Visto nel Web - 677

Nonostante la Grande Confusione (ci sono troppi furbetti (o furboni (o --ok))) ecco cosa ho wisto nel Web.

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 23, 2022
umorismo
::: GoComics

The case against surveillance advertising
ad, pubblicità
::: fede_guerrini

For months now, I've quietly working on the most exhaustive set of (downloadable!) bibliographies about crypto. Now they are finally live: more than 500 articles and papers, carefully curated and categorized. This is a new project of @cryptosyllabus
crittografia | bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | not fungible token
::: evgenymorozov ::: evgenymorozov ::: evgenymorozov ::: evgenymorozov

Microsoft Released an Out-of-Band Update to Rollback January Patch's VPN Issues
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Analysts Weigh In: Will We Ever See the Year of the Linux Desktop?
Linux
::: Slashdot

Oppure no
metaverso
::: fabiochiusi

Pearls Before Swine for January 23, 2022
economia, lavoro | media | politica
::: _juhan

Sapete cosa sono le #slapp? Sono gli “schiaffi” del potere a chi osa contestarlo. Carole #Cadwalladr che osò tirar fuori lo scoop #CambridgeAnalytica e parlare di #Facebook e #Brexit è stata presa di mira 🗞 Il sistema 🇬🇧 le cause e come reagisce l’Ue 🇪🇺
disinformazione, fake news, bufale | Facebook | frodi
::: FrancesDiBi

El Salvador's Government Buys More Bitcoin as Its Price Drops to $35,149
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

Forse un po' esagerato, ma non troppo :) Chi ancora non conoscesse p5js.org può cominciare da questi 2 articoli in italiano
applicazioni, programmi
::: nilocram

KDE-Powering Qt's New Framework Lets Developers Bring Ads Into Their Apps
ad, pubblicità
::: Slashdot

Great @Snowden interview by @SKjeldtoft: “The intelligence services are proposing a (..) permanent state of secrecy. They have a program, a special technology they can use to spy on anyone, anywhere, anytime. And it’s so important that not even politicians should know about it”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza | politica
::: moltke

#AirPollution by NOx and O3 makes it harder for pollinators🐝to find plants🌻
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: defis_eu

From curbing flights to taxing SUVs, France has enacted some of the most creative and climate-friendly transportation policies in the world
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: DavidZipper

Circa 130 secondi di Alessandro Barbero sull’alternanza scuola-lavoro e sulle sue schifose radici
scuola, educazione, cultura
::: mdiparbleu

Absolute balls. This is god-level cockwaffle, typical of the manballs beloved of these ignorant dorks
protagonisti
::: AdamRutherford ::: Willetton

This is horrific: the deliberate mass killing of Amazon rainforest by spraying pesticides from planes and helicopters. A clear case of #ecocide
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: GeorgeMonbiot

“Tirza, a former Israeli army colonel, says his company Yozmot Ltd aims to produce a body-worn camera enabling police to scan crowds and detect suspects in real time, even if their faces are obscured”
riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: fabiochiusi

Produciamo sempre più rifiuti elettronici e potremmo riciclarne di più
hardware | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: formicablu

Message to mayors: cities need nature
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: formicablu

BREAKING: At 10.45 am WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange won his application to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. You can help fund his supreme Court appeal here
Julian Assange
::: wikileaks ::: HorvatSrecko ::: kgosztola ::: pressfreedom ::: pressfreedom ::: FreedomofPress ::: pressgazette ::: aiww ::: AmnestyIreland ::: jaromil ::: CarolineLucas

Has this been done yet?
umorismo
::: DuuqndS

this is what it looks like when you are writing very good code
Lisp
::: lexi_lambda

shelve — Persistent Storage of Objects
Python
::: pymotw

GNOME Shell ‘Extensions Manager’ App Gets a Big Update
applicazioni, programmi
::: omgubuntu

We are sharing more freely than ever 😁
umorismo
::: alvinfoo

A new breed of copyright troll has emerged and they’ve targeted ⁦@doctorow, grizzled veteran of the copyright wars. This goes about as well as you’d expect
bug | open source | copyright e brevetti
::: evacide

Polish senators draft law to regulate spyware after anti-Pegasus testimony
spyware
::: fabiochiusi ::: RonDeibert

Silicon Valley’s hype machine has long been accused of churning ahead of reality. But in recent years, the tech industry’s critics have noticed that its biggest promises seem further and further on the horizon
innovazioni, futuro
::: nytimestech

🏠 Home, home on Lagrange! We successfully completed our burn to start #NASAWebb on its orbit of the 2nd Lagrange point (L2), about a million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth. It will orbit the Sun, in line with Earth, as it orbits L2
spazio, esplorazione
::: NASAWebb ::: NASAHubble ::: NASASCaN

The Kluwer #Copyright Blog has published my overview of what happend with #Article17 (implementation) in 2021. At the end of the year we have 11 implementations (up from 1 the year before) but we are still waiting for the @EUCourtPress ruling in C-401/19
copyright e brevetti | Unione Europea
::: paul_keller

Tencent, which owns WeChat, said of the dispute over Scott Morrison’s account: “There is no evidence of any hacking or third-party intrusion. This appears to be a dispute over account ownership”
social media | politica
::: nytimestech

“You work hard, you have good output, you build a reputation,” said the M.I.T. researcher Gang Chen, in the first interview he has given about the case. “The government gets what they want, right? But in the end, you’re treated like a spy”
politica | odio, razzismo, discriminazioni
::: nytimestech

Google Illegally Used Dark Patterns to Trick Users Into Handing Over Location Data, State AGs Say
Google | frodi
::: fede_guerrini ::: nytimestech

An OpenSea Bug Let Attackers Snatch NFTs from Owners at Six-figure Discounts
not fungible token
::: Slashdot

Go Colly tutorial written. Learn how to do web scraping and crawling in Go. Colly is a truly great library for this
linguaggi di programmazione | manuali, how to
::: janbodnar

$130 Billion Wiped Off Crypto Markets in 24 Hours
recuperato in un giorno
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot ::: Snowden

Hacktivists Say They Hacked Belarus Rail System To Stop Russian Military Buildup
hackers at work
::: Slashdot

New MoonBounce UEFI Bootkit Can't Be Removed by Replacing the Hard Drive
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Space Force Just Launched Satellites Capable of 'Inspecting' Enemy Satellites
spazio, esplorazione
::: Slashdot

Together with the Russian digital right's nonprofit @RuBlackListNET, we have filed an appeal with the Saratov District Court to stop this censorship
censura
::: torproject

Alien Observers
umorismo
::: xkcd

Bitcoin may have lost a trillion dollars but we'll always have the extra carbon. No one can take that away from us
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: matthewfederman

#SoftwareLibero, la #PA non ha più scuse: linee guida e indicazioni per non sbagliare #OpenSource
open source
::: flavia_marzano

Flying Car Wins Airworthiness Certification
innovazioni, futuro
::: Slashdot

#ESETresearch uncovers new Mac malware DazzleSpy, delivered using watering hole on a pro-democracy Hong Kong radio station website. Payload was launched as root without user interaction, using exploits for Safari and macOS
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: ESETresearch

The mayors’ embrace of crypto is a recognition that its underlying blockchain technology may create new revenue streams for cities and reshape some basic functions of local government
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: nytimestech

Indonesia Regulator Says Financial Firms Banned From Facilitating Crypto Sales
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: Slashdot

#TikTok si è guadagnata il rispetto dell’Economist, che la cita come esempio ideale di “distruzione creativa”, il processo incessante di mutazione industriale con cui il capitalismo si distrugge e si rinnova
social media
::: DomaniGiornale

A Japanese company, ispace, plans to launch a moon lander mission before the end of the year
spazio, esplorazione
::: nytimestech

'Google Is Forcing Me To Dump a Perfectly Good Phone'
dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Lanciata oggi la piattaforma cinese Blockchain Services Network (BSN)
not fungible token
::: simopieranni

Google’s plan to eliminate cookies by the end of next year is a potentially huge shift for the digital advertising industry, though it is not clear if the new method will be any less alarming to advertisers and regulators
ad, pubblicità
::: nytimestech ::: Slashdot

Quantum Computers Are a Million Times Too Small To Hack Bitcoin
quantum computing
::: Slashdot

As Governments Get More Digital, Trust is Essential
digitalizzazione
::: fede_guerrini

Whatever you think of @Snowden, here’s how it works... Using public data, plus business & government records, the US gov spies on American citizens. They leverage “3rd party doctrine” to enrich business, develop new tools, and collect data. Warrantless surveillance is wrong! #4A
Edward Snowden | riconoscimento facciale, sorveglianza
::: WarrenDavidson

#BREAKING IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto*
::: AFP

Technology is not neutral. What you decide to build matters. The design decisions that you make matter. The policy decisions that you make matter
tecnologia
::: evacide ::: svaroschi

Only in 1 out of 86 instances, an AI system used by the German government underwent a standardized risk assessment process before being used, according to a new parliamentary inquiry
artificial intelligence | privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: JanoschDelcker

With fresh updates to the harvest software tool today we welcome contributions by G Gundam and Robin Vobruba
tool, componente software
::: DyneOrg

Un razzo di SpaceX è in rotta di collisione con la Luna
spazio, esplorazione
::: emenietti

Major Linux PolicyKit Security Vulnerability Uncovered: Pwnkit
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

NSO chairman steps down after domestic spying allegations in Israel
spyware
::: fabiochiusi

We've just published an amazing interview with @yanisvaroufakis on @cryptosyllabus
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | not fungible token | economia, lavoro
::: evgenymorozov

it probably says something that implementing `case-kw-lambda` took me about an hour or two but implementing `case-kw->` contracts took me almost an entire day, but I’m not sure exactly what it is
programmazione funzionale
::: lexi_lambda

Wherein Patrick Cousot gives me more reason to fear floating point numbers
programming, codice, snippet
::: rg9119

Saw a TikTok about cutting someone off for not responding to a text for 2 days. Received a message myself at 11:30pm and then a followup in the morning asking if there was a "deeper reason" I wasn't responding. This constant digital availability expectation is sickening
social media
::: becauseivy

Meta's Ill-Fated Cryptocurrency May Be Close To Dissolving
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | Facebook
::: Slashdot

More fun publisher surveillance: Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is *unique for each time a PDF is downloaded*, this is a diff between metadata from two of the same paper. Combined with access timestamps, they can uniquely identify the source of any shared PDFs
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: json_dirs

New DeadBolt Ransomware Targets QNAP Devices, Asks 50 BTC For Master Key
privacy, sicurezza, spionaggio, virus
::: Slashdot

Windows 11 is Getting Android Apps, Taskbar Improvements, and More Next Month
Microsoft | dispositivi mobili
::: Slashdot

Intel Wins Historic Court Fight Over EU Antitrust Fine
antitrust
::: Slashdot

Finalmente inizia l'esame del Regolamento europeo sull'#IntelligenzaArtificiale. Serve equilibrio tra protezione dei cittadini e stimolo all'innovazione, non basta una mera autocertificazione di conformità quando sono in ballo i diritti fondamentali
artificial intelligence | Unione Europea
::: brandobenifei ::: DomaniGiornale

Viviamo nel Wasteocene, l'era delle relazioni di scarto, ed Elon Musk non ci salverà
ambiente, ecologia, riscaldamento globale
::: RadioProzac

Cybercriminals Laundered $8.6 Billion Worth of Cryptocurrency in 2021
bitcoin, blockchain e crypto* | frodi
::: Slashdot