Lwakatare Video: Metadata Information Can Easily Reveal Secret

Foum Jnr said:

a great lesson for political parties in tanzania not just to put much emphasis to campaigning and lobbying but to have experrts on the rising breach of online technology. The saga will cost chadema if efforts are not put in place to prove the fraudulent film, its in the best interest for the party to seek independent experts to varify the short film if it was genuine.

on the serious note it is high time now that big wigs running political parties and other organisations to have a specific projects and team of experts to fight off siber smear campaigns like the one being upoloaded few weeks ago. it will be absolutly astonishing if the short film would be found fake without implicating some rising stars of the rulling ccm who had mentioned in public that they have seen the same episode way back and not only that they didnt report it to the authorities but also to say that they wernt involved in the making of the horrific smear campaign against a fellow tanzanian. This is not the politics that ordinary people want to see in the future and it is important for the police authority to make sure they get to the bottom of it, and punish accordingly whoever is involved..

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Which police authority are talking about? The police force that killed Mwangosi? The police force that has failed to tell us about the torture of Dr. Ulimboka? The police authority we have in Tanzania seems to be working under the pressure of the authority itself not for the public. They will not adquately probe into anything against their bosses, they are there to make sure that whatever is presented is in favour of the bosses.

After all Mwigulu has already declared that he has had a video clip about such scene why not use him to make things clear to the public? We have a similar clip in the You Tube which was claimed to be staged by one of the Sheikhs in Mwanza but we are yet to hear anything about police arrest in connection to the film. What is the secret behind that scene? Why the police force rash to this one of Lwakatare not of that Sheikh which has been in our blogs several Months ago? Answers to these questions might be hard to get but they are suggestive of double standards by police forces while executing their duties.

I am of the opinion that independent experts be used to investigate the clip and tell us whether it is genuine or fake one. Anybody who is knowledgeable in ICT should volunteer to subject the clip under the said program and clarify the matter to us. Since the source of the clip is YOU TUBE, there will be no problem if the results will be communicated to us through the same route

Henge said:

mkuu kwani niki upload na kuvunja kila kitu nilichotumia, naharibu everything ikiwepo na kubadili location ya nilipokuwepo bado kunauwezekano wakunikamata!??

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Labda utumie internet c@fe kila kitu

Gagnija said:

Mwisho wa siku itakuwa aibu kubwa kwa wapangaji wa hizi njama. Watu smart wangetumia wataalamu wa teknolojia kuliko hawa wachumia tumbo kina Nchemba.

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nchemba namsuspect kuhusika kwa namna moja ama nyingine

Lwakatare ni Gaidi

Independent Voter said:

kwa hiyo mnataka kukataa kwamba yule sio lwakatare kwenye ile video au?maana hamueleweki naona toka juzi mnatapa tapa tu,hebu acheni sheria ichukue mkondo wake acheni kuweweseka,sheria ni msumeno haijali cha upinzani wala nini

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Unajua washili walisema "Mkuki kwa nguruwe kwa binadamu ni mchungu.Angalia maneno unayoongea na uhakika ambao unao.Hivi ukija kuambiwa clip ile ilichezewa utaweka uso wako wapi?Au utarudi kumwabia Lwakatare pole?Leo ni Lwakatare kesho atakuwa ndugu yako wa damu utajisikiaje ?Hakuna dhambi mbaya kama ya kuhisi sababu unachafua hata uhusiano ulionao kwa jamii.Kuwa mzalendo tetea haki.Haya mengine tuwaachie wanasiasa na wasipenda kutenda haki.Jifunze,kuhubiri na kutenda haki.

Nikishika mwizi sidhani kama nitamleta JF au nitampeleka YOUTUBE,bali POLISI,hivyo walioiweka hiyo clip kwenye mtanando wanamengi ya kutueleza na wala si Lwakatare

tiqo said:

labda utumie internet c@fe kila kitu

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yes mkuu hata hiyo si inakuwa ngumu kunikamata, hata nikitumia komoderm changu nilichosajili kwa jina feki na kukivunjilia mbali!

Vilaza wetu wa jeshi la polisi na usalama wa taifa wangeomba msaada ktk kuthibitisha authenticity ya ile video clip kutoka FBI au CIA..as a matter of fact ktk tafsiri pana hili jambo linagusa usalama wa taifa kwasababu bila kujali kama ile video ni ya kweli au uongo kama inaonekana kuna magaidi wanaohujumu maslahi ya nchi kwa kuwawinda raia wema wa nchi hii wanaolipenda taifa hili kwa dhati na kulitumikia taifa kwa moyo wa uzalendo..

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TIQO said:

Labda utumie internet c@fe kila kitu

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Henge said:

yes mkuu hata hiyo si inakuwa ngumu kunikamata, hata nikitumia komoderm changu nilichosajili kwa jina feki na kukivunjilia mbali!

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bado inawezekana,
maana kama tuna sample ya watu kumi na katika watu kumi wale wakiangalia simu zenu ni wewe tu uliyefika maeneo hayo ya internet cafe na ni muda huohuo wewe ulituma hiyo msg sasa si tayari wewe niwetu na sasa upo mononi na tunakuchunguza zaidi?

au hata hilo la moderm je ni kweli hujaitumia kwingien kokote kule?
ni ngumu sana kufucha trace zote, naamina hata hao FBI na CIA na MOSADS huwa wanancha trace.

Ahahahahaaa Pasco kwa hiyo wewe umeingiza video hii uliyodownload hapa utube (.flv file) kwenye Final Cut Pro ukajiridhisha kuwa ni genuine? Hiyo FCP unatumia peke yako Tanzania nzima? Labda uniambie wewe unayo origina video file na yapasa useme umeipataje!

Ninaweza said:

nchemba namsuspect kuhusika kwa namna moja ama nyingine

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Huyo ndiye prime suspect.

kibanga ampiga mkoloni said:

bado inawezekana,
maana kama tuna sample ya watu kumi na katika watu kumi wale wakiangalia simu zenu ni wewe tu uliyefika maeneo hayo ya internet cafe na ni muda huohuo wewe ulituma hiyo msg sasa si tayari wewe niwetu na sasa upo mononi na tunakuchunguza zaidi?

Au hata hilo la moderm je ni kweli hujaitumia kwingien kokote kule?
Ni ngumu sana kufucha trace zote, naamina hata hao fbi na cia na mosads huwa wanancha trace.

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kila kitu kimenunuliwa kwa ajili ya kazi hiyo tuu mkuu, si unajua kunapesa zimewekwa kwa ajili ya propaganda, kwahiyo watu wanakuwa very smart mkuu!

Kumpata aliye upload wala sio isshu kubwa, ishu ni utayari wa kufanya uchunguzi halisi.

What they can do ni ku-waomba Youtube watoe internet protocol address(ip adress) aliyotumia huyo jamaa ku-apload, kumbuka kuwa kila unapoingia kwenye internet kampuni inayokupa huduma ya internet ndio inakupatia "namba" au "laini" ya kuingia kwenye internet. kwa mfano unapokukwa na simu yako ya kawaida, unakuwa na namba yako ambayo ndiyo inaunganishwa na mitambo ya kurusha simu. So internet ni kama simu, kila ukiingia mtandanoni mhudumu wa internet (internet service provider) anakupatia "laini" (namba) ya kuunganishwa na internet, hata kama unatumia simu kuingia mtandaoni, hiyo simu yako nayo inapewa namba/laini. Hiyo namba inaweza kuonyesha eneo (geographical location) uliyopo (coordinates --longitude/latitude) na mara nyingine hata hadi nyumba uliyopo!. Pia kila mhudumu wa internet analkuwa na "list" ya namba anazowapatia wateja wake, kwa hiyo ni rahisi kujua umetumia internet ya kampuni gani. (Ip adress range). Issue ni kujua nani alikuwa natumia namba hiyo kwa wakati huo.

Pili huwezi kujiunga Youtube kama huna account ya Gmail. kwa hiyo Youtube pia wana email (gmail) account ya alye upload hiyo video, ikiwa ni pamoja na jina lake halisi, siku aliyofungua kaunti na mawasiliano yake yote. ikiwa ni panoja na internet adresses ambazo ametumia tangua afungue hiyo akaunti, hakuna siri hapo. Pia severs za youtube zina weka rekodi ya aina ya chombo (kompyuta au simu) iliyotumia hiyo namba (kwa mfano aina ya komputa, opertaing system, aina na browser (browser fingerprintig) n.k

Tatu kwa hujua uhalisia wa video (kama ni kweli au feki), mambo mengi yanahitaji kuangaliwa. Mojawapo ni metadata uliyoeleza hapa juu. Metadata ya video huonyesha pia ip adress, pili inaonyesha umetumia kamera ya aina gani, ina mega pixel ngapi, kiasi cha mwanga (ISO), video size, tarehe, na author(kama aliyerekodi ame-set owner name), lens model and producer,
Pili kuna kuna vyombo vingi vya kuchanganua uhalisia wa video ikiwa ni pamoja na kuoanisha sauti na maneno, na kufahamu kama video imeunganishwa vipande vipande au ni mtiririko mmoja. kama ni vipande, video editing software iliyotumika itaonekana.

Tatu, unapo upload file, interntet inasoma file path (kwamba hili file tuna upload kutoka wapi--kutoka kwenye flash? desktop ? au local disk?
kwa mfano(nasisistiza MFANO) ..inaweza kuwa C\Users\Desktop\Ludovick\My Videos--- au C\F\Charles Jumanne videos ambapo F ni flash na Charles J ni jina halisi la aliyeupload video
automatically unaona kuwa owner wa komputa au flash ni ludovick au charles, kwa namna iliyoseviwa (save)

Take: just be careful with the internet, and where neccesary seek help.

EMT said:

Hivi kweli kuna mtu anadhani serikali ya Tanzania ikitaka kujua mtu aliyeiweka ile video YouTube itashindwa?

Kuna watu wako so illiterate na kompyuta wanadhani kuwa uki-uplaod video Youtube na ID feki basi huwezi kuwa tracked down.

Everything that people do on the Internet, including on YouTube, can be tracked down so easily. I mean everything.

Sioni ugumu wowote wa kum-track aliyeweka ile video.

Na kwa vile ile video inaongelea conspiracy to kill someone na kwa vile terms na conditions za YouTube zinakataza ku-upload video za aina hiyo, Google watakuwa tayari ku-cooperate na Tanzania kumpata aliyeiweka ile video ya conspiracy to commit a deadly crime.

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...very true bro....infact katika jambo ambalo jamaa zetu wa usalama walilotakiwa kufanya immediately ni ku track source ya ile video.....kwa kuanzia kwa aliyeiweka kwa you tube.....maana wangemjua angesaidia moja kwa moja kupata source ya ile video.....Huku kuwakamata kina Lwakatare kungekuwa secondary..maana at the end of the day..je wakigundua ni feki...watafanyaje??watafunga mjadala???hii haitakiwi..kwani lazima wa trace source yake na wawaadhibu wahusika.....maana hii haina tofauti na mambo hatarishi tunayopigia kelele kuwa yanahatarisha amani ya nchi....Vyombo vya usalama wanatakiwa wawajue waliotengeneza ile video na kuwaadhibu..hata kama ikigundulika ni feki.....kama walivyofanya kuwajua wahusika wa mtandao wa "Ze utamu"....kwa kushirikiana na vyombo kama..google etc...Ikibidi hata foreign digital sound/voice experts watumike kuwajua wahusika(watengenezaji)...

Kumbe tunajifanya tuko Digitali but mawazo yao na matendo yao yako ki-analogia.........kazi kweli kweli

Mlengo wa Kati said:

Lwakatare ni Gaidi

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Jina lake linamsafisha dhidi ya tuhuma zako straight away.

kibanga ampiga mkoloni said:

bado inawezekana,
maana kama tuna sample ya watu kumi na katika watu kumi wale wakiangalia simu zenu ni wewe tu uliyefika maeneo hayo ya internet cafe na ni muda huohuo wewe ulituma hiyo msg sasa si tayari wewe niwetu na sasa upo mononi na tunakuchunguza zaidi?

Au hata hilo la moderm je ni kweli hujaitumia kwingien kokote kule?
Ni ngumu sana kufucha trace zote, naamina hata hao fbi na cia na mosads huwa wanancha trace.

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hakwenda na simu mkuu si unakuwa umepona!

***** said:

The only way to work out on this political ambiguity!

Metadata usually hide information that can embarrassingly lead to revelation of secrets resulting in leakage of business deals, hidden agendas and other crucial information, and hence a danger of exposing secrets which can be very costly!

It is known that (I will not put refs for now) even for reputable companies with server-based metadata removal, 10% of all information (provided they are in electronic form) going out of company server have metadata.

Metadata can reveal how an electronic file was created. Metadata for example can tell you whether this video was taken continuously from one place or just a combination of parts taken from different places in different times. It provides plenty of other information as well.

"One of the factors that distinguishes electronic documents from their paper counterparts and contributes to the complexity of electronic document records management is that electronically stored data is accompanied by metadata. Metadata "describes" the underlying data. It may include information such as what language it's written in; where the data is stored; number of characters, pages and words; what tools were used to create it; when the data was created/modified and by whom." Reference: (E-discovery: What does your metadata reveal? : Municipal Association of SC)

I'm certain for large percentage, that this video is a forgery. The only way to clear this dilemma is to work it the clever way by extracting the meta information associated with the video file!

I'm convinced that there is little chance for people (who may also be not intelligent enough) who created this video to have ever thought of the meta info hidden in the file. And because the video is posted on internet, that means they cannot take it all back in order to remove metadata. Metadata can be extracted by just executing a small piece of code in the command prompt.

Yes, information should be submitted to the court as an evidence or let some geek do it before the public in the court so that everyone can witness!

Alternatively: Extract images from a video, then get EXIF (exchangeable image file) to analyze.

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This is nice kiongozi, Wengi tumekuelewa, sasa hilo si lifanyike au nini kinazuia sisi huku mtaani kujua ukweli via hiyo technologia???Sisi tungeendelea kufanya mchakato wa kubaini ukweli huku uswahilini na kuwaacha polisi waendelee kumbwelambwela????Nadhan ingetusaidia sana maana tungekuwa tunaenda Mahakaman kuwasanifu tu na likitu lau la kubumba.

Nimekuwa nje ya suala hili. Hivi Lwakatare mwenyewe ameshaikana hiyo video au kuitolea maelezo kiasi cha kusababisha huu mjadala wa kwamba ni ya kughushi au sio kupamba moto?