave the way for the generalization of algorithmic video surveillance. While using the fallacious argument of time limited experiment, such technologies are already illegally used in many cities in the country with total impunity. Using the forthcoming sport competitions as justification, the government and many representatives call themselves advocates of the French industry and use this position to allow thos companies to durably expand on the video surveillance market.
SINGAPORE: The viral artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is finding its way into more homes and offices across the world.
With the ability to answer questions and pump out content within seconds, this generation of chatbots can help users search, explain, write, and create just about anything.
However, experts warn that the increasing use of such AI-powered technology comes with risks, and could facilitate the work of scammers and cybercrime syndicates.
Cybersecurity professionals are calling for regulatory frameworks and user vigilance to prevent individuals from falling victim.
The European Union is famous for its ambivalent relationship with privacy — on the one hand, it was the first place in the world to apply strict data protection regulations. On the other, its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project lacks the anonymity standards of private cryptocurrencies.
Nevertheless, last week the EU lawmakers made a vital step to embrace privacy in the space of citizens’ digital identities. On Feb. 9, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee included the standard of zero-knowledge proofs in its amendments to the European digital identity framework (eID). The latest update was voted in by 55 votes to 8 in the Committee — the draft will now proceed to the Trilogue phase of negotiations.
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**Integral original content on [cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/european-union-discusses-using-zero-knowledge-proofs-for-digital-ids)**
On 3 February 2023, the Wales cross-party group on digital rights and democracy – for which Open Rights Group serves as the secretariat – held its fourth session on surveillance and facial recognition technology in the UK.
Chaired by Sarah Murphy MS, the session heard powerful accounts from campaigner Ed Bridges, who launched the groundbreaking challenge Ed Bridges vs South Wales Police, Madeleine Stone from Big Brother Watch and researcher Stephanie Hare.
While justice and policing are not devolved in Wales, Murphy stressed how important it was to have the discussion when the decisions on rights are being made elsewhere – Westminster and the Home Office. And as the speakers iterated, technology is having a resounding effect on the right to privacy, discrimination, bias and children’s rights.
Benvenuti alla Newsletter XMPP, è un piacere avervi di nuovo qui! Questo numero copre il mese di dicembre 2022 e gennaio 2023. Questo è il primo numero dopo una meritata pausa invernale! Grazie a tutti i nostri lettori e a tutti i collaboratori!
Come questa newsletter, molti progetti e i loro sforzi nella comunità XMPP sono il risultato del lavoro volontario delle persone. Se sei contento dei servizi e del software che stai usando, specialmente nella situazione attuale, per favore considera di dire grazie o di aiutare questi progetti! Sei interessato a sostenere il team della newsletter? Leggi di più in fondo.
EU lawmakers are due to deliberate on how artificial intelligence (AI) systems should be classified in terms of the actual or potential risks they pose under the auspices of the new AI Act.
The AI Act is a flagship EU proposal to regulate AI technology based on its potential risks. At the proposal’s core is the high-risk category, which implies stricter requirements in terms of robustness and risk management on the side of the AI developer.
The MEPs involved in the file will discuss this critical aspect of the proposal at a political meeting on Wednesday (1 February). According to an agenda obtained by EURACTIV, the provision defining the AI risk classification process will be at the centre of the debate.
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) said that it has identified a wide gap in the country’s data protection needs.
According to the Bureau, Nigeria needs over 500,000 data processors and controllers but currently has about 10,000.
The National Commissioner of the NDPB, Dr Vincent Olatunji, who disclosed during a capacity-building workshop for data protection officers in the public sector, said the 490,000 jobs gaps have to be filled urgently.
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We’re launching a classifier trained to distinguish between AI-written and human-written text.
It’s well established that the European Union has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world, threatening fines of up to 4% of a company’s annual turnover. A lesser-known fact, and one which large tech firms would like to keep quiet, is that the EU hasn’t enforced those rules very strictly.
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Following action by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), the European Commission will start regularly checking the progress of all “large-scale” GDPR cases across the EU.
ICCL has previously criticised the lack of GDPR enforcement against Big Tech, and the European Commission’s failure to monitor how the GDPR is applied.
The European Commission [has now committed](https://www.iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/FOLLOW_UP_202200097_20230124_122005.pdf) to examining every large-scale GDPR case, everywhere in Europe. It will measure how long each procedural step in a case is taking, and what the relevant data protection authorities are doing to progress the case. The Commission will do this six times per year.
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The Russian government has blocked another encrypted email provider, according to a Russian digital rights organization and the email provider.
Last Wednesday, Roskomsvoboda, which describes itself as “the first Russian public organization active in the field of protecting digital rights and expanding digital opportunities,” [reported](https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/block-skiff/) that an unknown Russian state organization ordered the block of [Skiff](https://www.skiff.com/), an email and cloud service provider [launched last year](https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/30/skiff-series-a-encrypted-workspaces/). Since then, Skiff’s chief executive Andrew Milich shared evidence of the block with TechCrunch.
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) said it has launched an investigation into allegations of data breach by Zenith Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank.
The Head of Legal Enforcement and Regulations of NDPB, Mr. Babatunde Bamigboye, said the investigations were triggered by allegations of unlawful disclosure of banking records to a third party, unlawful access, and processing of personal data.
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The professor who predicted that computers would change our lives demands a right to sanctuary from data ‘theft’
**Through the looking glass: Sometimes unfortunate or sometimes deadly incidents involving self-driving cars happen. However, recent occurrences with autonomous vehicles in San Francisco have been downright bizarre. Not only does the software controlling the cars struggle to negotiate the real world, but companies and authorities are still learning about how humans behave around self-driving vehicles.**
Recent formal complaints to California regulators reveal strange incidents that have occurred since fully-autonomous taxis started operating in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The cases mainly involve robotaxis disrupting first responders or otherwise wasting their time.
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(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, Microsoft's GitHub Inc and OpenAI Inc told a San Francisco federal court that a proposed class-action lawsuit for improperly monetizing open-source code to train their artificial-intelligence systems cannot be sustained.
The companies said in Thursday [court filings](https://tmsnrt.rs/3kDVJFo) that the complaint, filed by a group of anonymous copyright owners, did not outline their allegations specifically enough and that GitHub's Copilot system, which suggests lines of code for programmers, made fair use of the source code.
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Happy Data Privacy Day! Yes, it's a completely made-up holiday, but it's as good a time as any to take a hard look at your online life and shore up your efforts to protect your personal digital privacy.
The annual occasion, feted by cybersecurity and digital privacy enthusiasts around the world, began in the US and Canada back in 2008. It's an extension of a European commemoration marking 1981's [Convention 108](https://www.coe.int/en/web/data-protection/convention108-and-protocol#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.coe.int/en/web/data-protection/convention108-and-protocol%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Convention%20108%22%7D), the first legally binding international treaty on protecting privacy and data.
The United States Department of State and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission signed an “Administrative Arrangement on Artificial Intelligence for the Public Good” at a virtual ceremony held simultaneously on 27 January 2023 at the White House in Washington DC and in DG CONNECT, Brussels.
To celebrate the European Data Protection Day on 28 January 2023, ENISA publishes today its report on how cybersecurity technologies and techniques can support the implementation of the [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr.html) principles when sharing personal data.
This report attempts to look closer at specific use cases relating to personal data sharing, primarily in the health sector, and discusses how specific technologies and considerations of implementation can support the meeting of specific data protection. After discussing some challenges in (personal) data sharing, this report demonstrates how to engineer specific technologies and techniques in order to enable privacy preserving data sharing. More specifically it discusses specific use cases for sharing data in the health sector, with the aim of demonstrating how data protection principles can be met through the proper use of technological solutions relying on advanced cryptographic techniques. Next it discusses data sharing that takes place as part of another process or service, where the data is processed through some secondary channel or entity before reaching its primary recipient. Lastly, it identifies challenges, considerations and possible architectural solutions on intervenability aspects (such as the right to erasure and the right to rectification when sharing data).
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As generative AI enters the mainstream, each new day brings a new lawsuit.
Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are currently being [sued](https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/8/23446821/microsoft-openai-github-copilot-class-action-lawsuit-ai-copyright-violation-training-data) in a [class action motion](https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/8/23446821/microsoft-openai-github-copilot-class-action-lawsuit-ai-copyright-violation-training-data) that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot, a code-generating AI system trained on billions of lines of public code, to regurgitate licensed code snippets without providing credit.
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On the occasion of Data Protection Day, we invite you to take a look back at GDPR enforcement over the last few years and explore how the EDPB helps all EEA DPAs act as one to safeguard your rights, today and tomorrow.
Join us to see how European data protection authorities (DPAs) work together to make sure that your data protection rights are protected and that the companies handling your data are held accountable.
**SearXNG è un motore di meta-ricerca.**
Abbiamo già descritto SearXNG nell’articolo intitolato “[**Sei consapevole dell’impatto sulla privacy delle ricerche online e quindi della giusta scelta del motore di ricerca? (aggiornato)**](https://notes.nicfab.it/en/posts/privatesearchengine/)” relativo ai motori di ricerca o meta-motore di ricerca che rispettano la privacy.
Riportiamo di seguito, da quell’articolo, alcune informazioni su SearXNG.
**SearXNG is a meta-search engine.**
We already described SearXNG in the article entitled “[**Are you aware of the privacy impact of online searches and thus the right choice of search engine? (updated)**](https://notes.nicfab.it/en/posts/privatesearchengine/)” related to the search engines or meta-search engines which respect privacy.
We recall below, from that article, some information about SearXNG.
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This is a community space for projects and users interested in privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and innovative solutions.
Welcome!
Welcome to the NicFab Community Lemmy instance!
Please be kind.
All communities in this space should be at least related to Privacy and innovation.
Matrix Space
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Privacy Policy
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Code of Conduct
Please abide by the code of conduct.
To report a CoC violation, message one of the admins.
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Tutte le comunità in questo spazio dovrebbero essere almeno legate alla privacy e all’innovazione.
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