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Emphakathini wanamuhla, lapho iningi lolwazi oluyimfihlo nolubucayi luhambela kumamukeli ngenxa yezicelo zokuxhumana, abantu abaningi baba nentshisekelo yokuthi idatha yabo ethunyelwe neyamukelwe ibethelwe kahle yini. Ezinye izinsiza zinesici esinjalo esisethwe ngokomdabu, ezinye zidinga ukwenziwa kusebenze mathupha, futhi ezinye izinkundla azinaso nhlobo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lesi sici kufanele sibe ukhiye. Ochwepheshe nabo bayavumelana ngalokhu, futhi abancomi ukulanda izixhumanisi ezingavikelekile nhlobo. Phakathi kwazo, isibonelo, isevisi entsha ye-Allo evela kwa-Google.

Isihloko sezinsizakalo zokuxhumana zokubethela saduma kakhulu engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka, ikakhulukazi ngoba icala le-Apple vs. I-FBI, ngenkathi uhulumeni efuna ukuthi i-Apple igqekeze ijele i-iPhone yomunye wabashokobezi ababebangela ukuhlasela eSan Bernardino, eCalifornia. Kodwa manje uhlelo lokusebenza olusha lokuxhumana luyimbangela yomsindo I-Google Allo, okungazange kuthathe okuningi kusukela ekubukeni kokubethela nokuvikeleka komsebenzisi.

I-Google Allo iyinkundla entsha yengxoxo esekelwe ekuhlakanipheni okwenziwe ngokwengxenye. Noma umqondo womsizi obonakalayo ophendula imibuzo yomsebenzisi ungase ubonakale uthembisa, awunayo ingxenye yokuphepha. Njengoba i-Allo ihlaziya umbhalo ngamunye ukuze iphakamise impendulo efanelekile ngokusekelwe kumsebenzi Womsizi, ayinakho usekelo oluzenzakalelayo lokubethela ngasemaphethelweni, okungukuthi izinhlobo ezinjalo zokuxhumana ezivikelekile lapho imilayezo phakathi komthumeli nomamukeli ingenakukwazi ukwephulwa nganoma iyiphi indlela.

U-Edward Snowden ongundabamlonyeni, owayeyisisebenzi se-US National Security Agency, owashicilela imininingwane ngokugadwa kwezakhamizi nguhulumeni wase-US, naye waphawula ngalokhu. U-Snowden ukhulume ngokungabaza nge-Google Allo izikhathi ezimbalwa ku-Twitter futhi wagcizelela ukuthi abantu akufanele basebenzise uhlelo lokusebenza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakungeyena yedwa. Ochwepheshe abaningi bavumile ukuthi kungaba okuphephile ukungalandi i-Allo nhlobo, njengoba abasebenzisi abaningi bavele bangasethi ukubethela okunjalo ngesandla.

Kodwa akuyona nje i-Google Allo. Nsuku zonke The Wall Street Journal kweyakhe ukuqhathanisa iveza ukuthi i-Messenger ye-Facebook, ngokwesibonelo, ayinakho ukubethela kokuphela kokuphela. Uma umsebenzisi efuna ukulawula idatha yakhe, kufanele ayisebenzise mathupha. Iqiniso lokuthi ukuphepha okunjalo kusebenza kuphela kumadivayisi eselula hhayi kumadeskithophu nakho alithokozisi.

Izinsizakalo ezishiwo okungenani zinikeza lo msebenzi wokuvikela, noma kungenjalo ngokuzenzakalelayo, kodwa kunenombolo enkulu yamapulatifomu emakethe angakunaki nhlobo ukubethela ekupheleni ukuya ekupheleni. Isibonelo kungaba i-Snapchat. Lesi sakamuva kufanele sisuse konke okuqukethwe okuthunyelwayo ngokushesha eziphakelini zakhona, kodwa ukubethela ngesikhathi senqubo yokuthumela akwenzeki. I-WeChat nayo ibhekene nesimo esicishe sifane.

I-Skype ye-Microsoft nayo ayivikelekile ngokuphelele, lapho imilayezo ibethelwa ngendlela ethile, kodwa hhayi ngokusekelwe endleleni yokuphela ukuya ekupheleni, noma i-Google Hangouts. Lapho, konke okuqukethwe okuthunyelwa kakade akuvikelekile nganoma iyiphi indlela, futhi uma umsebenzisi efuna ukuzivikela, kuyadingeka ukususa umlando ngesandla. Isevisi yezokuxhumana yakwaBlackBerry ye-BBM nayo isohlwini. Lapho, ukubethela okunganqamuki kunikwe amandla kuphela esimweni sephakethe lebhizinisi elibizwa nge-BBM Protected.

Kodwa-ke, kukhona okuhlukile okunconywe ochwepheshe bezokuphepha uma kuqhathaniswa nalokhu okukhulunywe ngenhla. Kuyaxaka ukuthi lokhu kufaka phakathi i-WhatsApp, eyathengwa nguFacebook, iSignal kwa-Open Whisper Systems, Wickr, Telegraph, Threema, Silent Phone, kanye ne-iMessage kanye nezinsiza zeFaceTime kwa-Apple. Okuqukethwe okuthunyelwa ngaphakathi kwalezi zinsizakalo kubhalwa ngokuzenzakalelayo kusukela ekupheleni kuya ekupheleni, futhi nezinkampani ngokwazo (okungenani i-Apple) azikwazi ukufinyelela idatha nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ubufakazi i ihlelwe kakhulu yi-EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), edingida lolu daba.

Umthombo: The Wall Street Journal
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