<p dir="ltr">A Geneva Digital Convention indeed is an idea whose time has come. The individual is now part of the virtual world and it is necessary to have rules/regulations at the international level binding states on the digital  rights of the individual in as much as the Geneva Convention does in the physical world. I cannot agree more with the conversation prompted by the Microsoft president.</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 Apr 2017 09:18, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div 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="" href="http://fortune.com/fortune500/alphabet-36/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);box-sizing:inherit;outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Google</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="http://fortune.com/company/goog" class="m_7575423781056251243_11XURygs m_7575423781056251243_1mXB4jjD" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);box-sizing:inherit;outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">(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="m_7575423781056251243_11XURygs m_7575423781056251243_1mXB4jjD" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);box-sizing:inherit;outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">(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" href="https://www.wired.com/2015/10/facebook-now-warns-users-of-state-sponsored-attacks/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);box-sizing:inherit;outline:none;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">http://fortune.com/2017/02/14/<wbr>microsoft-president-digital-<wbr>geneva-convention/</a></div><div><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><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">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><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.<wbr>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><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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