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Data retention down in Austria

Today the Austrian Constitutional Court has declared invalid most parts of the Austrian law on data retention. This is the first national decision taken after the important sentence of the European Court of Justice which, on April 8, 2014 annulled the European Directive on data retention (Directive 2006/24/EC).

via radiobruxelleslibera.wordpress.com

Non uso più il mac, ma se lo usassi...

The best way to manage your clipboard between your iOS and OS X devices.

via danilo.to

userei Command-c.
speriamo faccia anche il cross platform per Windows e Android

Corte suprema USA stabilisce che occorre un mandato per cercare nei cellulari

WASHINGTON — In a major statement on privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.

via www.nytimes.com

Gli USA sono un grande paese anche per questo, perche' trovano le energie al loro interno per rinnovarsi.

Aereo loses to broadcasters in Supreme Court fight for its life | The Verge

The Supreme Court struck a dramatic blow against Aereo today in a ruling that puts the TV streaming service as it currently exists on its deathbed. In a 6–3 ruling, the court found that Aereo's service violates the Copyright Act by playing back recordings of broadcasters' TV shows — even though it legally captures those shows over the air and obtains individual copies for each viewer. Aereo had argued that it was merely providing technology that its subscribers were renting in order to watch TV, posing that the viewers were responsible for playing back those recordings.

via www.theverge.com

una decisione strana, IMHO
ci tornero' su..

Un esperto di Kaspersky disseziona RCS di HackingTeam

In this latest installment of our ongoing research, we uncovered a huge infrastructure that is used to control the RCS malware implants. Our latest research has indentified mobile modules that work on all well-known mobile platforms, including as Android and iOS. These modules are installed using infectors – special executables for either Windows or Macs that run on already infected computers. They translate into complete control over the environment in and near a victim’s computer. Secretly activating the microphone and taking regular camera shots provides constant surveillance of the target – which is much more powerful than traditional cloak and dagger operations

via www.securelist.com

RCS e' il Remote Control System di Hacking Team, società milanese che fornisce tecnologie per intercettazione ad intelligence agencies in giro per il mondo. (di un mio ex compagno di universita', BTW)

Ricorso Altroconsumo al Tar Lazio contro decreto equo compenso - OrganizzAZIONE Altroconsumo

Ricorso di Altroconsumo al TAR Lazio contro il decreto Franceschini sull'aumento dell'equo compenso, la tassa sui dispositivi tecnologici per copia privata. Dai precedenti 80 milioni di euro all'anno, previsti dal decreto Bondi, si aggiungono 100 milioni di euro, prelevati dalle tasche dei consumatori grazie al sovrapprezzo nell'acquistare smartphone, tablet, chiavette usb.

Gli aumenti non sono giustificati né dai dati di utilizzo di dispositivi mobili in Italia, scenario in evoluzione stabile, né da un semplice e forzato confronto con quanto accade in Francia e Germania: la misura è anacronistica, già minoritaria in Europa - in Spagna è stata abolita di recente - dove sta scomparendo di pari passo con l'evoluzione dei modelli di business e di condivisione dei contenuti online.

Per Altroconsumo gli aumenti sono illogici e la tassa è iniqua; se ne chiede l'abolizione attraverso la petizione sul proprio sito, che ha già raggiunto i 20.000 sottoscrittori  e sulla piattaforma change.org, dove hanno aderito in 60.000.

via www.altroconsumo.it

Io credo nel futuro!

'Referendum' organisers to extend poll after cyberattacks on electronic voting system

Organisers of Occupy Central say they will extend voting on Friday’s “referendum” on electoral reform from three days to 10 days after its electronic system was targeted by hackers.

The system, set up to accept advance registrations, has been hit by more than 10 billion cyberattacks since it was launched last week.

The civil disobedience movement was not the only victim of the attacks. Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily  – known for its pro-democracy stance – was also brought down by hackers.

via www.scmp.com

a Hong Kong

T-Mobile Offers Music Streaming Free of Data Charges | Re/code

T-Mobile has decided to set music streaming services free.

The “Un-carrier” said it will offer subscribers unlimited access to the top six music streaming services including Pandora, Slacker, iHeart Radio and Spotify without incurring data charges on their 4G plans. Samsung’s Milk Music and the forthcoming Beatport music app from SFX – will also be offered to customers free of data charges.

via recode.net

Una mossa intelligente contro la neutralita' della rete da parte di T-Mobile. Dal punto di vista Antitrust e' meno facilmente attaccabioe, dato che ne offre 6 bisogna sperare nel 7mo escluso.

di certo una startup è discriminata...

British Spy Agencies Assert Power to Intercept Web Traffic - NYTimes.com

LONDON — In a broad legal rationale for collecting information from Internet use by its citizens, the British government has asserted the right to intercept communications that go through services like Facebook, Google and Twitter that are based in the United States or other foreign nations, even if they are between people in Britain.

The British position is described in a report released Tuesday by Privacy International and other advocacy groups. The report, confirming a summary seen Monday by The New York Times, says the findings are based on a government document that the groups obtained through a lawsuit.

The government document, released with the report, says contact between people in Britain through social networks based elsewhere, or use of search engines located outside Britain, constitutes “external communication,” and as such, is subject to interception, even when no wrongdoing is suspected.

By contrast, under British law, “internal communication” between people based in the country may be intercepted only when there is suspicion of illegal activity as specified in a government-issued warrant overseen by the courts.

via www.nytimes.com