[kictanet] Day 1 0f 10:-Internet Governance Discussions, Introductory Theme

[Michuki Mwangi]

Hi Brian et al,

Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:
> 
> 1) Cyber-Crime: Due to the vast nature of the network, the Internet  
> a good example here is the Nigeria "419" scams which in the recent  
> past seem to be originating more from the USA/Europe than from  
> Nigeria itself.

> 2) Cyber-Warfare: also known as "information warfare" it is defined  
> in Wikipedia as "... the use and management of information in pursuit  
> of a competitive advantage over an opponent.

> 3) Child Pornography: Among other evils that plague the Internet,  
> this is probably the most disturbing. 

> 4) Spam: it has been reported that unsolicited commercial email and  
> more recently malicious, meaningless email garbage constitutes almost  
> 80% of all email transmitted over the internet.


The common factor between them is that they are successful and thriving 
markets niches and steady revenue streams to a whole lot of folks. That 
means they continually provide incentive to the players to keep 
re-inventing themselves against all legal and enforcement measures.

IMHO until the day the huge financial gains can be eroded from such 
activities we cannot anticipate significant success to be achieved in 
the near or short-term.

We must recognize that the commercialization of the Internet resource 
has brought us both the good and bad, and the best and worst are yet to 
come. How we deal with these present issues (both good and bad) will 
impact the future of the Internet resource as we know it today; either 
positively or negatively.

Best regards,

Michuki.




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