According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has removed or is about to remove a number of programmes from the Chinese version of its App Store, including Whatsapp, Threads, Telegram and Signal on the basis of national security concerns expressed by Beijing by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech – La Repubblica blog Continue reading “What the Chinese ban of Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal from Apple’s App Store means”
ChatGPT’s next personal data scandal confirms free internet is a delusion
The next OpenAI personal data ‘scandal’ (Google’s researchers ottenere risposte che rendono disponibili i dati “grezzi” usati per addestrare il modelli della serie GPT) invariably made headlines about ‘privacy’, copyright and so on. These issues are also invariably discussed without taking into account some clear facts that defuse the hype and once again expose the consequences of the ‘freebie’ economy, ‘loneliness capitalism‘ and the inertia of the supervisory authorities – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – a La Repubblica-Italian Tech blog. Continue reading “ChatGPT’s next personal data scandal confirms free internet is a delusion”
The EU/US new ‘Privacy Shield’. Why the cure is worse than the disease
On 10 July 2023, in a document of over 190 pages, the European Commission tries for the third time to solve an unsolvable problem: that of allowing the exchange of personal data with the USA, ‘accused’ of not offering adequate protection to the data of European citizens that are processed, in various ways, by North American companies by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “The EU/US new ‘Privacy Shield’. Why the cure is worse than the disease”
Meta and the rights’commodification problem
The Social Network giant, after dropping NFT, is facing judicial actions in the Netherlands and Italy regarding privacy issues. At stake are Big Tech industrial model and the idea that rights are good that can be traded by Andrea Monti – initially published in Italian by Wired.it Continue reading “Meta and the rights’commodification problem”
Are US Hunt Forward operations the Trojan horse for spying on EU networks?
On 15th January, the French newspaper Le Monde published an article highlighting the French confusion about the “Hunt Forward Operation” (HFO), i.e. the active search (and therefore “hunt”) for persons or software that have infiltrated a network to commit illegal actions or “cause damage”. Initially launched in Ukraine in early 2022 to counter hostile actions attributed to Russia, HFOs have also been carried out in EU countries such as Lithuania and Croatia by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon – an Italian Tech blog. Continue reading “Are US Hunt Forward operations the Trojan horse for spying on EU networks?”