Ngaba Siyayifuna? Ngaba Kuyafaneleka? Ngaba Siyakukhathalela?
Ngethuba lekota yokuqala ka-2016, i- WhatsApp yaqulunqa indlela yokubhala yokugqibela yokuphela komsebenzi kubo bonke abasebenzisi beprogram yoqhagamshelwano oluhamba phambili. Oku kwakuthetha ukuba abantu abayizigidi ezigidi babesethetha ngokubambisa kwi-intanethi yobungakanani bokuba kungabikho oorhulumente kwaye nangona i-WhatsApp ngokwayo ingayifumana imilayezo kunye neefowuni zezwi. Oku kwafika kumxholo kwaye ngexesha apho abaqhubi beekhwela kunye nezogwetho babangela abanye abantu ukuba bakhathazeke malunga nokuba intetho kwi-Intanethi isabucala kwaye ikhuselekile. Kodwa i-WhatsApp encryption iyayixabisa?
Ufanele ntoni? Ayithengi lutho kubasebenzisi basebhiliyoni; ayitshintshi nto ekusebenziseni insiza - yenza nje amazwi akho akhuseleke kwaye akhuselekile. Enyanisweni, kukho indleko kuyo. Ngokwenene, kukho iindleko ezincinane ekusebenziseni idatha njengoko ukubethela kubandakanya ezinye. Kodwa le ndleko yinto encinci. Enye indleko yayiya kukholelwa ukuba yonke into ikhuselekile kwaye akukho nto iya kuhamba. Ngaba ikhuselekile kakhulu? Nangona sifuna ukuba kunjalo, kukho iingcamango ezithile ezenza sithembeke.
Ukubhaliweyo akusoloko kusebenza
Imilayezo yakho kunye neefowuni zezwi zifakwe ngefayile nge-WhatsApp. Nangona kunjalo, ayisebenzi kuzo zonke iimeko. Ngokomzekelo, ukuba unxibelelana nomntu ongenalo inguqu yakutsha yeprogram, akukho nto yokubhala njengenguqulo yamuva nje isekela yona. Ngaphezu koko, ukuba uthetha ngeqela kwaye elinye lamalungu alihlaziyekanga, lonke iqela lihamba ngaphandle kwe-encryption.
Ngoku, nangona amabini omabili ahlaziye iinkqubo kwaye asebenzisa indlela yokubhaliweyo, mhlawumbi kungabikho nto yokubhala. Yiloo nto oyifumanayo ukujonga xa ufumana umyalezo othi imiyalezo oyithumelayo ikhuselekile nge-encryption yokuphela-ekupheleni, ekubangela ukuba uthabathe ulwazi oluthe vetshe. Ukufakela kukukhokelela ukuba uqinisekise ngekona elimele ikhowudi ye-QR kunye neeseti yamanani. Ukuba ezo manani zifana nezo zombhalisi wakho, ukhuselekile. Ngenye indlela, unokwazi ukukhangela ikhowudi kwisixhobo sogqirha sakho ekugqibeleni ubone uphawu olukhulu ngokuthi ukhuselekile. Olu tshekiso luchaza ukuba ezinye iikhowudi zingasebenzi. Ngaphandle koko, kukho iingxelo zeekhowudi ezingahambelaniyo, ezithetha imilayezo engabhalwanga. Ekubeni asiyi kuhlola yonke imiyalezo esiyithumeleyo, sinokuqiniseka njani ukuba yonke imilayezo enye ibhaliwe?
I-Metadata Ayibhalwanga
Imilayezo yakho kunye neefowuni zezwi zifakwe nge-encrypted kodwa kungekhona imethadatha ehamba nayo. Kucacisiwe nje, imethadatha yidatha exhasayo ehamba kunye nedatha yangempela ukunceda ukuhanjiswa. Xa uthumela ileta ngeposi, ileta ngaphakathi kwimvulophu yakho idatha. Idilesi kwimvulophu, isitampu, kunye nayiphi na enye idatha ekunceda iposi kunye nezothutho zamagosa yimethadatha.
Ngokusebenzisa i-metadata engabhalwanga, iinkampani, amaqhinga amakhulu kunye naliphi na iqela elifuna ukuseka iipatheni zonxibelelwano lwakho lunokwenza njalo. Banokuqokelela inani elikhulu leenkcukacha kwiinkonzo zengxoxo, ulwazi olufana noluni na othethayo, nini na nini. Oku kuthetha izinto ezininzi kwaye zingenziwa kwiintel ezinengqiqo.
Ukungafihli kunye neTrust
I-WhatsApp isebenzisa iProprotocol yeSignal, eyaziwa ngabantu, kodwa inxalenye yendlela ivalwe. Kukho ngokuqinisekileyo inxalenye yomsebenzi ohlala opaque. Le nxalenye ingaba ngumthombo wokufikelela kwangaphakathi. Unethemba elingakanani kwi-Facebook, inkampani emva kweAssApp?
Ke ngoku?
Kubabasebenzisi abaninzi beebhiliyoni, ukubethela okanye ukungabi, izinto zihlala zifana. Abananto yokufihla kwaye abayikhathalele ukuba imilayezo yabo ifunyenwe. Ngaphandle koko, abantu bayazi ukuba ngokudala nje i-akhawunti kumanethiwekhi afana ne-Facebook kunye ne-WhatsApp, ziyazivelela kwihlabathi, kwaye ezininzi zilungile. Ukuqaliswa kwe-encryption yokuphela kokuphela akufanele kubenze i-paranoid yangasese. Ngokuphathelele abo banenkxalabo malunga nobumfihlo kunye nokukhuseleka, ngelixa bamele bazive bekhuselekileyo, banemibuzo yokucinga malunga nayo.