[kictanet] Google To Begin Alerting Users if Gmail Account is Targeted by Government

[Barrack Otieno]

Interesting development,

My take is that this should be applied to premium clients. I still
find security to be a an item of global public interest. You never
value security until you are hit.

Best Regards

On 3/31/16, George Nyabuga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> This may be of interest, if you do not already know.
>
> As privacy advocates celebrate the FBI’s decision to stop harassing Apple
> over the San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone, other tech giants seem
> to have finally noticed that what consumers want is privacy. But for
> privacy to prevail, the government must stop snooping. With that idea in
> mind, Google decided to change how the game is played.
> In an official Google blog update detailing new security measures for
> Gmail, the tech giant announced it would begin alerting consumers whenever
> the firm detects an account is being targeted — or rather, hacked — by
> government agencies or their proxies. While the company believes less than
> 0.1 percent of Gmail users will receive this type of warning, the idea
> that a tech giant is going to these lengths to give users peace of mind
> and privacy should give advocacy groups across the country reason to
> continue celebrating.
>
> More at:
> http://theantimedia.org/google-to-begin-alerting-users-if-gmail-account-is-targeted-by-government/
>
> https://security.googleblog.com/2016/03/more-encryption-more-notifications-more.html
>
> Bes,
>
> George
>
>
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