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Roma, 1 marzo 2023 – Si è tenuto questa mattina, presso gli uffici del Dipartimento per la trasformazione digitale della Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, l’incontro tra il Sottosegretario con delega all’Innovazione tecnologica, Alessio Butti, i rappresentanti dei gestori di identità digitale e Assocertificatori, l’associazione dei principali certificatori accreditati. Nel corso dell’incontro il Sottosegretario Butti ha sottolineato la necessità di razionalizzare il sistema di identità digitale in Italia per assicurare una progressiva evoluzione in linea con il quadro europeo di riferimento. È stata inoltre ribadita la piena disponibilità del governo ad avviare un confronto sulle strategie evolutive dell’identità digitale in…

Documenti depositati ieri nella causa per diffamazione intentata da Dominion Voting Systems contro Fox News Network hanno rivelato ulteriori macchinazioni dietro la costruzione della “Big Lie” secondo cui l’ex presidente Trump avrebbe vinto le elezioni presidenziali del 2020. In precedenza, i documenti presentati hanno mostrato che i conduttori di Fox News Channel sapevano benissimo che Biden aveva vinto e che i fedelissimi di Trump che sostenevano che l’elezione era stata fraudolenta non avevano prove. Tuttavia, personaggi come Tucker Carlson hanno continuato a sostenere la Grande Bugia, apparentemente per paura di perdere il loro pubblico a favore di Newsmax e di…

wallets with “high” level of assurance are based on very sophisticated hardware and software…. but credentials are issued with an (effectively) unauditable process, involving o(100k) clerks, without logging of the issuance act, without realtime background checks, with a non verifiable process, etc. credentials of level of assurance “substantial” are based on less sophisticated hardware, by o(100) entities, with all of the above. But they are not going to be allowed in the upcoming eIDAS regulation revision (unless a miracle happens in the Trilogue) the problem is that eidas2 is not designed with a risk based approach, evaluating the risk of…

Mi occupai di questo nel 2017 con la mozione sotto. Bocciata. Relatore  per il Governo era l’On. Mario Giro (mozione ed esiti in basso) Source: Vatican news La Santa Sede: mai lasciare l’uso delle armi all’intelligenza artificialeIn corso all’Aja un summit sul tema “Intelligenza artificiale responsabile in ambito militare”.Francesca Di Giovanni: i sistemi basati sull’AI non possono prendere decisioni in quanto privi di impulso morale.Ogni attacco armato va soppesato e deve essere legittimo. La proposta dell’istituzione di un’Agenzia internazionale Continua qui: La Santa Sede: mai lasciare l’uso delle armi all’intelligenza artificiale – Vatican News Mozione 1-01620 presentata da QUINTARELLI Giuseppe…

Update: I changed the title of this post from “major blow” to “existential threat” because a 2 orders of magnitude impact is more an existential threat than a blow. Have you ever shared your medical records via Whatsapp ? Have you ever sent your documents to a counterparty via email ? Don’t cheat! of course you did! Yet we know whatsapp is under scrutiny for privacy related issues. Yet we know that email is stored in plain text and flows thorugh various private parties. Fact is that usability prevails in people’s habits. In the EU there are now three levels…

Happy 🙂 +36% administrations’ increase in SPID use, YoY. (now 12500) 29% of people between 18-34y considers working in public admin a valid and professionally qualifying working opportunity (positive correlations..)

SWG is on of the most important Italian polling companies. They run a survey asking questions about our digital identity system, which includes various authentication systems. Results confirm that SPID rocks. This data tells a lot. Not only we know that SPID is used 100x more than CIE, the closest alternative Now we learn that people with CIE uses it 60% less frequently than people using SPID. That is, using smartphone-based SPID is correlated to usage of public administration’s digital services 2,5x as much as smartcard-based CIE.

I (used) to have an account at gemini.com I use different email addressess, each one specific for every service I register to. News is that today I received mail from a spammer to the email address I only used for gemini. So apparently, bad news don’t stop with their crash. Apparently either the users databases have been sold, or they have leaked, or else ?

Enter your text: who is stefano quintarelli ? Stefano Quintarelli is an Italian professional cyclist. He has competed in numerous races and is a former Italian National Road Race Champion. He has also competed in the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana. Enter your text: is stefano quintarelli a cyclist ? No, Stefano Quintarelli is not a cyclist. He is a professional Italian racing driver who has competed in the Superstars Series, the International GT Open and the FIA GT Championship. Enter your text: is stefano quintarelli a racing driver ? No, Stefano Quintarelli is a professional…

Thanks to Spacekaren for explicitly confirming what I wrote (in Italian) The objective function of Twitter (as of any social) is to maximize user retention so as to create opportunities to show them advertisements. (Twitter [was] a little less than others, to be honest). This is achieved by fostering and stimulating emotions to increase virality and engagement. Emotions that often end up being exacerbated tensions, increasing the polarization of people (and with them, societies). Mastodon is designed to achieve the opposite effect. This is why Mastodon’s creators have included or excluded certain features, with the purpose of creating friction, of…