Ingabe Sidinga? Ingabe Kuyazuzisa? Kufanele Sikhathalele?
Phakathi nekota yokuqala ka-2016, i- WhatsApp ikhiphe indlela yokubhala yokugcina yokugcina ekupheleni kwabo bonke abasebenzisi bohlelo lokusebenza lokuxhumana oluholayo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane base bekhuluma ngokubambisana okuphelele okuthiwa yibo bonke ohulumeni hhayi ngisho ne-WhatsApp ngokwabo abangayithola imiyalezo kanye namakholi wezwi. Lokhu kwafika kumongo futhi ngesikhathi lapho abashaya umkhosi bezinkantolo bebangela abanye abantu ukuba bakhathazeke ngokuthi ukuxhumana nge-intanethi kusengasese futhi kuphephile. Kodwa yikuphi ukubethela kwe-WhatsApp okuwufanele ngempela?
Kufanele uthini? Akudingi lutho kubasebenzisi abayizigidigidi; ayishintshi lutho ekusebenzeni kohlelo lokusebenza - yenza nje amazwi akho aphephe kakhulu futhi ephephile. Eqinisweni, kunezindleko kuso. Ngokomthetho, kunezindleko ezimbalwa ekusetshenzisweni kwedatha njengoba ukubethela kudinga okungaphezulu. Kodwa lokhu kubiza kuncane. Eminye izindleko bekuyokholelwa ukuthi konke manje kuphephile kakhulu nokuthi akukho lutho oluyoke lwenzeke kabi. Ingabe iphephile kakhulu? Ngenkathi sifisa ukuthi ikhona, kunezici ezithile ezenza senzeke.
Ukubethela akusebenzi njalo
Imilayezo yakho namakholi wezwi ngokuvamile zibethelwe ngokuzenzakalelayo nge-WhatsApp. Noma kunjalo, ayisebenzi kuwo wonke amacala. Isibonelo, uma ukhuluma nomuntu ongenalo inguqulo yakamuva yohlelo lokusebenza, akukho ukubethela njengoba inguqulo yakamuva kuphela isekela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma uxhumana eqenjini futhi elinye lamalungu alibuyekezwa, lonke iqembu lihamba ngaphandle kokubethela.
Manje, ngisho noma izinhlangothi zombili zivuselele izinhlelo zokusebenza futhi zisebenzisa indlela yokubethela, kungenzeka ukuthi kukhona okwamanje akukho ukubethela. Yilokho okuthola ukuhlola uma uthola umlayezo othi imilayezo oyithumelayo ivikelekile ngokubethela kokuphela kokuphela, okukufaka ukuthi uthethe ukuthola ulwazi oluthe xaxa. Ukuthinta kukuholela ukuqinisekisa ngekhiye emele ikhodi ye-QR kanye neqoqo lezinombolo. Uma lezo zinamba zifana ncamashi nalezo zomlobi wakho, uvikelekile. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ungakwazi ukuskena ikhodi kudivayisi yakho yokubhala ukuze ubone umkhawulo omkhulu ukuthi uphephile. Leli hlola lisikisela ukuthi amakhodi athile angeke asebenze. Ngaphandle kwalokho, kube khona imibiko yamakhodi engavumelani, okusho ukuthi imilayezo ayibhalisiwe. Njengoba singeke sihlole yonke imilayezo esiyithumelayo, singaqiniseka kanjani ukuthi yonke imilayezo eyodwa iyabhala?
I-Metadata Ayibhalisiwe
Imilayezo yakho namakholi wezwi zibethelwe kodwa hhayi imethadatha ehamba nayo. Okuchazwe ngokulula, imethadatha yidatha esekelwayo ehamba eceleni kwedatha yangempela ukusiza ukudluliselwa. Uma uthumela incwadi ngokuthunyelwe, incwadi ngaphakathi kwemvilophu iyidatha yakho. Ikheli elisemvilophini, isitembu, nanoma iyiphi enye idatha esiza izikhundla zokuthumela nezokuthutha imethadatha.
Ngokusebenzisa imethadatha engabhalwanga, izinkampani, amaqembu amakhulu kanye nanoma yiliphi iqembu elifuna ukusungula amaphethini wokuxhumana kwakho lungenza kanjalo. Bangakwazi ukuqoqa ulwazi oluningi kusuka kumaseva wengxoxo, ulwazi olufana nokuthi ubani okhuluma naye, nini nokuthi kungakanani. Lokhu kusho izinto eziningi futhi kungahle kube yinkimbinkimbi enhle.
Ukuphawula nokuthembana
I-WhatsApp isebenzisa i-Signal Protocol, abantu abaziyo, kodwa ingxenye yendlela ivaliwe. Kukhona nakanjani ingxenye yomsebenzi ohlala opaque. Leyo ngxenye ingaba yisisekelo sokufinyelela kwangasese. Uthembela kangakanani ku-Facebook, inkampani ngemuva kwe-WhatsApp?
Manje?
Kubasebenzisi abaningi basebhiliyoni, ukubethela noma cha, izinto zihlala zifanayo. Abanakho ukufihla futhi abanandaba uma imilayezo yabo itholakele. Ngaphandle kwalokho, abantu bayazi ukuthi ngokudala nje i-akhawunti kumanethiwekhi afana ne-Facebook ne-WhatsApp, ziyaziveza emhlabeni, futhi eziningi zilungile ngalokhu. Ukwethulwa kokubethela kokuphela kokuphela akufanele kubenze ukuthi kube yi-paranoids yobumfihlo. Ngokuqondene nalabo abakhathalela ubumfihlo nokuvikeleka, kuyilapho kufanele bazizwe bephephile, banemibuzo yokucabanga ngakho.