<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>A worthy conversation to have.</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Technology companies must retain the trust of their customers and must not assist governments with their hacking schemes even though world leaders may request them to do so.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As an example of how technology companies can work together, he cited how Microsoft was impressed with other big tech companies like</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a rel="" target="_blank" href="http://fortune.com/fortune500/alphabet-36/" data-reactid="271" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Google</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a href="http://fortune.com/company/goog" class="_11XURygs _1mXB4jjD" data-reactid="274" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">(GOOG, -0.39%)</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">and Facebook</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a href="http://fortune.com/company/fb" class="_11XURygs _1mXB4jjD" data-reactid="279" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">(FB, -0.28%)</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">in how they notified their users when their accounts may have been</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><a rel=" noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.wired.com/2015/10/facebook-now-warns-users-of-state-sponsored-attacks/" data-reactid="284" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">compromised</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> in state-sponsored attacks.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read on:-</span></div><div><br><a href="http://fortune.com/2017/02/14/microsoft-president-digital-geneva-convention/">http://fortune.com/2017/02/14/microsoft-president-digital-geneva-convention/</a></div><div><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 </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></body></html>