Apple is suing Israeli company Nso to stop its spyware. But what happens when private companies decide the limits of national security instead of entrusting this power to parliaments and civil society? by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Wired.it
Fighting ransomware is still a matter for the law
International operations against groups accused of spreading ransomware for extortion purposes are multiplying. However, the way they are carried out resembles paramilitary actions more than police investigations. Is the law still the best tool to protect critical infrastructure? An analysis by Andrea Monti, professor of Digital Law in the Digital Marketing course at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italia by Formiche.net Continue reading “Fighting ransomware is still a matter for the law”
Privacy is not the issue with Facebook’s Rayban
Facebook’s “smart glasses” stir up the same controversy that hit Google’s “smart glasses”. But privacy is not the real problem of such objects by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by PC Professionale n. 368 Continue reading “Privacy is not the issue with Facebook’s Rayban”
Privacy for Sale. Just call it ‘Right to Personal Image’
On 16 June 2009, the Italian Supreme Court made public a ruling recognising the right of the well-known plaintiff Cgt to obtain compensation for damages to his privacy and his right to image caused by the publication of photographs that had portrayed him in August 2009, in an intimate relationship with his partner Ca.El. in the park of (omissis), in the Municipality of (omissis). The ruling does not say whom Cgt and (although not a party to the proceedings) Ca. El. are because the protagonists of the affair had asked that their respective personal details not be disclosed. However, with patience, the mystery will be revealed at the end of the text, the (understandable) curiosity satisfied and the paradox of privacy revealed by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog.
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Novi and Diem’s True Face
Facebook’s currency and the system for its peer-to-peer transfer once again confront States with their progressive loss of sovereignty and transfer individual wealth into the hands of a private entity in exchange for a ‘voucher’ by Andrea Monti initially published in Italian by Strategikon an Italian Tech Blog Continue reading “Novi and Diem’s True Face”