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WhatsApp to Move Ahead with its Privacy Updates
by Mwara Gichanga 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Dear listers, Thanks to those who managed to contribute to the discussions yesterday. We are still collating our questions to Facebook regarding this subject. Today let's talk about what's at stake with the new terms. To guide our discussions, let's ponder over these questions: 1. We already have applications that mine our instant generated data from our mobile phones(eg bible apps, mobile lending apps, games etc). What's different with Whatsapp getting this data? 2. Is there anyone who has accepted these terms already? What's your experience so far? Lets continue the conversation! Warmly Mwara

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Questions to FB on WhatsApp Privacy
by Liz Orembo 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Thank you listers for the discussions so far. The discussion threads for Tuesday and Wednesday are still open. You can also send your questions by email to mwaragichanga(a)gmail.come and we will compile with those one the list. So far some of the questions we've had were about: 1. Why FB is applying is privacy policies differently across regions while they have similar data protection laws. 2. How Facebook is applying the general principles of data protection. 3. Concerns by people who have started seeing changes in the FB timelines and whatsapp. Has facebook started effecting these changes for those who accepted? (Question by Wangu and Barrack) 4. What do the new updates really entail? A lot has been said about the updates such that it is difficult to pinpoint the truth. FB can also break this down during the webinar. 5. How do these changes impact on digital rights? We are also compiling those that came out as opinions so that FB can clarify during the webinar. -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Kenya Data Protection Office website
by tevin mwenda 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Dear Listers, This may be of interest to you especially in light of the upcoming talk with FaceBook. The Kenya Data Protection Office website is finally up and running and it allows you to Report a Data Breach, File a Complaint and Report a concern. They have also highlighted what they are currently doing. Looking forward to seeing how Kenyans utilize this portal. https://www.odpc.go.ke/ Thank you Kind Regards Tevin Mwenda Gitonga

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WHATSAPP PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES (TalktoFacebook Webinar)
by Mwara Gichanga 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Greetings listers! As promised KICTANet in partnership with FB will hold a webinar *Tuesday on March 2nd, from 11am to 12.30* noon. The FB team will respond to questions that were raised earlier on this list, and new ones that may arise as a result of these new updates. Please find link below to register for the webinar Talk2Facebook <https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsd-2gqzsrE9L3PThhJjvcVlslSX5DKLsP> Warmly Mwara

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Re: [kictanet] WhatsApp to Move Ahead with its Privacy Updates
by Jimmy Gitonga 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

Liz, Ali and Barrack, I would add that what I have seen from Facebook is that they "smelt blood in the water" during the pandemic. There is a bigger picture here. 1. Those of us who are “BBC" (Born Before Computers) can talk of walking away and life continues. But any urbanite born after Windows 95 does not have the “luxury”. The pandemic simply made digital interaction “essential" 2. Facebook has a collective “population” across their platforms of almost 3 billion. Let’s take 10% and assume these will do commerce on their platforms. That is a market the size of the USA or Europe north of the Alps or Nigeria combined with South Africa. 3. For developers, Facebook has introduced things like the Instagram Content Publishing API, which means "Instagram Business accounts can schedule and publish posts to their Instagram Feeds from third-party platforms.” Think integration with ERPs and CRMs. 4. And just like Microsoft and lately AWS, Facebook has created Facebook Developer certification so that one can be a technical expert in Facebook marketing products. <- A job right there that did not exist six months ago. Just keep in mind the market being addressed here. The train left the station, as Barrack said. The potential money the "post BBC” generation on FB and other platforms are likely to make, considering people like Elsa Majimbo, are too tantalising to turn away from. These are the choices this generation has. Either one starves in a country run by thieves or jumps onto the digital platforms and make a life for oneself. Elsa’s dad told her that this “Internet” thing is getting in the way of her studies, considering that she is quite smart. Guess how that conversation went ... Privacy, what privacy? Even if I say I want the contents of my emails to be “private” on Gmail, what I are really concerned about is how Google uses the access to my information in my InBox and how it “secures" it against leakage from "unauthorised” parties. Data “privacy” is concerned with "how data is shared with third parties.” What people are interested in is the security or protection of data, not privacy in the “private” sense. A vast majority on Facebook platforms are going nowhere. Apple is playing the same game here with their “hardware” platforms, just more subtle. Jimmy Gitonga @Afrowave Web : Motion On 23 Feb 2021, 09:31 +0300, kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke, wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:29:52 +0300 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: Liz Orembo <lizorembo(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] WhatsApp to Move Ahead with its Privacy > Updates > Message-ID: > <CAPjmBy0ht03f=Q=hCPq-DH_nM7y3OYt4nj4sf+QhxX0XGAr0aQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Liz > > We have none. We gave away our rights. The only remedy is to walk away... > > Regards > > *Ali Hussein* > > Digital Transformation > > Tel: +254 713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely > mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the > organizations that I work with. > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 9:12 AM Liz Orembo <lizorembo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ali and Barrack, I totally agree with you. > > > > Lakini why are we only treating it as a matter of individual consent? > > > > Will this become a new trend where tech monopolies will be baiting people > > with free products to a point their platforms become essential services, > > then boom! New strange updates. > > > > Where does consumer protection come in. > > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 08:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet < > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > >> @Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> kabisa kaka. > >> > >> So here's the thing. Wacha nifungue roho as GG keeps on saying. > >> > >> I have been warning people for years that there's nothing for free. > >> Facebook is a marketplace. And if you are not selling or buying you are the > >> product. Plain and simple. Kwani hio platform ilijengwe na nini (how do you > >> think the platform was built?) We have a saying in Kiswahili - > >> > >> Ukiona vyaelea jua vimeundwa. > >> > >> The choice is simple. Put up or ship out. If the Australian government > >> has buckled to the muscle of Facebook who are we? > >> > >> :-) > >> > >> *Ali Hussein* > >> > >> Digital Transformation > > > >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 8:51 AM Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Morning Listers, > >>> > >>> Looks like the train already left the station. I have noticed lately > >>> that when i discuss a product on Whatsapp, i see it on my Facebook > >>> timeline. On the flip side i don't mind the new development since it makes > >>> my decision making easier. Siri haiwekwi kwa simu ama namna gani @Ali > >>> Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > >>> > >>> Regards

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WhatsApp to Move Ahead with its Privacy Updates
by Liz Orembo 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

Greetings listers, It looks like WhatsApp privacy updates are still with us, just postponed till 15th May. Check these links out: - WhatsApp to switch off messages for all who reject new terms : https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56154543 - WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash: //www.reuters.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-privacy-idUSKBN2AJ0BC <https://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-privacy-idUSKBN2AJ0BC> KICTANet in partnership with FB will hold a webinar *Tuesday on March 2nd, from 11am to 12.30* noon. The FB team will respond to questions that were raised earlier on this list, and new ones that may arise as a result of these new updates. We therefore invite you to ask your questions here starting tomorrow Tuesday February 23, 2020 to Thursday February 25, 2020. The questions will be curated and the FB team will respond to them during the webinar on Tuesday. Here are a few questions to guide our discussions: 1. 1. What trends are these updates going to set? 2. These updates only apply in Europe because of the GDPR, yet our own data protection Act mirrors these regulations. What can we make of this? 3. What are the implications of the privacy updates on harvesting the data and metadata for advertisement? The floor is open! -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Avoiding the Data Colonialism Trap
by Christine Mwangi 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

This may be an interesting read for some of us... The “data revolution” will only be revolutionary if it genuinely empowers those who currently lack power. A new SDSN TReNDS' blog explores the growing trend of data colonialism and the steps needed to combat it. Read more *here <https://sdsn.mobilize.io/links?lid=PVnlViQtckf771gHMug1UQ&token=iqZ9l5kWPAx…>* . https://mega.nz/folder/LixwWTTL#Rug8AFpmLbnD-7vIAiW1fw Enjoy!

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ICT Practitioners Bill, call for comments/submissions to the National Assembly
by David Indeje 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

[image: image.png] *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje * +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856

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Wambui Kinya: Why I'm joining Mozilla's Board of Directors
by Josiah Mugambi 20 Feb '21

20 Feb '21

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/02/18/why-im-joining-mozillas-board-of-d… -- Josiah Mugambi

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Safaricom changes to home fibre ToS
by Sidney Ochieng 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Listers, Not sure if you've seen the stir online of changes to the ToS with Safaricom's home offering. Safaricom is destroying Home Fibre with new ‘Fair Usage’ Limits: https://tech-ish.com/2021/02/14/safaricom-is-destroying-home-fibre-with-new… The response from the company has been disappointing in the extreme, misleading with statistics and suggesting that it's best customers are thieves <https://twitter.com/Safaricom_Care/status/1360876964651929600>, never mind that working for home has lead to increased demand and use of their services. All this is beside the point, at least for this forum, what I'm concerned about this that if we didn't have an eagle-eyed blogger looking out for this, it would have been completely missed until it was already in place. So I have a few of questions: 1. Does the CA have any policies around ToS changes around services under their purview and how they are communicated to users? 2. Should companies that run what could be considered critical infrastructure be allowed to arbitrarily change their ToS to apply retroactively especially if it's to the detriment of their customers? 3. If customers choose not to accept a change in ToS what redress do they have given that perhaps the provider is the only one available in their area. 4. Finally, given that we know this could all be avoided if there was more competition in the fibre market, what is the CA doing to make it so that we have more competition in that area? It's concerning that Safaricom seems to only option for home connections in several places -- Regards, Sidney *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: * sidneyochieng.co.ke *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid <https://github.com/princelySid>

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