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

[Mark Elkins]

OK - so I just installed "signal" on my Phone - and in my Chrome
Browser. Seems like a sensible thing to do?


On 13/01/2017 17:58, Keith Andere via kictanet wrote:
>
> Alex,
>
> Its actually possible to snoop past the encrypted whatsapp messages.
> Please read below.
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages
>
> Regards,
>
> Keith
> @AndereKE
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>    
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> On 13 Jan 2017 6:36 pm, "alex watila via kictanet"
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> wrote:
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>     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
>     <mailto: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>
>
>         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! 
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Nanjira 
>         www.nanjira.com  <http://www.nanjira.com/>
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