14 novembre, 2019

Visto nel Web - 448

Niente di bello, niente di nuovo, questo è cosa ho wisto nel Web.


Governments claim they hack people to prevent "crime and terrorism," but @NYTimes finds even democracies are now routinely hacking "human rights activists, journalists, religious leaders and dissidents"privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Snowden

"Rather than acting exceptionally, Facebook is in step with current practice." In the US, TV stations cannot refuse political ads with content that they deem to be false, nor can the FTC step in to suspend them
Facebook | ad, pubblicità | politica
::: LivePaola

Felice di aver condiviso la passione per il patrimonio software mondiale al @FestTecnologia di #Torino: la presentazione su @SWHeritage è in linea
tecnologia | storia
::: rdicosmo

Our new slogan after iOS 13
umorismo
::: TimothyCookothy

Python Finally Overtakes Java on GitHub
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

"PL/1 was too high for us, or even the simpler versions of PL/1 that we used in MULTICS...After UNIX was up, or, simultaneous with UNIX coming out, BCPL was just emerging and that was a clear winner with both of us" (meaning Ritchie) - Ken Thompson on how the B language came about
GB (lui se ben ricordo) mi parlò del PL/I (da noi si scriveva così) e mi diede un pacco di fotocopie; ma finito di leggere oltre p.5 (non diteglielo)
storia
::: unix_byte

Microsoft's massive new contract with the Defense Department, shows how nationalism, militarism, and corporate power intermingle in the tech industry. Our response must be to unite tech workers across borders — and reject the jingoism that divides us
cyberwar | tecnologia
::: jacobinmag

NPM Adds Command-Line Option To Help Fund Open-Source Coders
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Slashdot

6 In 10 Websites May Be Impacted by jQuery XSS Vulnerabilities
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Nailed it. The Tacoma News Tribute, April 11, 1953
ooh!
::: _youhadonejob1

The Dangers of 'Black Box' AI
artificial intelligence | etica
::: Slashdot

If you don’t have time for the full article here 😏 ... Ethan (@StartsWithABang) and I made a short YouTube video on #QuantumSupremacy @GoogleAI 🎬! #GreatTeam
quantum computing
::: LallinaManenti ::: LallinaManenti

here is one thought that I would like to share about the #zuboffberlin talk at #digitalsociety last Wednesday: Besides all the interesting things she had to say, it very much bothered me that apparently she fully bought the self-description of the companies she criticizes
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: strippel


Audio Processing for Dummies
linguaggi di programmazione
::: Gianlucadfiore


How leaked court documents reveal Facebook’s fundamental paranoia
The company’s anticompetitive behavior is rooted in a deep sense of fear that it’s vulnerable to rivals
Facebook
::: lucaferrari15


Apple is fixing encrypted email on macOS because it’s not quite as encrypted as we thought
Apple may have known for months
bug
::: lucaferrari15

Machine Learning
umorismo
::: DuncanDoyle

'Microsoft Defender ATP' Antivirus is Coming to Linux
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Are Forced Subscriptions Driving 3D Users To Open Source Tools?
open source
::: Slashdot

Social Media Is Fostering A Big Rise In Real-World Stalking
social media
::: RadioProzac

Digital human rights are next frontier for fund groups -- Investors take a critical look at potentially damaging role of some technology in everyday lives
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: hare_brain

'Bring Back the Replaceable Laptop Battery'
hardware
::: Slashdot

all progress derives from going back to the facts and upgrading your views accordingly. So the fastest way to make progress is to be constantly trying to prove yourself wrong, constantly be looking up facts that might invalidate your theories, etc.
innovazioni, futuro
::: fchollet


Google Asks Three Outside Antivirus Firms To Start Scanning Submissions To Android's Play Store
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Phones and PCs Sold In Russia Will Have To Come Pre-installed With Russian Apps
censura
::: Slashdot


Reactions To the News That Microsoft's Edge Browser Is Coming to Linux
browser
::: Slashdot

"Hidden back doors in voting machine software" is the silliest conspiracy theory ever. Anyone who's examined the code for a modern commercial voting machine can tell you that there are so many security vulnerabilities, inserting a backdoor would be a complete waste of time
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: mattblaze

Pretty much everything wrong about our perception of AI technologies (among both researchers and the general public) boils down to excessive anthropomorphism
artificial intelligence
::: fchollet

Breitbart’s violation of Facebook’s standards soon after Facebook endorsed it...
Facebook | politica
::: jayrosen_nyu

Spagna. I partiti che hanno speso di più su FB sono quelli che - a questo giro - sono andati peggio: Ciudadanos e Podemos. Che dite, la si può finire con le ipotesi di correlazione diretta tra uso dei social e dato elettorale?
precisazioni nel thread
social media | politica
::: doonie

YouTube can terminate anyone they deem “not commercially viable”
social media | economia, lavoro
::: Gianlucadfiore

Il mitico Colonnello Moschin colpisce ancora
giornali, stampa
::: disinformatico

L'odio non nasce sui social. Non è dovuto all'anonimato, ma circola in Rete a volto scoperto. Come quello di due avvocati e politici di Fratelli d'Italia che a Bologna sono andati a caccia di case abitate da famiglie straniere in diretta Facebook
social media | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: _arianna

This thing is puzzling me too much ... assuming there's only one method where hooks can exists, and no way to augment such method by default, which way would you prefer?
linguaggi di programmazione
::: WebReflection


Thousands of Bots Are Retweeting Claims of Voter Fraud In Kentucky
web-bot, robocall | politica
::: Slashdot

This latest Facebook bug is a great example of why permissions issues are super tricky to catch. Especially as software sprawl increases and permissions get updated, it's more and more important to automate permissions-checking in the code itself
Facebook | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeanqasaur

+++ Ma il tweet d'oppio
umorismo
::: goldbergvariaz

our summary of last weeks 2nd meeting of the 🇪🇺 stakeholder dialogue on #article17 of the #copyright directive. The movie industry made it clear that for them Article 17 is all about upload filters
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: communia_eu

So nobody understands THE ALGORITHM. Nobody has the power to examine or check THE ALGORITHM. Yet everyone we’ve talked to from both Apple and GS are SO SURE that THE ALGORITHM isn’t biased and discriminating in any way
Apple | algoritmi, codice | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: fabiochiusi ::: Reuters ::: Slashdot ::: ubiquity75

Once those algorithms are built, they can reproduce those biases at a huge scale.
And the worst part? You can’t cross-examine [this proprietary] algorithm and get to the bottom of why it made a specific decision. It’s a black box
algoritmi, codice
::: FrankPasquale

The data analysis company #Palantir, known in particular for running the deportation machine of the Trump administration, is expanding aggressively into Europe
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: algorithmwatch

t's called "public universities". Happy to help !
open source | artificial intelligence
::: zacchiro

pdb — Interactive Debugger
Python
::: pymotw

The Voyager Linux Distro Offers an Interesting Spin on Xfce
Ubuntu
::: dcavedon

Chinese state newspaper today (Xinhua) - Bitcoin: The First Successful Application of Blockchain Technology
blockchain e crypto*
::: mg0314a ::: molllliy

Non avete capito niente!!
umorismo
::: PresMoratti


Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed
spazio, esplorazione
::: SpaceX ::: SpaceX

Alibaba's Singles' Day Sales Top $38 Billion
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

France is set to become the first EU country to introduce #facialrecognition software for government services in what some civil rights groups claim is a first step toward a surveillance state
riconoscimento facciale
::: accessnow

Google's Secret 'Project Nightingale' Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
dati, raccolta
::: Slashdot

How To Learn OCaml
programmazione funzionale | manuali, how to
::: hisophiabrandt

Amazon Will Open its Own Grocery Store Next Year
ditte
::: Slashdot

Two companies plan to test lithium-sulfur batteries that could extend the range of small electric planes by as much as 100 percent
energia
::: IEEESpectrum

Study of Over 11,000 Online Stores Finds 'Dark Patterns' on 1,254 sites
frodi
::: Slashdot

🚀 We're happy to announce async-std 1.0. Read about our vision for the library and the @asyncrs project here. Thank you to all the contributors that have helped us along the way! 🎉
linguaggi di programmazione
::: asyncrs

Twitter Proposes Flagging Deepfakes, But Would Only Remove Content That Threatens Harm
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | deepfake
::: Slashdot

Bruce Lawson, rebranding as BRUCE LAWSON
@brucel
jQuery is used on 85.03% of desktop sites, and 83.46% of mobile sites. React is used on 4.6% of desktop sites. Web Almanac 2019
linguaggi di programmazione | Web, Internet
::: brucel

Microsoft Vows To 'Honor' California's Sweeping Privacy Law Across Entire US
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot


EPA To Limit Science Used To Write Public Health Rules
politica
::: Slashdot

Basically all the paragraphs on authoritarianism are gone
Edward Snowden | censura | Cina
::: kixes ::: thisboyuan ::: kixes ::: fryan ::: Snowden

Encryption is a basic human right. On a city level you can start with executing this crucial right
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: waag

Really sad. The Linux Journal website is no more. But, you can still grab all older issues from 1994 to 2019
Linux | media
::: nixcraft

Debian reconsiders init-system diversity
Linux distro
::: Gianlucadfiore

Honda Works On Second EV, Quits Diesel, and Puts Hydrogen On Hold
energia
::: Slashdot

Red Hat Advances #Java on #Kubernetes with @QuarkusIO
linguaggi di programmazione
::: myfear

Help us shape Twitter's policy on synthetic and manipulated media
Twitter
::: vijaya

Big news: the Python Packaging Working Group has secured >$400K in grants from multiple funders (TBA) to improve one of the most fundamental parts of pip: its dependency resolver
Python
::: di_codes

"At present, Linux is at risk of dying in Dependency Hell and I think most of them don’t even see it." great post from a veteran software engineer
Linux
::: DevuanOrg

What isn’t clear, however, is how Twitter will be able to detect the deepfakes published on its platform, given that detection techniques aren’t perfect and often lag behind the newer and more advanced creation methods
Twitter | deepfake
::: fabiochiusi


AI Training Datasets
umorismo
::: ismonkeyuser

Twitter Will Make Exceptions To Its Political Ad Ban. Here’s One Of Them
Ads talking about climate change generally are likely going to be accepted; ads about the legislation that would enact the Green New Deal are not
Twitter | ad, pubblicità
::: fabiochiusi

#Article17 #UploadFilter #euronet "it will be much easier to safeguard users rights in implementation scenarios that put an emphasis on (collective) licensing than in the “filternet” scenario favoured by the big AV rightholders"
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: kmesch1

The Labour party has experienced a “sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack” on its digital systems from an unknown source, it has said, adding that it is confident its security systems ensured there was no data breach"
frodi | politica
::: fabiochiusi

Statement by 51 © scholars on protecting user rights in #Article17
copyright e brevetti | censura
::: communia_eu ::: JPQuintais ::: technollama ::: evasimon_info ::: communia_eu

“In many ways Wikipedia is a radical project. In other ways, we’re a traditional project that relies on newspapers, academic journals, etc. If that system breaks down, our system breaks.” - @phoebe_ayers on the importance of #WikiCite #WikiConferenceNA
Wikipedia
::: TownBlvd

IRS Identifies 'Dozens' of New Crypto, Cybercriminals
blockchain e crypto* | frodi
::: Slashdot

Several of the biggest social media platforms are beginning to test changes that cut down on scorekeeping, discourage harassment and aim to improve users' well-being
social media
::: _arianna

Amazon's $1.5 Million Political Gambit Backfires in Seattle City Council Election
ditte | politica
::: Slashdot

Copy/paste option to automatically strip tracking information out of a URL before sharing
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: computerpupper

#OnSight is #mixedreality #software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk and meet on #Mars
augmented reality
::: Nereide

zuck ha riacceso la fotocopiatrice
Instagram Stories launches TikTok clone Reels in Brazil
social media | Facebook
::: emenietti


OnlyOffice, an Open Source Microsoft Office Clone, is Now Available on Flathub
open source | applicazioni, programmi
::: dcavedon

Great piece by @TheAtlantic on social media: “social media turns ... communication into a public performance… Nuance and truth are casualties in this competition”
social media
::: armon

Smartphone Maker Realme is Taking India and Other Emerging Markets by Storm
dispositivi mobili | hardware
::: Slashdot

Facebook News is a waste of our time
Facebook
::: RadioProzac

Facebook Bug Has Camera Activated While People Are Using the App
Facebook | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing [overwhelmed] them
la risposta nel [minimo] thread
scienza
::: LallinaManenti

American Robots Lose Jobs To Asian Robots as Adidas Shifts Manufacturing
economia, lavoro | innovazioni, futuro | robots, automazione, droni
::: Slashdot

A Plot Twist: Drawing Better Graphs in PL Papers
manuali, how to
::: SIGPLAN Blog

The traffic laws are only part of what governs what happens on the world's roads. How can we ensure that self-driving cars have the right mix of abilities and priorities to handle the driving task safely?
automazione
::: IEEESpectrum

Before you commit a line of code to your new open-source project, start your README with a “Why This Is Useful” section at top
programming, codice, snippet
::: jmayer

As 5G Rolls Out, Troubling New Security Flaws Emerge
Beppe Grillo una volta cuoceva le uova con i telefoni 🤒
5G
::: Slashdot ::: IEEESpectrum

#otd in 1936 Alan Turing went to a London math society to deliver a paper describing his vision of a "Universal Machine" that can performing any computation that can be represented as an algorithm
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL


Intel's Cascade Lake CPUs Impacted By New Zombieload v2 Attack
bug
::: Slashdot

Facebook Unites Payment Service Across Apps With Facebook Pay
Facebook
::: Slashdot

It is a grave violation of human rights for states to interfere with peaceful asylum flights. Remember well that Evo has been victim to this before: Europe once shamefully grounded his flight on US orders due to a rumor he was bringing me to asylum
politica
::: Snowden

In tendenza c'è un hashtag a favore della Raggi...15000 e più tweet ma scritti solo da meno di 250 account. Tutti tweet uguale
web-bot, robocall | politica
::: andr900

29 years ago today Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau emailed colleagues outlining a proposal for a hypertext project that they dubbed "WorldWideWeb"
storia
::: MIT_CSAIL

Unrolling your loops can improve branch prediction
programming, codice, snippet
::: lemire

BREAKING: a federal judge has ruled that suspicionless searches of travelers’ cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices when we cross the U.S. border are unconstitutional
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: EFF ::: ACLU

Lots of great insights about the global data science & machine learning industry in this survey by @kaggle
machine learning
::: fchollet

Boss: "How good are you at PowerPoint?"
umorismo
::: Dadsaysjokes

lighterhtml v2 is going to be lighter, better, faster, stronger ... as I've recognized and fixed a long standing core logic issue with inner stacks/holes of arrays, which are pretty common indeed
Web, Internet
::: WebReflection ::: WebReflection

Nuovo capitolo sull’anonimato. @marattin ironizza sulla tracciabilità dei profili, in 10 ore @alex_orlowski identifica i soggetti denunciati, mentre la Postale - a quanto riportato - brancolava nel buio. È un problema di documenti o di risorse/competenze?
#Marattin, marattinate, pensate farlokke
::: ebobferraris ::: micheleboldrin

If you're a tech journalist, you should be digging into the story behind what's going on behind the curtain here. This is not appropriate for a company claiming to provide a secure messenger -- claims a large number of human rights defenders relied on -- and we need facts
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus | Edward Snowden
::: Snowden


i wish everyone would stop tweeting about disneyumorismo
::: jon_bois

Researchers at @scilifelab developed #MoNaLISA, #Molecular #Nanoscale #Live #Imaging with Sectioning Ability, a #nanoscope capable of imaging structures at a scale of 45–65 nm within the entire #cellvolume at low light intensities
tecnologia
::: Nereide

Unusual New 'PureLocker' Ransomware Is Going After Servers
frodi
::: Slashdot

We must become warriors for the climate
sì, anche la nostalgia dentro; me è sempre mitica
ambiente, ecologia
::: Independent

UCLA Now Has the First Zero-Emission, All-Electric Mobile Surgical Instrument Lab
energia
::: Slashdot

Inspired by @GretaThunberg, 16-year-old @howey_ou launched a #FridaysforFuture protest in China, becoming the country's first climate striker — until the police hauled her away. But that hasn't stopped her from pursuing climate activism in other ways
ambiente, ecologia
::: dwnews

The Tories have taken out a Google Ad to appear top of the page when people search 'register for a postal vote uk'
politica | ad, pubblicità | Google
::: mikebutcher

How to analyze programs @Google or @Facebook scale to a given degree of accuracy (0 false positives, bounded false negatives)? Been exploring results from foundations of ML and statistical learning theory
machine learning
::: mboehme_

Among other things, WebMD shares its symptom checker data with Facebook, via cookies and without consent. Especially since there are now super-cookies that can track you even in private mode, this is something people should know about
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: jeanqasaur

"Facebook's arguments that it is just a neutral funnel for information, and therefore cannot be obligated to act, is not acceptable," the Dutch court said in a summary judgment
Facebook
::: datatheism

The number of South Korean academics accused of naming children as co-authors on research manuscripts — even though the children did not contribute to the research — continues to grow
disinformazione, fake news, bufale
::: RetractionWatch

Il fascino indiscreto di «Report»
Twitter | politica | web-bot, robocall
::: ilmanifesto


Power in AI — interesting special issue by ⁦@VentureBeat
artificial intelligence
::: fabiochiusi

Adesso mi raccomando: compatti a scrivere 50 think piece identici su Salvini il grande comunicatore ora anche su TikTok
social media
::: philipdisalvo

Dell Unveils Subscription Model To Counter Amazon, Microsoft
economia, lavoro
::: Slashdot

La sonda Hayabusa 2 ha lasciato l’asteroide Ryugu per tornare sulla Terra
spazio, esplorazione
::: emenietti

Il tramonto dell’Occidente digitale? (Prima parte)
ditte | antitrust | Cina
::: simopieranni

Europe needs to reconquer its digital sovereignty and take back democratic control of data. It's time for the EU to come up with an ambitious plan! Finally this crucial topic made it to the first page of @FT
dati, raccolta | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: francesca_bria

Dutch Court Orders Facebook To Ban Celebrity Crypto Scam Ads
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Next in Google's Quest for Consumer Dominance -- Banking
Google
::: Slashdot

Samsung Blockchain: Official Introduction
blockchain e crypto*
::: antiprosynth

Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok is a threat to democracy, but didn't say he spent 6 months trying to buy its predecessor
social media
::: emenietti

Mozilla, Intel, and More Form the Bytecode Alliance To Take WebAssembly Beyond Browsers
programming, codice, snippet
::: slashdot

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