[kictanet] FW: latest writing

[Alex Gakuru]

Latest News: "Report: Bush surveillance program was massive"
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090711/ap_on_go_co/us_domestic_surveillance>

--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: latest writing
> To: alex.gakuru at yahoo.com
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 11:05 AM
> Hello Edith,
> 
> Thanks for sharing. I would be most interested in the
> debate - see my
> below message.
> 
> Prof. Lessig proposes a mechanism where consumers, services
> providers
> and government all accept some compromises (i.e. all move
> out of
> respective 'dug-in' positions as regards privacy and
> security)
> 
> I would be very interested in a local debate on it, more
> towards
> building online trust.
> 
> Dunno who else might be?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM
> Subject: [ke-internetusers] Lawrence Lessig - Privacy &
> Security v2
> To: ke-users <ke-internetusers at bdix.net>
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Yesterday, I downloaded this incredible presentation.
> 
> Government, Regulator, Telecommunications companies, Civil
> Society as
> well as individuals should find very useful.
> <http://a26.video2.blip.tv/2770001091994/Lessig-Privacy20778.flv>
> (warning: it's  340 MB)
> 
> [in case you'd need it on a CD + two others by the same
> speaker (and
> if prepared to refund media, handing, and assistant's costs
> to your
> offices) feel free to request off list.]
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex
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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Edith Adera<eadera at idrc.or.ke>
> wrote:
> > This might be of interest (see attached). Wonder what
> Kenya is planning. Worth a debate?
> >
> > Edith
> >
> > -----
> > The following excerpt is quite telling:
> >
> > "...Pakistan has created a national smart ID card
> database, managed by the National Database and Registration
> Authority (NADRA) . Currently this database holds 170
> million fingerprints, 72 million facial images, and has
> already issued 70 million ID cards. The information stored
> within the system is used for highway toll collection, cash
> grant systems, national drivers license system, civil
> registrations, passport and visa issuing, passport insurance
> and control biometric refugee registration, and the ID cards
> and access control system for the Pakistani army. The mere
> scale of this database raises questions about access
> management, security, and interoperability, but these have
> yet to be answered. A centralised pool of information may be
> an invaluable tool to any government; especially one trying
> to raise its people out of poverty. But given how high the
> stakes are, we need to ask ourselves whether adopting a
> one-sided approach and focusing on the benefits alone will
> not harm those same people in the long run. "
> >
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