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By Kalabash Contributor At a recently held Zimbabwe Internet Governance Forum(ZIGF) conference, delegates were taken aghast when a Potraz representative revealed that government does online surveillance. Mr Tichafa Mujuru of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) believes it will be folly for a government of this ‘day and age’ not to take […]
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By Watmore Makokoba Although internet penetration in Zimbabwe is growing at a steady rate, the licensing and operational framework leaves a lot be desired. The laws and regulations pertaining to the Internet must not only be premised on monitoring, cyber crimes and muzzling voices but must also prioritise liberalising the operating environment to augment the […]
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By Watmore Makokoba Data Leakage: What is it? Data leakage is the unauthorised transmission of data from rightful owners of sources, to another person or entity. This is when data gets out of the organization or individual in an unauthorised way through various ways such as emails, prints, laptops getting missing, unaccredited upload of data […]
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By Watmore Makokoba Data Leakage: What is it? Data leakage is the unauthorised transmission of data from rightful owners of sources, to another person or entity. This is when data gets out of the organization or individual in an unauthorised way through various ways such as emails, prints, laptops getting missing, unaccredited upload of data […]
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By Watmore Makokoba Although current information and technology laws in Zimbabwe fail to reflect technological advancement and the convergence of the telecommunications, the Constitution provides for a more expansive Bill of Rights. There are a couple of provisions in the country’s constitution which gives a framework of what the right to information and privacy […]
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By Watmore Makokoba Virtual platforms have provided an efficient way of communicating and engagement, in this global village just like the physical world we live in has its own security shortcomings. Internet users have to make sure their privacy is secured and their profiles are safe from information predators. Below are some […]
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By Watmore Makokoba Social networks are among the most popular websites on the Internet. With Facebook having more than a billion users, Instagram and Twitter having hundreds of millions of users each, social networks have become the most websites on the internet. Social networks have surpassed the first purpose for their invention, which was primarily for sharing […]
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By Watmore Makokoba People’s identity and documentation of data about them are critical for government planning, development and security. Cutesy of technology, digitalised collection, processing and storage of data is now spontaneous and smooth. Soothing, is it? but wait…… Governments have grown to be known as not trustworthy in protecting the confidentiality of the sensitive […]
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