<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Brazil got me by surprise. Of all governments, after the popular passing of the Internet 'Bill of Rights’ last year, NETmundial and this year’s IGF. They even offered to host Snowden. This got me! <div class=""><br class=""><div class="">As it relates to privacy, it is neat to know WhatsApp has been working with OpenWhispers on end2end encryption. As at September 2015, WhatsApp had 900M Monthly Users. By securing and encrypting this huge number of users globally, WhatsApp is changing the future of communication as we know it and they should be supported by all those who believe in privacy and human rights. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Moses. <br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 17, 2015, at 3:10 PM, <a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Send kictanet mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>kictanet-owner@lists.kictanet.or.ke<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..."<br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Re: Brazilians Locked out of WhatsApp (Ahmed Mohamed Maawy)<br class=""> 2. Re: Brazilians Locked out of WhatsApp (Ebele Okobi)<br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer@gmail.com><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: [kictanet] Brazilians Locked out of WhatsApp</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">December 17, 2015 at 3:00:05 PM EAT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Kictanet - Main <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke>, Mose Karanja <mosekaranja@gmail.com><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><br class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">There have also been questions raised about the uber model.. It may work in some scenarios. It may not work so well in others. For instance, there have been claims of exploitation of drivers by uber itself. It was in the news a while back. Which may also be related to the corporate culture we have been used to seeing in the private sector.</p><p dir="ltr" class="">I think the important question to also ask is.. does the disruption mean anything in the bigger picture of things? Does it also point to the fact that we can also drastically re-visit how we do simple things like taxi rides and make them more efficient? Are there elements we are not looking at?</p><p dir="ltr" class="">So pros and cons do exist and I think healthy debates can chart the best ways forward for such disruptive new models.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 17 Dec 2015 14:49, "Mose Karanja via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" class="">Uber disrupted the taxi ecosystem so immensely that some taxi unions started attacks on Uber the company and Uber the product arguing they are taxed and licensed yet their new competitors are not taxed. They hope(d) the regulators would side with their argument. Some did some didn't. </p><p dir="ltr" class="">The Uber-moment is thus (in my world) that point in the life of a disruptive product when the existing dominant player seeks favor from the regulators to block that which 'they can't understand'. </p><p dir="ltr" class="">Cue in Bob Dylan's Times are A Changing :) </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 17 Dec 2015 13:31, "Paul Roy" <<a href="mailto:roykoikai@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">roykoikai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Ebele,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is going to open a whole set of regulatory concerns around privacy vs. security. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Following this keenly!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Paul Roy.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="">A Brazilian judge has ordered a 48 hour WhatsApp lockdown. </div>
<div class="">The order claims WhatsApp refused to cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies on data handover. </div>
<div class="">The harshness of the verdict is thus seen as a retaliation to show whois boss. </div>
<div class="">However, there is the Telco Lobby pushing for regulation (that word again) of VOIP (WhatsApp calls) under the claim that Brazilians are no longer using voice calls and yet they are taxed for the spectrum which WhatsApp is not being taxed for since
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<a href="http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2015/12/1719934-justica-determina-bloqueio-do-whatsapp-em-todo-brasil-por-48-horas.shtml" target="_blank" class="">http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2015/12/1719934-justica-determina-bloqueio-do-whatsapp-em-todo-brasil-por-48-horas.shtml</a>
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<div class="">An Uber-moment for WhatsApp. <br class="">
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<div class="">Of course-got it!</div>
<div class="">I was focusing on the privacy issue, not the operator revenue issue. I do think it's interesting to think of the fact that operators themselves were disrupters. . .<br class="">
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their argument. Some did some didn't. </p><p dir="ltr" class="">The Uber-moment is thus (in my world) that point in the life of a disruptive product when the existing dominant player seeks favor from the regulators to block that which 'they can't understand'.
</p><p dir="ltr" class="">Cue in Bob Dylan's Times are A Changing :) </p>
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<div class="">Following this keenly!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet
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<div class="">Uber moment? Tell me more!</div>
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<div class="">WhatsApp is protecting the privacy rights of its users-here's a FB post from WhatsApp's founder, Jan Koum (btw, when you get a chance, look up his personal history. It gives a sense of why he is so passionate about the right to privacy.)</div>
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<div class="">"We are disappointed in the short-sighted decision to cut off access to WhatsApp, a communication tool that so many Brazilians have come to depend on, and sad to see Brazil isolate itself from the rest of the world."<br class="">
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On Dec 17, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Mose Karanja via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">A Brazilian judge has ordered a 48 hour WhatsApp lockdown. </div>
<div class="">The order claims WhatsApp refused to cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies on data handover. </div>
<div class="">The harshness of the verdict is thus seen as a retaliation to show whois boss. </div>
<div class="">However, there is the Telco Lobby pushing for regulation (that word again) of VOIP (WhatsApp calls) under the claim that Brazilians are no longer using voice calls and yet they are taxed for the spectrum which WhatsApp is not being taxed for since it is
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<div class="">You can read more here (in Portuguese):</div>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www1.folha.uol.com.br_mercado_2015_12_1719934-2Djustica-2Ddetermina-2Dbloqueio-2Ddo-2Dwhatsapp-2Dem-2Dtodo-2Dbrasil-2Dpor-2D48-2Dhoras.shtml&d=CwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=MvsuZVjTPjBi_OMkstBjZebmwW2P9xrTdd1VIdrRapo&s=OnNDfBrAmo3aYDs7JvN9XOyiRKbBtv7bCuSHwJOFACk&e=" target="_blank" class="">http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2015/12/1719934-justica-determina-bloqueio-do-whatsapp-em-todo-brasil-por-48-horas.shtml</a>
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<div class="">or here in English</div>
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<div class="">An Uber-moment for WhatsApp. <br class="">
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