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

[Ali Hussein]

Indeed. Good move by Google.

Sometime back we asked TESPOK to tell us/give us quarterly reports on what government asks them to do regarding this sort of thing. Global telco and Internet giants now make it a matter of course. 

When will the local telcos follow suit? 

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> On 31 Mar 2016, at 11:56 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> 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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