An article published on Yahoo! News reports that the CIA – it is not clear whether officially or as a personal initiative of some officials – has considered the hypothesis of kidnapping and even killing Julian Assange by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Strategikon – an Italian Tech blog. Continue reading “Assange, rights and power”
National Security in the New World Order
The new book on National Security, Technology of Information and Law is out!
Cyberwarfare: the border between games and reality is thinner and thinner
ARCAS (the acronym stands for AI-Powered, Computerized Solution for Assault Rifles) reduces the difficulty of a soldier involved in combat in analysing the scenario and making decisions on engaging opponents. It is a system built around the concept of an assault rifle that allows soldiers to identify threats in advance, optimise firing trajectories, lock onto targets and have visual information on the weapon’s operation and interaction with the environment. In addition, the system allows the operator to receive information from the control room and other team members equipped with the same instrument by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog
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China. Why Lie-Flatters will end up crushed
Opening up to the West and spreading profoundly different social models has been a side effect of China’s industrial strategy. The challenge for Xi Jinping is to resist dissent caused by unorthodox ideas and their circulation online. The analysis of Andrea Monti – Adjunct Professor of Digital Law, University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net
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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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