Covert Operations and Clandestine Actions are the knots to untie to reform the Italian Intelligence regulations

Reforming intelligence means establishing precise political objectives to be entrusted to the structures that protect state security and defining coherent legal categories. Not doing so risks allowing the perpetuation of abuses and exploitation that are dangerous for democracy by Andrea Monti – Professor of Digital Law, University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “Covert Operations and Clandestine Actions are the knots to untie to reform the Italian Intelligence regulations”

The VPN wars and the Powerless State

Google offers its VPN also to Italian users, and Apple is preparing to do the same with a similar service, as is – on the activist side – Mozilla. The security of individuals increases (perhaps), the sovereignty of the State decreases (indeed). Moreover, the cybersecurity agency can do nothing about it. The analysis of Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of Digital Law at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net

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In the connected World the Law does not work anymore. Citizen have no rights and Politics remains silent

Teleperformance, one of the world’s largest companies offering call-centre services to Big Tech companies such as Amazon and Apple, has asked some employees working from Colombia to accept a change to their contract to allow cameras operated by artificial intelligence in their homes by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Strategikon, an Italian Tech Blog. Continue reading “In the connected World the Law does not work anymore. Citizen have no rights and Politics remains silent”

Apple and Child Pornography. The Nobility of the Goal does not justify the means

This article has been written together with Guido Scorza and initially published in Italian by Huffingtonpost.it

Apple recently announced its intention to scan the content of the devices of its millions of users for child pornography images, for now only in the United States of America. It has triggered a global debate of enormous magnitude. It is understandable but hardly acceptable. Continue reading “Apple and Child Pornography. The Nobility of the Goal does not justify the means”