OK - so I just installed "signal" on my Phone - and in my Chrome Browser. Seems like a sensible thing to do? On 13/01/2017 17:58, Keith Andere via kictanet wrote:

Alex,

Its actually possible to snoop past the encrypted whatsapp messages. Please read below.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-...

Regards,

Keith @AndereKE

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On 13 Jan 2017 6:36 pm, "alex watila via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:

WhatsApp has end to end encryption. how will they Access the communication?

On 13 Jan 2017 16:36, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:

I have serialised the interesting developments on the matter here: https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344 <https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344>

Interesting to note the amount of money invested in ‘online monitoring’ systems.

PS: Even WhatsApp isn’t the safe haven we imagined it to be!

Regards,

Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/>

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