The videos stolen from the anchorman’s house are not just a news story: they expose the contradictions of a technological model based on surveillance and the illusion of control by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “The dangers of self-surveillance: the De Martino case and the vulnerability of the “digital home””
Japan: the line between defence and cyber warfare is blurring in the new cybersecurity law
The Cyber Counter-Capacity Enhancement Law (CCEL) strengthens Japanese cybersecurity. But the line between security and warfare is becoming increasingly blurred, and democracy is struggling to protect it by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Wired.it Continue reading “Japan: the line between defence and cyber warfare is blurring in the new cybersecurity law”
Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?
Disabling iPhone security features at the request of the UK weakens the reasonable privacy expectation in cloud services and exposes the hypocrisy of the digital ecosystem by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?”
Disabling iPhone security features at the request of the UK weakens the reasonable privacy expectation in cloud services and exposes the hypocrisy of the digital ecosystem by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Apple surrenders to the British government. Has the purpose of cloud services been called into question?”
Who will save us from technological profiling?
Equalize, the scandal that is filling the newsfeed of these hours re-proposes all the issues posed by similar events that have happened in Italy and abroad, and in particular, highlights three of them: the ‘loyalty’ of the civil servants entrusted with the power to enter the citizen’s lives, the involvement of private entities in the provision of technological services to critical apparatuses of the State, the need to ‘cut angles’ or to practice ‘plausible deniability’ on the part of institutions, companies and subjects in top positions even in private sectors – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Strategikon – Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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Why did Apple drop the lawsuit against the Israeli company behind the Pegasus spyware?
Cupertino’s reasons, experts‘ doubts and an issue that once again puts users’ rights at the centre in the confrontation between Big Tech and Sovereign States by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Strategikon – Italian Tech La Repubblica