KakaoTalk Confirms They Will NOT Comply with Government Wiretapping Warrants A cyber censorship battle is being waged between the private and public sectors. Daum Kakao CEO Sirgoo Lee in particular has been embroiled in the controversy over cyber surveillance. He explained why he will not comply with government demands for records held on KakaoTalk, citing user privacy as his priority:  “I’ve honored court warrants for eavesdropping so far, but wiretapping warrants violate the law….

다음카카오가 카카오톡의 대화내용을 사법부에 제출한 것에 대한 논란이 좀처럼 사그러들지 않고 있다. 급기야 일부 사용자들은 카카오톡을 떠나, 많은 사람들에게는 그 이름조차 생소한 외국의 메신저로 “사이버 망명”을 하겠다는 의사를 보이고(혹은 하고) 있으며, BBC 등 해외 유력 언론들 역시 지난 4 월에 벌어졌던 참사와 이번 카카오톡 사태를 연장선 상에 놓고 관심을 보이고 있다. 필자가 보안이나 법률에 대해 전문가도 아니므로 이번 이슈에 전반에 대한 평을 하거나 의견을 내어놓는 것은 부적절할 것이다. 그러나 필자의 생각에 이번…

Kakao Talk Promises that encrypted messeging will be available this year Daum Kakao, the operator of South Korea’s most popular mobile messenger Kakao Talk, said it plans to adopt a “privacy mode” in an apparent bid to allay users’ concerns about security. There has been much in the Korean press on this matter recently and Telegram has been making the most of the situation, garning massive local suport in Korea. “The new…

Edited from Business Korea: Korea is once again proving to be a market where rapid adoption of new tech services (particularly mobile) can occur at phenomenal speed. Samsung’s Milk Music, Kakao Corp’s peer to peer payments service, and Berlin-based Telegram messenger are the most recent examples. These services have attracted hundreds of thousands or even millions of subscribers in the first few weeks after release in Korea, the world’s ‘most wired nation’….