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<div><div><div><div><div>My appreciation of the subject, and its sheer complexity (see links #1-4) has
evolved considerably over the last 3-6 months and I'd like to offer a
slightly deeper discussion for those who may be interested. <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Alice has presented the two phrases below for discussion:<span><span> <br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span></span><div><span>Ph1: “<i>Africans don’t care about privacy</i>”;</span></div><div><span></span><div><span><span><span>Ph2: “<i>Africans do not care about privacy in the same way Europeans [and/or] Americans do</i>"</span></span>;</span></div></div><div><span></span><div><span></span></div><br clear="none"></div><div><span>These phrases have gained notoriety in persuasive rhetoric, both within and beyond Africa <span><span>(see link #5)</span></span>, as "truths" advanced to justify policies or activities (whether manual or automated) that are
perceived <span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span>as unwarranted invasions of privacy, <span><span><span><span><span>by a varying number of people, <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>to varying extents</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span><span><span></span></span></span> </span></span>- depending on context, motivation and
timing<span>.<span><span></span></span></span></span><br clear="none"></div></div><div><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span>Both
phrases require us to accept a loaded presupposition that the
definition of "Privacy" is universal and
culture independent<span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span>. This is not true: For example, there are some indigenous cultures in Africa, where it is perfectly normal and acceptable for
women to be topless in public (and they even allow visitors/tourists to <span><span><span>take photographs</span></span></span>);
but in other cultures it would be
considered a gross violation of personal privacy if, say, an "X-ray"
device at an Airport/Mall, was tuned to see through a woman's blouse,
such
that the resulting image appears like a topless representation of her
body. So cultural considerations need to be
accounted for - if we are to establish a culture-neutral definition that
would
facilitate a reasonably objective cross-cultural comparison of public
attitudes towards Privacy. <br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span>When collecting data about this issue, care must be taken to ensure that <span><span><span>we are conducting the right study</span></span></span>.
For example, if using a survey, we have to be sure that we are really
testing for who cares more/less about invasion of privacy, and not
actually testing for which group is more informed (from the study's
perspective), or which group is more assertive, or more vocal about the
issue. Silence does not mean consent. People who live in societies that
have historically suppressed "free speech" for example, will likely
respond conservatively (or diplomatically) to certain surveys - compared
to people in cultures that consider freedom of speech an absolute and
guaranteed right <span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #6)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. How do you account for such (often invisible) nuances?<br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span>Given the above considerations it is clear that both Ph1 and Ph2 are incomplete
propositions and, thus, defective/manipulative when used for
persuasion. Either phrase would be more balanced if it articulated the
specific testable circumstances <span><span><span>and perspective</span></span></span>s <span><span><span><span><span><span>(e.g. cultural) </span></span></span></span></span></span>
where it can be reliably inferred that, within such a context, Africans
appear not to care about privacy or appear to care less about privacy
compared to Europeans and/or Americans. </span></span></span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div><span><span>Furthermore
we have to dispense with yet another presupposition in Ph2, that
Americans and/or Europeans "care about privacy". Granted that such a
statement is already too general to be meaningful (it's like declaring
that "all blue strings are long"), we can still challenge its veracity as an
absolute proposition by examining data/evidence that suggests the
contrary.</span></span></div><div><span><span></span></span><br clear="none"></div><div>Let's use Facebook as an example. In early 2004, <span>Facebook
founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly asked about how he
obtained the information for his newly launched social network, and his
alleged response was: <br clear="none"></span></div><div><i><span><br clear="none"></span></i></div><div><i><span>"People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me'. Dumb f*cks." </span></i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #7)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span><br></span></i></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Despite well publicized <span>scandals around </span>privacy,
fake news, radicalization and extremism involving the use of the
Facebook platform, some of which were apparently considered to be of
significant enough public interest as to trigger a US Congressional Inquiry
in 2018 <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #8a)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, approx. 69% of Americans (>200Million people - i.e.
slightly more than all of African Facebook users combined) still use
Facebook as at early 2019 (<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>see link #8b</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>). Why? Does it mean Americans don't care much
for privacy? Or to what extent do they care about privacy and under what
conditions do they agree to waive this right<span> (<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>see link #8c</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>)</span>?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span>This
raises another interesting question: At what point does societal
ignorance about privacy issues cross over to reckless negligence? What
are we expected to know about privacy, by default, how do we acquire
this knowledge and whose responsibility is it to ensure we have the
necessary competency to make intelligent decisions about online privacy<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> (see link #9)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>?
Was Mr. Zuckerberg alluding that Americans ought to have been aware,
and concerned, about online privacy but, for some reason, did not appear
to care? </span><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>What
about Europeans? Over 280 Million (western) Europeans use Facebook
daily <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #10a)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> - and this number is reportedly trending upwards. Does GDPR truly
guarantee privacy in an era of CCTV, GPS, Cell Tower Triangulation,
cloud-based digital personal assistants and IoT; or does it create a
convenient administrative illusion that does not reflect reality<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> (see link #10b-11)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>? <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>To
put it differently, why would so many Europeans use a privacy-scandal
ridden product like Facebook in the first place if indeed they had
privacy concerns <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #12)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>? Again it boils down to: at what point, and under what
conditions, does privacy become an actionable concern to an individual? <span></span>Does
worry/concern without action count? Consider the fact that the EU Parliament only
recently voted to create <span>the <span>Common Identity Repository (CIR),</span></span> a massive biometric database of all people within the EU <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #13)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, <span>which sounds <span>eerily similar to India's Aadhaar and Kenya's NIIMS</span>. </span><br clear="none"></div><div><span><span><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div>The
above analysis suggests that there is global ambiguity about the
precise public attitudes in different parts of the world around the issue of online privacy - and a
significant contributory factor could be mass-scale ignorance about the
emerging novel risks associated with vast quantities of pooled personal
data <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #14-15)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Would people be more concerned about privacy if they knew, for
example, that their social media data (photos, engagement) could be
used, without their knowledge or consent, to train Artificial
Intelligence algorithms <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #16-17)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> that could potentially be used, at some point in
future, to negatively profile certain groups in society, for targeted
persecution, based on, say, physiological features or cultural leanings? <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span><span> </span></span>Considering
the increasingly manipulative nature of "nudge" algorithms, will the
idea of cognitive sovereignty (free will) gain popular traction globally as
a 21st Century human right? Would the public care more about privacy if they
consider the possibility that their personal data is being used to
automate them, or turn them into human robots, for the benefit of third
parties<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> (see link #18-19)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Has the effectiveness of
securitization as a tool for achieving rapid mass-scale compliance
attracted motivated malevolence - thereby turning the masses into
fearful, mindless, obedient sheep, that will gladly give up their
fundamental rights in exchange for protection<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> (see link #20)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Studies
suggest that online crowds/mobs behave just like real mobs. Can/should
they be reasoned with? Is the psychology of mob behavior an impeding factor when
it comes to promoting human rights in the digital realm <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(see link #21)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>?</div><div><br clear="none"></div>Good day & brgds,<br clear="none">Patrick.<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Patrick A. M. Maina</div><div>[Cross-domain Innovator | Public Policy Analyst - Indigenous Innovations]</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><b>Links / References:</b></div></div><div><br>1.Dec 2016: Privacy is an essentially contested concept: a multi-dimensional analytic for mapping privacy<br><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124066/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124066/</a><br><br>2. May 2016: The Complexity Is in the Details: New EU Data Protection Law Promises User Control<br><a href="https://www.isaca.org/Journal/archives/2016/volume-3/Pages/the-complexity-is-in-the-details.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.isaca.org/Journal/archives/2016/volume-3/Pages/the-complexity-is-in-the-details.aspx</a><br><br>3. Aug 2011: The World Is More Complex than It Used to Be<br><div><a href="https://hbr.org/2011/08/the-world-really-is-more-compl.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://hbr.org/2011/08/the-world-really-is-more-compl.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>4. <span>Defining Privacy - Adam D. Moore (<span>Journal of Social Philosophy)</span></span><br><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228322653_Defining_Privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228322653_Defining_Privacy</a></div><div><br></div></div>5. <span>“A Person Is a Person through Other Persons”—A Critical Analysis of Privacy and Culture in Africa</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=69939" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=69939</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>6. <span>‘‘Fear-of-the-state bias’’ in survey data</span><br><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331502711_%27%27Fear-of-the-state_bias%27%27_in_survey_data" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331502711_%27%27Fear-of-the-state_bias%27%27_in_survey_data</a></div><div><br></div><div>7. May <span>2010: Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f*cks</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/</a></div><div><br></div></div>8a. April 2018: Zuckerberg faces skeptical Congress on Facebook privacy breaches, Russian meddling<br></div><div><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/09/facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-faces-skeptical-congress-hearings-privacy-and-russian-election-meddling/499387002/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/09/facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-faces-skeptical-congress-hearings-privacy-and-russian-election-meddling/499387002/</a></div><div><br></div><div>8b. 10 Facts about Americans and Facebook<br></div><div><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/16/facts-about-americans-and-facebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/16/facts-about-americans-and-facebook/</a></div><div><br></div><div>8c. <span>Americans’ complicated feelings about social media in an era of privacy concerns</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/27/americans-complicated-feelings-about-social-media-in-an-era-of-privacy-concerns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/27/americans-complicated-feelings-about-social-media-in-an-era-of-privacy-concerns/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>9. <span>Apathy about privacy is a myth: why users do care about data collection</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/myth-of-online-privacy-apathy-why-users-do-care-about-data-collection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/myth-of-online-privacy-apathy-why-users-do-care-about-data-collection/</a></div><div><br></div><div>10a. <span>Facebook’s user growth in Europe is bouncing back, defying stricter privacy laws</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/25/facebook-q1-2019-user-growth-in-europe-is-bouncing-back-despite-gdpr.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/25/facebook-q1-2019-user-growth-in-europe-is-bouncing-back-despite-gdpr.html</a></div><div><br></div></div></div><div>10b. <span>May 2018: GDPR is a start, but not enough to protect privacy on its own</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/624f813e-5f5e-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.ft.com/content/624f813e-5f5e-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04</a></div><div><br></div><div>11. <span>GDPR isn’t enough to protect us in an age of smart algorithms </span><br></div><div><a href="https://theconversation.com/gdpr-isnt-enough-to-protect-us-in-an-age-of-smart-algorithms-97389" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://theconversation.com/gdpr-isnt-enough-to-protect-us-in-an-age-of-smart-algorithms-97389</a></div><div><br></div>12. <span>The
privacy paradox – Investigating discrepancies between expressed privacy
concerns and actual online behavior – A systematic literature review</span><br><div><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585317302022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585317302022</a></div><div><br></div>13. <span>April 2019: EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database</span><br><div><div><div><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/eu-votes-to-create-gigantic-biometrics-database/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.zdnet.com/article/eu-votes-to-create-gigantic-biometrics-database/</a></div></div><br></div><div><div><div>14. <span>How you helped create the crisis in private data </span><br></div><div><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-you-helped-create-the-crisis-in-private-data-94633" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/how-you-helped-create-the-crisis-in-private-data-94633</a></div><div><br></div></div><div>15. <span>People's ignorance of online privacy puts employers at risk</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134174/people-s-ignorance-of-online-privacy-puts-employers-at-risk.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134174/people-s-ignorance-of-online-privacy-puts-employers-at-risk.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>16. <span>Your social media photos could be training facial recognition AI without your consent</span><br></div><div><a href="https://mashable.com/article/ibm-flickr-images-training-facial-recognition-system/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://mashable.com/article/ibm-flickr-images-training-facial-recognition-system/</a></div><div><br></div><div>17. <span>Facebook is using billions of Instagram images to train artificial intelligence algorithms</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17311808/facebook-instagram-ai-training-hashtag-images" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17311808/facebook-instagram-ai-training-hashtag-images</a></div><div><br></div><div>18. <span>The Real Privacy Problem</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/520426/the-real-privacy-problem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.technologyreview.com/s/520426/the-real-privacy-problem/</a></div><div><br></div><div>19. <span>'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism </span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook</a></div><div><br></div><div>20. <span>Surveillance, Privacy and Security: Citizens' Perspectives</span><br></div><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315669838_Surveillance_Privacy_and_Security_Citizens'_Perspectives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315669838_Surveillance_Privacy_and_Security_Citizens'_Perspectives</a></div><div><br></div><div>21. <span>How Social Media And Mob Mentality Are Killing Our Ability To Think Critically</span><br></div><div><a href="https://thoughtcatalog.com/a-y-greyson/2017/11/how-social-media-and-mob-mentality-are-killing-our-ability-to-think-critically/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://thoughtcatalog.com/a-y-greyson/2017/11/how-social-media-and-mob-mentality-are-killing-our-ability-to-think-critically/</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>--------------------------------------------------<br></div></div></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 12:25:31 PM GMT+3, Grace Bomu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">Interesting debate. Let me throw in this video by KICTANet associate Riva Jalipa that compiles interviews from policy activists, musicians and just ordinary phone users. I especially like the modern lady in 3:08 who explains issues that are private to her and the gentleman who translates the idea of the traditional "cube" ( mini house for older unmarried men) to privacy in the digital age. <br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">See whole video here: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GK47va5kLc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GK47va5kLc</a> <br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 05:05, Francis Monyango via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>Morning Listers, </div><div><br clear="none"></div>Alice, if you look carefully at the individuals who push the narrative "Africans don't care about privacy", you will notice they are from entities that benefit from the use of personal information. So to absolve themselves from any blame when caught with their hands in the cookie jar, they will jump on to the statement and use the registration of personal information at entrances of buildings as an example of how we don't care. <div><br clear="none"><div>Yet we all do that because the law requires us to do so. 10 years ago, we never had to write our details or leave our IDs at entrances of buildings. In any case, now that we are legislating on data protection laws, we should factor in such unique situations in our society and find ways to ensure that the data collected at the entrance of buildings is used for the purpose it is collected for and disposed adequately. </div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, 11 Jun 2019, 03:55 Poncelet Ileleji via kictanet, <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">Not the case at all Alice,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>The real issue we have yet to share our narrative and our stories how we are combating it at various levels. These stories are important and we do care and need to</div><div>address it at all levels. Yes we have issues like governmental confidential papers ending up on the hands of street vendors to wrap snacks etc as a case in point. However at various levels things are happening and we need collectively to share our stories and experiences.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>My 0.0001% contribution </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Poncelet <br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Tuesday, 11 June 2019, Alice Munyua via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Many thanks Patrick for your response and great insights.</div><div dir="ltr">I have heard this said in several spaces “Africans don’t care about privacy” “Africans do not care about privacy in the same way Europeans or both Americans do” </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">If this is the case/current reality? </div><div dir="ltr">Very best regards</div><div dir="ltr">Alice </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">On 7 Jun 2019, at 02:45, esther kamande via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Good insight Patrick,</div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);">I agree that "....the burden needs to shift from the consumers to the companies whereby the complexity of privacy settings shouldn’t be placed on users to figure out. The product defaults should simply align with consumer expectations." </div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Thanks for sharing Alice.</div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Regards,</div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Esther</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote"><div class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 6:48 AM Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydpebe436b3yiv9364840120gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">Good analysis Patrick,<br clear="none">
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Provides interesting perspectives.<br clear="none">
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Best Regards<br clear="none">
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On 6/5/19, Patrick A. M. Maina via kictanet<br clear="none">
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> I recently did a side-by-side comparison of several mainstream (and some<br clear="none">
> emerging browsers e.g. Brave) and found Firefox to be the least intrusive of<br clear="none">
> the better browsers.<br clear="none">
> Using a network traffic monitor, I peeked under the hood to see what the<br clear="none">
> browsers were secretly doing in the "background" and lo-and-behold, Chrome<br clear="none">
> was so aggressive that it looked like a data-harvesting malware, even with<br clear="none">
> add-ons and extensions disabled. I did some research on it and noted that<br clear="none">
> users who had raised similar issues (several years earlier) had apparently<br clear="none">
> been stonewalled for some reason. This led to a prompt and permanent<br clear="none">
> uninstall of Chrome on that device.<br clear="none">
> Surreptitious data harvesting is problematic because it enhances online<br clear="none">
> risks (e.g. risk of "spear phishing" attacks, as well as theft of business<br clear="none">
> trade secrets - including theft by inference). This should be of concern to<br clear="none">
> emloyees, enterpreneurs and government workers. So why aren't users<br clear="none">
> switching in droves to less intrusive browsers?<br clear="none">
> I have two hypotheses about this:<br clear="none">
> 1. Privacy awareness campaigns don't appear to be strategically<br clear="none">
> contextualized and/or targeted. For example, the word "privacy" has a<br clear="none">
> personal activity context connotation and may not trigger alarm bells in<br clear="none">
> official contexts. I think words like "spying" or "snooping" or "stealing"<br clear="none">
> need to be used a lot more as they convey, with far greater clarity, the<br clear="none">
> idea of surreptitious activity and/or motives, while instilling a sense of<br clear="none">
> urgent need for action.<br clear="none">
> 2. Alternative browsers have to overcome network effects (and build their<br clear="none">
> own). This requires long-game strategies that, on casual inspection, don't<br clear="none">
> appear connected to browser adoption / lock-in. The strategy has to align<br clear="none">
> with (and leverage) anthropological insights as well.<br clear="none">
> Let's use Chrome as an example:<br clear="none">
> Chrome users are locked-in to Google's strong network effects, which exist<br clear="none">
> at the Android ecosystem level (developers, tech support, advertisers and<br clear="none">
> end-users).<br clear="none">
> Google works hard to grow/maintain its dev community by offering a vast<br clear="none">
> array of tools as well as monetization opportunities. Google's secret value<br clear="none">
> proposition across all their products is... wait for it... "success".<br clear="none">
> Once onboarded, cool, proprietary (but apparently inconsequential) features<br clear="none">
> tempt devs to tailor their webapps towards Chrome as the "main" browser and,<br clear="none">
> slowly but surely, dev lock-in creeps in. The difference between Google and<br clear="none">
> Microsoft in terms of dev lock-in strategy is that Google's approach is more<br clear="none">
> subtle: it doesn't cause hard breaks in functionality on different browsers<br clear="none">
> (which would be a big no-no for devs - it only degrades it.. quietly passing<br clear="none">
> the UX pain to end users as "punishment" for using the "wrong" browser).<br clear="none">
> This leads to "works best on Chrome" advisories on millions of help pages /<br clear="none">
> documentation, which in turn *heavily* influences end-user (and tech<br clear="none">
> support's) preferences and more importantly, perceptions about quality and<br clear="none">
> performance advantage. It's like a massively viral reverse ad campaign where<br clear="none">
> the advertisers pay you to advertise *your* product.<br clear="none">
> Humans are creatures of habit and consistency. So the browser you use more<br clear="none">
> frequently (or at work) is likely the one you'll want to use on your<br clear="none">
> personal devices. Soon the user starts "advising" others on which browser is<br clear="none">
> "best" (more free marketing). This reinforces the user's own perception of<br clear="none">
> preferences, boosting perceived loyalty and making it even harder to switch<br clear="none">
> even when the browser has issues the user doesn't like (cognitive<br clear="none">
> dissonance).<br clear="none">
> I noticed this effect on myself when switching from IE (after almost two<br clear="none">
> decades) to Chrome, and a few years later, from Chrome to Firefox. Switching<br clear="none">
> is hard.<br clear="none">
> To get users to change their browser habits, it makes sense to target the<br clear="none">
> dev & support ecosystem agressively with a different value proposition (i.e.<br clear="none">
> "success"). This could mean being more flexible and pragmatic on certain<br clear="none">
> core philosophies like FOSS, which pushes poor/hungry/enterpreneurial<br clear="none">
> developers into the arms of monetized platforms. Food is no longer FOSS<br clear="none">
> (unfortunately)... people need money to eat, and bills have to be paid. FOSS<br clear="none">
> values are noble and important, but they become elitist when implemented as<br clear="none">
> universal dogma without regard to economic context (e.g. for devs in low<br clear="none">
> income countries).<br clear="none">
> Legal and policy tools have to be leveraged as well. Google rode on<br clear="none">
> antitrust regulations, for example, to penetrate Microsoft's IE moat and<br clear="none">
> give chrome a chance on the PC (they then cheekily went on to do what<br clear="none">
> Microsoft had been penalized for doing, with their inbuilt OS integrated<br clear="none">
> apps).<br clear="none">
> Slightly off-topic, but might be of interest to some.<br clear="none">
> Good day & brgds,<br clear="none">
> Patrick.<br clear="none">
> Patrick A. M. Maina[Cross-domain Innovator | Public Policy Analyst -<br clear="none">
> Indigenous Innovations]<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 5:40:42 AM GMT+3, Alice Munyua via kictanet<br clear="none">
> <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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> <a shape="rect" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/06/04/when-it-comes-to-privacy-default-settings-matter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/06/04/when-it-comes-to-privacy-default-settings-matter/</a><br clear="none">
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><br clear="none">
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> What if I told you that on nearly every single website you visit, data about<br clear="none">
> you was transmitted to dozens or even hundreds of companies, all so that the<br clear="none">
> website could earn an additional $0.00008 per ad! This is a key finding from<br clear="none">
> a new study on behaviorally targeted advertisements from Carnegie Mellon<br clear="none">
> University and it should be a wake-up call to all of us. The status quo of<br clear="none">
> pervasive data collection in service of ad targeting is untenable. That is<br clear="none">
> why we’re announcing some key changes to Firefox.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Today marks an important milestone in the history of Firefox and the web. As<br clear="none">
> of today, for new users who download and install Firefox for the first time,<br clear="none">
> Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be set on by default,<br clear="none">
> protecting our users from the pervasive tracking and collection of personal<br clear="none">
> data by ad networks and tech companies.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> It seems that each week a new tech company decides to decree that privacy is<br clear="none">
> a human right. They tout how their products provide people with “choices” to<br clear="none">
> change the settings if they wish to opt into a greater level of privacy<br clear="none">
> protection to exemplify how they are putting privacy first. That begs the<br clear="none">
> question — do people really want more complex settings to understand and<br clear="none">
> fiddle with or do they simply want products that respect their privacy and<br clear="none">
> align with their expectations to begin with?<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Privacy shouldn’t be relegated to optional settings<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> When thinking about consumer privacy online, I’m reminded of the behavioral<br clear="none">
> economics studies which led to 401K plans (US retirement savings plans)<br clear="none">
> moving from voluntary enrollment to auto-enrollment. Not too long ago most<br clear="none">
> defined contribution retirement savings plans in the US required employees<br clear="none">
> to sign-up and volunteer to start participating. Participation rates were<br clear="none">
> very low. Why was that? Was it because people didn’t care about saving for<br clear="none">
> retirement? Not at all! There were simply too many barriers to aligning with<br clear="none">
> people’s expectations and desires and the benefits of saving for retirement<br clear="none">
> aren’t felt immediately.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> We are in a similar position with respect to software privacy settings.<br clear="none">
> Pervasive tracking is too opaque and potential privacy harms are never felt<br clear="none">
> immediately. The general argument from tech companies is that consumers can<br clear="none">
> always decide to dive into their browser settings and modify the defaults.<br clear="none">
> The reality is that most people will never do that. Yet, we know that people<br clear="none">
> are broadly opposed to the status quo of pervasive cross-site tracking and<br clear="none">
> data collection, particularly when they learn the details on how tracking<br clear="none">
> actually works.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> We also know that traditional privacy features such as Chrome’s Incognito<br clear="none">
> mode are failing to live up to consumer expectations. The feature might keep<br clear="none">
> your spouse from knowing what you’re thinking about getting them for your<br clear="none">
> anniversary by erasing your history, but it does not prevent third-party<br clear="none">
> tracking. Our research shows that Firefox users are seeking out privacy<br clear="none">
> protection, particularly through the use of Firefox’s Private Browsing mode.<br clear="none">
> In fact, nearly 25% of web page loads in Firefox take place in a Private<br clear="none">
> Browsing window. The good news for these users is that Firefox’s Private<br clear="none">
> Browsing mode has long put users first by blocking tracking. The bad news is<br clear="none">
> that this generally isn’t true for many popular browsers, which allow<br clear="none">
> tracking even in private browsing/incognito mode. A recent study found that<br clear="none">
> users don’t understand this and think their data is being protected, when it<br clear="none">
> is actually not.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> As was the case with retirement savings plans, what this shows us is that<br clear="none">
> the burden needs to shift from the consumers to the companies whereby the<br clear="none">
> complexity of privacy settings shouldn’t be placed on users to figure out.<br clear="none">
> The product defaults should simply align with consumer expectations. That is<br clear="none">
> the approach we are taking in Firefox.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> As stated above, new Firefox users will have strong privacy protection from<br clear="none">
> the moment they install. We also expect to deliver the same functionality to<br clear="none">
> existing users over the coming months. Because we are modifying the<br clear="none">
> fundamental way in which cookies and browser storage operate, we’ve been<br clear="none">
> very rigorous in our testing and roll-out plans to ensure our users are not<br clear="none">
> experiencing unforeseen usability issues. If you’re already using Firefox<br clear="none">
> and can’t wait, you can turn this feature on by clicking on the menu icon<br clear="none">
> marked by three horizontal lines at the top right of your browser, then<br clear="none">
> Content Blocking. Go to your privacy preferences and click on the Custom<br clear="none">
> option on the right side. Mark the Cookies checkbox and make sure that<br clear="none">
> “Third-party trackers” is selected. To learn more about our privacy and<br clear="none">
> security settings and get more detail on what each section — Standard,<br clear="none">
> Strict, and Custom — includes, visit here.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> For existing users, go to your privacy preferences and click on the Custom<br clear="none">
> option, ark the Cookies checkbox<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> If you are new to Firefox, we’d love for you to give it a try. Download the<br clear="none">
> latest version here.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> When it comes to privacy, default settings matter! We hope that the actions<br clear="none">
> we are taking can ultimately compel change in the industry. Afterall,<br clear="none">
> consumers deserve better.<br clear="none">
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