When the password is too complicated, even for an AI
State-sponsored offensive security is not yet operative, still it is already at stake?
The decree on the State-retaliation to cyber attacks is now a law, but its criticalities have not been resolved during the conversion phase. A ruling from the Supreme Court indirectly highlights them and makes it urgent that the government remedy this paradoxical situation. The analysis by Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of Digital Law in the Digital Marketing degree course at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially pubished in Italian by Formiche.net
The problem with the cookie wall is not the cookie wall
Some online newspapers recently chose to make previously free columns available in exchange for consent to processing (non-personal) data. This choice has raised protests among users, and the announcement of an in-depth analysis by the Italian Data Protection Authority (from which, but this is another story, an answer is still awaited on the question of the possibility for the American authorities to request data on European citizens located in the EU) by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Strategikon – an Italian Tech blog Continue reading “The problem with the cookie wall is not the cookie wall”
AI-generated Art is the end of creativity. But not in the sense that everyone is talking about
A few days ago, in Colorado (USA), a person would have won an art competition by participating with an image generated by – needless to say – an “artificial intelligence”. It is certainly not the first case of “works of art” created without human intervention – just think of the Next Rembrandt – and the many examples of text-to-image used to demonstrate the efficiency of algorithms and platforms. Again, the comments were inspired by the Frankenstein syndrome, the fear that the “creature” will turn against his “master”. In other words, there are fears for the “death of creativity” and, more prosaically, for the loss of jobs in the graphics, photography and art sectors di Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech Continue reading “AI-generated Art is the end of creativity. But not in the sense that everyone is talking about”
The Hypocrisy of Predictive Justice
Mountain View algorithms reported a father who sent photos of his son’s inflamed genitals to his doctor. The charge is of child pornography. And confirms the idiocy of algorithms and the legislator by Andrea Monti – Intially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog.