<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Indeed. Good move by Google.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">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. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">When will the local telcos follow suit? <br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 31 Mar 2016, at 11:56 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Interesting development,</span><br><span></span><br><span>My take is that this should be applied to premium clients. I still</span><br><span>find security to be a an item of global public interest. You never</span><br><span>value security until you are hit.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 3/31/16, George Nyabuga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Listers,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This may be of interest, if you do not already know.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As privacy advocates celebrate the FBI’s decision to stop harassing Apple</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>over the San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone, other tech giants seem</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to have finally noticed that what consumers want is privacy. But for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>privacy to prevail, the government must stop snooping. With that idea in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>mind, Google decided to change how the game is played.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In an official Google blog update detailing new security measures for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Gmail, the tech giant announced it would begin alerting consumers whenever</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the firm detects an account is being targeted — or rather, hacked — by</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>government agencies or their proxies. While the company believes less than</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>0.1 percent of Gmail users will receive this type of warning, the idea</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that a tech giant is going to these lengths to give users peace of mind</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and privacy should give advocacy groups across the country reason to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>continue celebrating.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>More at:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://theantimedia.org/google-to-begin-alerting-users-if-gmail-account-is-targeted-by-government/">http://theantimedia.org/google-to-begin-alerting-users-if-gmail-account-is-targeted-by-government/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/03/more-encryption-more-notifications-more.html">https://security.googleblog.com/2016/03/more-encryption-more-notifications-more.html</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Bes,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>George</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dr George Nyabuga</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Senior Lecturer</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>School of Journalism & Mass Communication</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>University of Nairobi</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Education Building</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Harry Thuku Road</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>PO Box 30197 - 00100</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tel: +254(0)20 318262 Fax: +254(0)20 2229168</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mobile: +254 (0)72151 6573</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Email: <a href="mailto:gnyabuga@uonbi.ac.ke">gnyabuga@uonbi.ac.ke</a>, <a href="mailto:george.nyabuga@gmail.com">george.nyabuga@gmail.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.uonbi.ac.ke">www.uonbi.ac.ke</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----------------------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The University of Nairobi is ISO 9001:2008 certified.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Website: <a href="http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/">http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uonbi.ac.ke">https://www.facebook.com/uonbi.ac.ke</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: @uonbi <a href="https://twitter.com/uonbi">https://twitter.com/uonbi</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>regulation. 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