<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Moses</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing. I personally considered the Guardian story and then read the Open Whispers System blog and came to the conclusion that it just may be possible that the Guardian Newspaper in this case was really dabbling in sensationalism.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm keen to hear comments from listers who have a deeper understanding of <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">cryptography. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile in all things tech and social the best defense against snooping and hacking is simply this:-</div><div><br></div><div>Exercise caution. Don't write or post anything that may embarrass you if someone hacked into any of your devices. </div><div><br></div><div>This may be an opportunity for those who have gotten into the habit of engaging in an online relationship to actually go out and meet..You know...like we used to do in the 1980s and before..</div><div><br></div><div>You may just find it super fulfilling...in more ways than one.. :-) <br><br><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>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 </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="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></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><div><br>On 14 Jan 2017, at 8:24 AM, Moses Karanja via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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The only question it might be reasonable to ask is whether these
safety number change notifications should be "blocking"
or "non-blocking." In other words, when a contact's key changes,
should WhatsApp require the user to manually verify the
new key before continuing, or should WhatsApp display an
advisory notification and continue without blocking the user.</p>
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