Facoltà di Economia

Dear all,

if you haven't settled on a final project yet, consider doing something you could maybe expand and slightly modify for the Symposium. I would say the Truth topic would align well with any project on the ethics of information dissemination (mis/disinformation, favored by both human biases/limitations and algorithmic curation of online content, as well as modern technologies such as AI).

Best,

Prof. Brandimarte

Dear all,

a reminder that our last quiz will be tomorrow on the following readings: In bots we distrust, Blind spot in AI, Lambrecht & Tucker 2016, Social Media and Democracy.

Best,

Prof. Brandimarte

Dear all,

we will discuss the Coded Bias documentary on November 18. If you can, please also watch The Great Hack, but that's not mandatory.

Best,

Prof. Brandimarte

Dear all,

regarding the discussion we had in class today, you can find more details on the proposed European law to effectively ban end-to-end encryption here: https://nextcloud.com/blog/how-the-eu-chat-control-law-is-a-threat-to-democracy/ (nextcloud is the chosen EU provider for file storage). There was an important discussion last Friday but I could not find details of it anywhere - the most up-to-date information I have is here: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630597/Chat-Control-EU-to-decide-on-requirement-for-tech-firms-to-scan-encrypted-messages.

On Telegram not providing end-to-end encryption by default, see this: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram-is-not-really-an-encrypted-messaging-app/.

And on Pegasus and how it represented a major vulnerability for iPhone users, see this: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/18/what-is-pegasus-spyware-and-how-does-it-hack-phones and this: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/20/pegasus-infections-on-iphones-more-common-than-previously-believed. Apple has tried to quickly patch vulnerabilities as they are discovered, but it's a game of whack-a-mole.

See you tomorrow,

Prof. Brandimarte

Dear all,

I updated the file containing group assignments with the latest additions (students who did not attend the first class). Please check it out, as I added a whole new group and some of the students added to existing groups were moved to Group Grey.

Best,

Prof. Brandimarte

Dear all,

I've just posted the spreadsheet with group assignments on our website. In it, you will also find one email address per group (for each group, I simply added the first email address I could find on my DIDA records): please reach out to that group member to coordinate your activities.

As ever, do reach out to me if you have questions or concerns.

Best,

Prof. Brandimarte