[kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms

[Martin Gicheru]

Find out here
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages

On 13 Jan 2017 18:35, "alex watila via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> WhatsApp has end to end encryption. how will they Access the communication?
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> On 13 Jan 2017 16:36, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> I have serialised the interesting developments on the matter here:
> https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344
> <https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344>
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> Interesting to note the amount of money invested in ‘online monitoring’
> systems.
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> PS: Even WhatsApp isn’t the safe haven we imagined it to be!
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> Regards,
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> Nanjira
> www.nanjira.com  <http://www.nanjira.com/>
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