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Resistance, Liberation Technology and Human Rights in the Digital Age Law, Governance and Technology Series Resistance, Liberation Technology and Human Rights in the Digital Age Law, Governance and Technology Series VOLUME 7 Series Editors: POMPEU CASANOVAS, UAB Institute of Law and Technology, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain GIOVANNI SARTOR, University of Bologna (Faculty of Law-CIRSFID) and European University Institute, Florence, Italy Scienti fi c Advisory Board: GIANMARIA AJANI, University of Turin, Italy; KEVIN ASHLEY, University of Pittsburgh, USA; KATIE ATKINSON, University of Liverpool, UK; TREVOR J.M. BENCH-CAPON, University of Liverpool, UK; V. RICHARDS BENJAMINS, Telefonica, Spain; GUIDO BOELLA, Universita’ degli Studi di Torino, Italy; JOOST BREUKER, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; DANIÈLE BOURCIER, CERSA, France; TOM BRUCE, University of Cornell, USA; NURIA CASELLAS, Institute of Law and Technology, UAB, Spain; CRISTIANO CASTELFRANCHI, ISTC-CNR, Italy; G. CONRAD JACK, Thomson Reuters, USA; ROSARIA CONTE, ISTC-CNR, Italy; FRANCESCO CONTINI, IRSIG-CNR, Italy; JESÚS CONTRERAS, iSOCO, Spain; JOHN DAVIES, British Telecommunications plc, UK; JOHN DOMINGUE, The Open University, UK; JAIME DELGADO, Arquitectura de Computadors, Spain; MARCO FABRI, IRSIG-CNR, Italy; DIETER FENSEL, University of Innsbruck, Austria; ENRICO FRANCESCONI, ITTIG, Italy; FERNANDO GALINDO, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; ALDO GANGEMI, ISTC-CNR, Italy; MICHAEL GENESERETH, Stanford University, USA; ASUNCIÓN GÓMEZ-PÉREZ, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; THOMAS F. GORDON, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany; GUIDO GOVERNATORI, NICTA, Australia; GRAHAM GREENLEAF, The University of New South Wales, Australia; MARKO GROBELNIK, Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; JAMES HENDLER, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA; RINKE HOEKSTRA, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ETHAN KATSH, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA; MARC LAURITSEN, Capstone Practice Systems, Inc., USA; RONALD LEENES, TILT Institute, The Netherlands; ARNO LODDER, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; JOSÉ MANUEL LÓPEZ COBO, Playence, Austria; PIERRE MAZZEGA, LMTG - UMR5563 CNRS/IRD/UPS, France; MARIE-FRANCINEMOENS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; PABLO NORIEGA, Edi fi ci IIIA-CSIC, Spain; ANJA OSKAMP, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; SASCHA OSSOWSKI, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain; UGO PAGALLO, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy; MONICA PALMIRANI, Università di Bologna, Italy; ABDUL PALIWALA, University of Warwick, UK; ENRIC PLAZA, Edi fi ci IIIA-CSIC, Spain; MARTA POBLET, Institute of Law and Technology, UAB, Spain; DANIEL POULIN, University of Montreal, Canada; HENRY PRAKKEN, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands; HAI-BIN QI, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China; DORY REILING, Amsterdam District Court, The Netherlands; PIER CARLO ROSSI, Italy; EDWINA L. RISSLAND, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA; COLIN RULE, University of Massachusetts, USA; MARCO SCHORLEMMER, IIIA-CSIC, Spain; CARLES SIERRA, IIIA-CSIC, Spain; MIGEL ANGEL SICILIA, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain; RUDI STUDER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; DANIELA TISCORNIA, ITTIG, Italy; JOAN-JOSEP VALLBÉ, Institute of Law and Technology, UAB, Spain; TOM VAN ENGERS, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; FABIO VITALI, Università di Bologna, Italy; MARY-ANN WILLIAMS, The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; RADBOUD WINKELS, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ADAMWYNER, University of Liverpool, UK; HAJIME YOSHINO, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan; JOHN ZELEZNIKOW, University of Victoria, Australia For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8808 Giovanni Ziccardi Resistance, Liberation Technology and Human Rights in the Digital Age Giovanni Ziccardi Department “Cesare Beccaria” Faculty of Law University of Milan Milano , Italy ISBN 978-94-007-5275-7 ISBN 978-94-007-5276-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5276-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012949676 © Springer Netherlands 2013 This work is subject to copyright. 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Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Contents 1 Opening Remarks: Hacking and Digital Dissidence.............................. 1 1.1 Using Computers for the Pursuit of Political and Social Changes and for the Bene fi t of All Mankind ..................................... 1 1.2 From Early Hackers to Digital Resistance Activities ........................ 5 1.3 The So-Called Twitter Revolutions .................................................... 7 1.4 The Worldwide Scenario, and Some Preliminary Interpretative Questions ..................................................................... 9 References ................................................................................................... 22 2 Digital Resistance, Digital Liberties and Digital Transparency ........... 27 2.1 A Preliminary De fi nition of Digital Resistance and Digital Liberties .......................................................................... 27 2.1.1 Some Focal Aspects of Digital Dissidence ............................ 27 2.1.2 Preliminary Legal and Political Remarks .............................. 28 2.1.3 The Power of Technology in Critical Contexts and the New Public Sphere .................................................... 30 2.2 The Fundamental Role of a Secure (and Peer-Reviewed) Liberation Technology: The Haystack Case-History ......................... 32 2.3 Two Key Aspects of Digital Resistance Activities, and Several Case Studies ................................................................... 36 2.3.1 The Key Aspects of Dissident Activities ............................... 36 2.3.2 Digital Resistance Case-Studies ............................................. 41 2.4 Open Government, Collaborative Transparency and Civic Hacking as a Form of Digital Resistance .......................... 47 2.4.1 The Idea of Government as a Platform for Transparency..................................................................... 47 2.4.2 The Metaphor of Government 2.0 and the Idea of Collaborative Transparency ............................................... 49 v vi Contents 2.4.3 Citizen Engagement for the Oversight of Political Activity ................................................................ 51 2.4.4 Collaborative Mapping and Digital Resistance ...................... 59 References ................................................................................................... 68 3 Hacking and Digital Dissidence Activities .............................................. 73 3.1 The Role of Hackers in the Landscape of Digital Resistance .......... 73 3.2 A First Analysis of Common Threats to Digital Freedom and to Hacker Activities ................................................... 74 3.3 Being a Hacker in This Framework ................................................. 76 3.3.1 Thinking Like a Hacker ....................................................... 76 3.3.2 State Antagonism, Fear and Violence .................................. 79 3.4 A Brand New Playground ................................................................ 81 3.4.1 Liberation Technologies ....................................................... 81 3.4.2 Anonymity and Bloggers’ Rights ........................................ 84 3.4.3 Innovation ............................................................................ 86 3.4.4 Intellectual Property and Privacy ......................................... 86 3.4.5 EPIC Activities in the Field of Privacy ................................ 88 3.4.6 Transparency ........................................................................ 89 3.5 A New Perspective on Hacking ....................................................... 90 3.5.1 The Essence of hacking ....................................................... 90 3.5.2 The Hacker Spirit
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