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The governance farce that is AFRINIC
by Andrew Alston 07 May '18

07 May '18

Hi All, I've avoided up till now bringing this issue to KICTANET - but I think that now that the board of AFRINIC has proven just how far they are willing to stray from corporate governance - and considering the impact that AFRINIC can have on the wider Internet community in Africa - it's time to bring this to the attention of this list. Recently - some damning allegations surfaced - and I won't go into detail of those allegations - nor will I comment on if I believe them to be true or false, but needless to say - the community in outrage demanded an independent investigation. The board then chose to commission such in an attempt to pacify a justifiably angry community. At the same time, a vote of no confidence was duly put forward by a member of the AFRINIC community (Mr Elkins), which the board decided to refuse to table at the upcoming AGMM - in an attempt to protect themselves from what I personally believe would have been an inevitable result. The independent investigation came back - the governance committee which is independent of the board confirmed as much, that the report had been handed to the board. Instead of the board then releasing the independent investigative report to the community, the board decided to destroy ALL semblance of independence and write their own report supposedly based on the investigative report that had been demanded and release that instead. The boards email to this effect can be found at: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2018-May/002211.html My response to this can be found at: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2018-May/002212.html The AFRINIC elections are now upon us - and the candidates for both East and South - the SOLE candidates - are currently sitting on the board that is complicit in this total farce - and as such - I am now appealing to anyone and everyone who has a vote in AFRINIC to exercise that vote in the elections. I will leave it up to those who are voting to decide which way to vote - but I will go on record and state - I have voted - and I have voted "None of the above" across the entire slate - because in my view - these board members have NO place on a board that has such a fundamentally important job on this continent. Saddened and disgusted - why when we make such giant strides forward on this continent do a few individuals take us so far backwards and do so much damage? It breaks my heart Andrew

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Local IXP (KIXP) peering and Local traffic
by Job Muriuki 06 May '18

06 May '18

Anyone here from Tespok or CA shed some light. I have a question on what governs local ISP peering in Kenya. There is KIXP at EADC which was set up so to keep local traffic local. Is it open to international carriers like Seacom, Tata, Etisalat, Hurricane electric, China Telkom and others who are present at EADC? The reason I ask is if you take service, IP transit service from any of the carriers and you are not peering at KIXP your IPs (Local traffic) go all the way to either France or UAE and back to Kenya while they could have just peered at KIXP and offer faster and "affordable" connections. It makes no sense for a connection to ecitizen or a server hosted locally at say Node Africa to have to go to IXPs in other countries and brought back to Kenya getting treated and charged as international traffic. Is KIXP that unreliable or what is the challenge? If we don't grow our local capacity to deliver gigabit speeds in our IXP and take advantage of CDNs available locally, will we ever fully utilise the internet and create jobs at the same time without having multinationals come do it? Currently getting a data pipe from point A to B over a fiber connection within Kenya is more expensive than getting an internet connection from the same provider which will be carried on the same fiber link as the data pipe which makes absorption of hosting services in Kenya way expensive compared to hosting servers in Europe or America. Most Kenyans and even some government agencies result in hosting services overseas and the users are in Kenya then what is the point of investing in fiber locally and have it rot underground while cash is sent to companies out there for a service we can provide locally? Regards, Job Muriuki, Skype: heviejob ‌ [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…>

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The Era of Fake Video Begins-Technology, the gift that keeps giving
by anyega jefferson 06 May '18

06 May '18

https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-the-era-of-fake-video-begins/f-5c4a730eb6… -- Anyega M Jefferson jeffersonanyega(a)gmail.com 0703824326 Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can.

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Time sensitive: Local NGO assisting with Kenya floods or aftermath
by Ebele Okobi 05 May '18

05 May '18

All- Does anyone in this group know of any locally based and run organizations that are coordinating relief or health care delivery for those affected by the floods? Relatedly, does anyone know of an org (can be the same one) that could benefit from mapping data to deliver services?

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‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C organised by the World Bank Group.
by WANGARI KABIRU 05 May '18

05 May '18

Digital Economy For Africa - The Tony Elumelu Foundation | | | | Digital Economy For Africa - The Tony Elumelu Foundation Jolomi @ www.in10city.com | | | "....Tony Elumelu revealed that Africa’s youth population, 60% of which are under the age of 30, is a strong but underutilised intellectual platform that could facilitate the achievement of a vibrant digital economy in Africa. He further highlighted challenges with infrastructure, government policies and regulation and intellectual property as key areas to address...." Insightful listening for the many! Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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SEEKING YOUR VOTE FOR GLOBAL DATA CENTRE AWARD - DAN KWACH OF EADC - NOMINATED FOR DATA CENTRE INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2018
by Dan Kwach 04 May '18

04 May '18

Morning Listers, Firstly many thanks for the support that many of you have offered me in one way or another in the field of Telecommunications having started off way back as a Network Engineer at then NOC - Network Operations Control - with Kenya Data Networks - KDN. It has been an interesting journey with useful lessons and learning courtesy of the very active ICT Community in Kenya. I am currently in charge of East Africa Data Centre - EADC - A subsidiary of Liquid Telecom Kenya as the General Manager tasked with ensuring EADC achieves its winning Business strategy - a feat that has made me ensure to strike the balance between technical and commercial planning for the first of its kind Data Centre facility and the only Built and Certified DC by Uptime Institute as can be verified here https://uptimeinstitute.com/TierCertification/certMaps.php With your support, I have equally been able to narture myself as an Industry leader in the field of Data Centre and seek your vote in a Global DC awards event scheduled for this month as per the shortlist here http://www.dcsawards.com/shortlist.php for the DC Individual of the Year Award as shown in the excerpt below: This is but to request for your support by sparing about 5min of your time so as to cast a vote for me here http://www.dcsawards.com/voting.php The vote is a three page step with the first just to confirm your acceptance of the T&C, next step - enter your detals after which you can scroll down to the option where you can cast a vote for the Individual of the Year award category. Kindly also do consider casting a vote African Data Centre - the Umbrella organization under which https://www.eastafricadatacentre.com/ runs as under the category shown below: For both of the categories, you can view more highlights as to why we made it to the shortlist. Looking forward to your utmost support as Voting ends in a Weeks Time. Rgds Dan Kwach. Email - dan.kwach(a)eastafricadatacentre.com

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Announces Calls-to-Action for Community Participation in ICANN Reviews
by Barrack Otieno 03 May '18

03 May '18

Listers, This is for your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Thu, May 3, 2018 at 10:50 AM Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Announces Calls-to-Action for Community Participation in ICANN Reviews To: ALAC Announce <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> [image: CANN][icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ…> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-05-02-en [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> ------------------------------ ICANN Announces Calls-to-Action for Community Participation in ICANN Reviews 2 May 2018 LOS ANGELES – 02 May 2018 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has several calls-to-action for community participation in ICANN reviews below. ICANN reviews are important accountability mechanisms that need community input to help ICANN deliver on its commitments. *Public Comment on Draft Final Report of the NomCom2 Review* - Comment [go.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__go.icann.org_2JObWA3&d…> on the Draft Final Report [go.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__go.icann.org_2JLWcxK&d…> of the second review of the Nominating Committee (NomCom) to help inform the final recommendations of the independent examiner. Close date: 7 May 2018 at 23:59 UTC. *Public Comment on Draft Final Report of the RSSAC2 Review* - Comment [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2…> on the Draft Final Report [community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_di…> of the second review of the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC2). Close date: 10 June 2018 at 23:59, UTC. Join the webinar [community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_di…> on 9 May 2018 at 20:00 UTC for a presentation of the Draft Final Report and an opportunity to ask questions. *SSAC2 Review Survey* - Do you have experience with the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) or suggestions to improve it? Take the SSAC2 Review survey [ssac.cloudssi.com] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ssac.cloudssi.com_cgi-2…> to share your input. Close Date: 18 May 2018 at 23:59 UTC. *Request for Proposals to Conduct the ccNSO2 Review* - Please share this RFP [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> to help ICANN seek candidates to conduct an independent assessment of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO). Close Date: 24 May2018 at 23:59 UTC. *Visit the Review Status Update Table [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>* for the latest status on all active Specific and Organizational Reviews. About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address into your computer or other device – a name or a number. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation and a community with participants from all over the world. _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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PRESS RELEASE: Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings and Release Results of Independent Investigation into Recent Allegations
by WANGARI KABIRU 03 May '18

03 May '18

Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings and Release Results of Independent Investigation into Recent Allegations | | | | | | | | | | | Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings an... London, UK – May 2, 2018—Earlier today, SCL Elections Ltd,, as well as certain of its and Cambridge Analytica LL... | | | "... London, UK – May 2, 2018—Earlier today, SCL Elections Ltd., as well as certain of its and Cambridge Analytica LLC’s U.K. affiliates (collectively, the “Company” or “Cambridge Analytica”) filed applications to commence insolvency proceedings in the U.K. The Company is immediately ceasing all operations and the boards have applied to appoint insolvency practitioners Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP to act as the independent administrator for Cambridge Analytica. Additionally, parallel bankruptcy proceedings will soon be commenced on behalf of Cambridge Analytica LLC and certain of the Company’s U.S. affiliates in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the Company’s efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas....." Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy | | | | Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy Rebecca Ballhaus and Jenny Gross Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, is shutting down follow... | | | "The Key to Understanding Facebook's Current CrisisFacebook's current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what's happening now, you have to look back at Facebook's old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman..." >From this mix, might several enterprises be the ones to bear the brunt of the years allegedly depicted to "have been open policy for harvesting the platforms"? While playing spectator to CA LLCs woes and investigations, even local startups and developers (perhaps even major enterprises) in Africa require introspection considering the thriving tech ecosystem during those years, excitedly greatly reliant on the then well established platforms. Perhaps who is folding (being folded) up next? Is there opportunity to roll back, make good and not necessarily kill the ventures as the platforms tower on? For those keen on African enterprise, good questions they are as hardly is there local ventures that would have the it to battle their way. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 17:08:15 GMT+3, Liz Orembo via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Greetings listers, Please find attached, the program for tomorrow's meeting. You can also use this opportunity to ask questions, to give Ebele some time to consult with her team and give answers at the event, as opposed to after the event. Asanteni. Happy labor day. On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 11:05 PM, Liz Orembo <lizorembo(a)gmail.com> wrote: Listers, Further to our earlier announcement, we would like to inform you that the in-person meeting with Facebook will take place on 2nd May, 2:00pm-4:00pm, at the Villa Rossa Kempinski. We still have a few slots remaining and have opened them up on evenbrite. If you've not registered with Mwara and/or me, please follow this link for registration. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ kictanet-meeting-with- facebook-tickets-45628144007 Asanteni. On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Dear Listers Greetings! Further to the debate on concerns raised around consumer data mining in Kenya, Ebele of Facebook promised Listers that she would be available for an in-person conversation on the issues raised around facebook's role. This is to let you know that she will be available to meet with Listers on Wednesday next week May 2nd. We are still working out the details of the venue and will share with those who are interested in attending. Further, we are working on the times but will most likely settle for an afternoon session or a cocktail event. For those who are interested, kindly indicate this through sending an email to lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke (lizorembo(a)gmail.com) or to mwaragichanga(a)kictanet.or.ke (mwaragichanga(a)gmail.com) Asanteni. Best regards Githaiga, Grace On Tuesday, 10-04-2018 at 13:18 Ebele Okobi via kictanet wrote: It really is unfortunate that Business Daily has printed an article filled with so many factually incorrect statements, and I am surprised that they have declined to reach out to me or any of my colleagues when we are so very easy to find. We do not require or ask access point vendors to modify firmware to support 'black box' monitoring of consumers. The normal tech in WiFi routers does not support zero-rated services, so Express WiFi tech was developed to support free access and data pack accounting. I think it might be helpful to have an in-person conversation about all of this-another ask me anything, this month? I’ll work with Grace to schedule, if it’s of interest. Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director, Africa m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315 10 Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG ebeleokobi(a)fb.com On Apr 10, 2018, at 9:29 AM, Lawrence Njogu <lnjogu(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Ebele, Can you explain clearly what's going on here? https://mobile.nation.co.ke/bu siness/Facebook-deepens-consum er-data-mining-in-Kenya-/ 1950106-4379966-gsmf4x/index.h tmlFrom: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+lnjogu=hotma il.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> on behalf of Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 5:05:13 PM To: lnjogu(a)hotmail.com Cc: Ebele Okobi Subject: Re: [kictanet] The case for and against #deletefacebook So now that you know how our business works, are you still struggling to believe that data is not sold? We do not sell data, we sell advertising. And we have not been accused of selling data in this case. In this case, an academic used data that Facebook users directly gave him access to, and passed it on to Cambridge Analytica, against our rules. We did not sell anyone anything, the data was passed from the users to the app developer/academic by the user granting permission. That said-we changed the ability of developers to have that kind of access by 2015, and as you can see, we have designed and implemented a whole host of privacy controls since then. In terms of believing whether your data is secure-given the number of Facebook users, and the amount of data we hold, and looking at the multiple global issues related to data-we, in truth, have first in class mechanisms for protecting user data, and we consistently learn and iterate from our mistakes. That said-as Mark said, we recognize that trust is built by actions, and once lost it must be built back up. Only you can decide what makes sense for you when you use (or decide not to use) Facebook or any of the thousands of websites, platforms, apps, services with which you undoubtedly interact every day. On Mar 28, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Tracy Kadesa via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: @Kivuva yes, your answer does explain well! @Ebele "Which part are you struggling to believe? That it is securely stored or that it is not sold? " Answer: Both Regards Tracy Kadesa, LL.B ,University of Nairobi. Dip KSLtracykadesa.wordpress.comlegalwalk.wordpress.com On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Tracy, I'm not holding brief for FB, but I understand your question. The main business model for FB is advertisement. If you have ever advertised on the platform, you would understand the need to build profiles. So for example, if you are selling ladies handbags, and diapers, you would tell FB to show the bags to [ladies], in [Kenya], aged between [21 to 50]. If you cannot deliver to Turkana, you can say, [living in Nairobi, or Mombasa]. For the diapers, you would tell FB to show the advertisement to [ladies] between [22 and 40] living in suburban areas. This is the same for Google too. In my FB profile, I never see these types of adverts because FB already has a profile about me, but the ladies within my household see these adverts. Since you are probably billed per view, or per click, it is more value for the advertiser to TARGET the advertisement to the right audience, otherwise you will loose your advertising capital showing irrelevant advertisement to those in Turkana. I hope this helps. On Mar 28, 2018 8:03 PM, "Tracy Kadesa" <kadesatracy(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Ebele With what's going on right now, I am struggling to believe this statement "Your information is securely stored and we do not sell this information to third parties. You are always in control of the information you share with Facebook."And why would fb collect all this info anyway if it wasn't planning to make use of it! what is the rationale? Regards Tracy Kadesa, LL.B ,University of Nairobi. Dip KSLtracykadesa.wordpress.comlegalwalk.wordpress.com On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: As Ali has put it before, it's really refreshing seeing that we can get first level support, and feedback from Facebook. This really is the advantage of having an ecosystem of engagement which KICTANET provides. It's refreshing bigly On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 6:06 PM Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Yes-those have been in the works for months, to be launched this week. The news has understandably overshadowed these announcements. That said-stay tuned for more details. On Mar 28, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: Just seen this as well... https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/ news/articles/2018-03-28/faceb ook-updates-privacy-tools-for- better-data-control?__twitter_ impression=true Rgds On Wed, 28 Mar 2018, 12:31 Ngigi Waithaka, <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: Ebele, If that's the case, then I guess what they do is get a 'screenshot' of your photo and maybe *overlay* it on your newsfeed / timeline. The *impression* it gives you is that the photo is already uploaded... Thanks... On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi(a)fb.com> wrote: Clarification-your photos are not auto-uploaded to Facebook. The app has access to your photos and essentially shows you your own photo folder and asks if you want to upload. Your pictures do not get uploaded to Facebook until you upload them yourself. I do think it’s a good piece of feedback for our product teams to know that a) this feature is confusing to you, and b) that showing users their photos and asking if they want to upload can be off-putting/not a good experience. Best, Ebele On Mar 28, 2018, at 10:11 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: Ebele, Thanks for your update, I will check on the contacts settings as you have indicated. I still think though some of the choices we make are not very *clearly* spelt out when we make them. For instance, I can understand the need to sync my contacts, but *not* my call & sms history! And this is especially so for those of use (most of us?) who use our phones for both personal & official business. My recommendation, have at least three settings clearly indicating what you would use them for, if at all! 1. Sync contacts 2. Sync Call records (***) 3. Sync SMS & Messages (***) As regards the photos this is what happen(s) / happened. Normally I would not give FB access to my photos.However, at some point I needed to upload a certain specific photo on to some FB markets that I participate in. Shortly as I was still in the market and as I was scrolling though my newsfeed I started seeing a number of family photos that I had taken earlier, already uploaded but kind of greyed out, with FB asking me whether I wanted to share them. That is very disconcerting! Again, if a user gives access to his photo library for a *single* photo, that should not mean *all* my photos are auto-uploaded to FB, then FB prompts me to share them... My recommendation would be to have at least two settings: 1. Upload a single photo 2. Auto- Upload *ALL* my photos And, I don't consider myself a *pro* FB user, it may very well be that indeed this is already covered so thanks for being our 'customer-care', appreciate Regards On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi(a)fb.com> wrote: Hello! Answers below-for your first question, it’s VERY important to clarify that Facebook does not “pick up” your contacts. You have to expressly agree to upload your contacts. For example, I have never agreed to this, so my contacts have never been uploaded. If you change your mind about the permission you have given, or if you accidentally gave permission, please see below for how to opt back out. Note that this feature is “opt-in”, so express agreement is required for it to be happening. That is the same for the photographs, so can you please clarify your question? Are you saying that you granted permission for specific photos to be posted on your page, and now you want to delete them? Facebook does not automatically upload any photographs to your page. - Call and text history logging is part of an opt-in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android. This helps you find and stay connected with the people you care about, and provides you with a better experience across Facebook. People have to expressly agree to use this feature. If, at any time, they no longer wish to use this feature they can turn it off insettings, or here for Facebook Lite users, and all previously shared call and text history shared via that app is deleted. While we receive certain permissions from Android, uploading this information has always been opt-in only. From: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 5:37 PM To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Cc: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi(a)fb.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The case for and against #deletefacebook Ebele, Good to see FB represented here. Got two questions: 1. Supposing FB has picked up my contacts and SMS and I would like to delete any prior data that has been uploaded, how would I go about that? 2. I also noticed that when I allow FB contacts to my PhotoGallery on Android for purposes of being able to select pictures to upload, by default, it then would upload *all* new pictures taken and ask me whether I'd like to share them on my timeline. Is there a way to also delete any such content that FB has picked from my phone and auto-uploaded? Rgds On Tue, 27 Mar 2018, 19:30 Ebele Okobi via kictanet, <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: This is useful context, below. Please do let me know if there are additional questions or concerns. I do appreciate how significant an issue this is, and am happy to answer questions and relay concerns internally. https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2 018/03/fact-check-your-call-an d-sms-history/ March 25, 2018 Fact Check: Your Call and SMS History You may have seen some recent reports that Facebook has been logging people’s call and SMS (text) history without their permission. This is not the case. Opt-in features in Facebook Lite and Messenger Call and text history logging is part of an opt-in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android. This helps you find and stay connected with the people you care about, and provides you with a better experience across Facebook. People have to expressly agree to use this feature. If, at any time, they no longer wish to use this feature they can turn it off in settings, or here for Facebook Lite users, and all previously shared call and text history shared via that app is deleted. While we receive certain permissions from Android, uploading this information has always been opt-in only. We introduced this feature for Android users a couple of years ago. Contact importers are fairly common among social apps and services as a way to more easily find the people you want to connect with. This was first introduced in Messenger in 2015, and later offered as an option in Facebook Lite, a lightweight version of Facebook for Android. How it works When you sign up for Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android, or log into Messenger on an Android device, you are given the option to continuously upload your contacts as well as your call and text history. For Messenger, you can either turn it on, choose ‘learn more’ or ‘not now’. On Facebook Lite, the options are to turn it on or ‘skip’. If you chose to turn this feature on, we will begin to continuously log this information, which can be downloaded at any time using the Download Your Information tool. If, at any point, you no longer wish to continuously upload this information, you can easily turn this feature off in your settings. You can also turn off continuous call and text history logging while keeping contact uploading enabled. You can also go to this page to see which contacts you have uploaded from Messenger, and you can delete all contact information you’ve uploaded from that app should you choose. We never sell this data, and this feature does not collect the content of your text messages or calls When this feature is enabled, uploading your contacts also allows us to use information like when a call or text was made or received. This feature does not collect the content of your calls or text messages. Your information is securely stored and we do not sell this information to third parties. You are always in control of the information you share with Facebook. On Mar 27, 2018, at 3:29 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Facebook harvested phone call and text data from Android users | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Facebook harvested phone call and text data from Android users Brandon A. Weber Have an Android phone or device? You might want to read this. | | | | | | BIGTHINK might have thoughts similar to your said friend. Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones [Updated] | | | | | Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones [... Maybe check your data archive to see if Facebook’s algorithms know who you called. | | | | | | Factual or otherwise? Ars Technica makes reference to an FB rejoiner. It should not be lost that even the most basic loyalty card is for decision making to serve you the customer better - data by the issuer. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". On Monday, 26 March 2018, 08:52:17 GMT+3, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: See my views from a data science, business model and regulatory perspective Data Breach? What Breach- A Watershed Moment https://www.linkedin.com/ pulse/data-breach-what-breach- watershed-moment-big-data- scientist | | | | | Coach Timothy Oriedo | | | Error! Filename not specified.timothyoriedo.coach | | | | | | | On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:24 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Ali, Facebook was built for and is meant for *sharing*! With time, I have seen FB make us want to share more and more, recommend to us 'friends' at every turn and inevitably there will be a clash between the sharing and our privacy! Also, there was a time our Newsfeeds were very clean, you'd actually get to know what your friends were upto, but I do find its now looking unrecognizable; its become this very noisy marketplace! Or maybe I am gettitng old Privacy unfortunately plays 2nd fiddle to sharing. For me, the straw that broke the proverbial camels back is seeing photos that I had taken on my phone already auto-uploaded and semi-shared in my timeline, and with an absent minded click, I would have shared all on the my timeline! I got the app off my phone immediately, but kept the web desktop as I do continue to use it once in a while. I have also seen that FB has been collecting all our Phone records, calls + SMS as written about on Verge... https://www.theverge.com/2018/ 3/25/17160944/facebook-call- history-sms-data-collection- android So, I guess if you're still using FB on Android, you gotta be 'strong'! P.S Does FB and other Apps synchronize their data policies with those of the users home country? Regards On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:04 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Listers Hope you all had a great weekend. Here’s an interesting article on the ongoing Facebook fallout. Excerpt:- I spent the evening with a friend who is far bolder than me. Having deactivated his Facebook profile three years ago, he upped the ante this week by deleting his Instagram account. Even more drastically, he plans officially to delete his long-dormant Facebook account—the last vestige of his serfhood in Mr. Zuckerberg’s fiefdom—sometime very soon, after his girlfriend has had an opportunity to port its photos elsewhere. (He prefers offline storage.) 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IGF 2018 CALL FOR WORKSHOP
by Michael ILISHEBO 02 May '18

02 May '18

Dear All, The Secretariat is pleased to announce the *IGF 2018 Call for Workshops is now open.* Please see here for all information pertaining to this year’s process, including how to submit and the proposal submission form: *https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-call-for-workshop-proposals <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-call-for-workshop…> * Kindly note the *deadline is Sunday 27 May, 23:59 UTC. * Best regards, *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *IGF MAG Member* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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Invitation to the Biometrics Privacy Report Launch
by Robert Muthuri 01 May '18

01 May '18

Dear Listers, We are Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT), a centre under Strathmore Law School. In the past one year, we have been carrying out research on the use of biometrics in Kenya's electoral process. We shall be presenting our findings on *7th of May 2018, 2 pm to 6 pm* at the Strathmore Business School Auditorium. We hereby like to invite you to attend. If you haven't yet registered, please do so here <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/biometrics-privacy-report-launch-tickets-454304…> . Below is a flyer containing the program details. We look forward to your favorable response. Yours Sincerely, CIPIT Team

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