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<p>Ali, as you noted, The Guardian decided to go with the
catchphrase. Asking the right questions would have been boring but
who has time for boring studies when you can attack
Facebook/WhatsApp and get the spotlight? :)<br>
<br>
Security is hard and no one person/organization can get it 100%.
It is more practical to live with systems that can fail well by
being transparent on vulnerabilities and being proactive with
patching them. <br>
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<p>M<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/01/2017 13:21, Ali Hussein wrote:<br>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>Meanwhile in all things tech and social the best defense
against snooping and hacking is simply this:-</div>
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<div>Exercise caution. Don't write or post anything that may
embarrass you if someone hacked into any of your devices. </div>
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<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>
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<div>You may just find it super fulfilling...in more ways than
one.. :-) <br>
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On 14 Jan 2017, at 8:24 AM, Moses Karanja via kictanet <<a
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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
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<p>Moses<br>
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