[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Media Misleading Citizens?-One Man Security?

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 18:49, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- On *Wed, 3/21/12, Moses Muya <mouzmuyer at gmail.com>* wrote
> >snip
> The only question that comes to mind is whether the Government has the
> right legal backing to do this.
> >snip
>

[snip]


>
> Lets for a moment imagine that there is legal backing and ALL Operators
> are compelled to install this gadget.  Would we then claim to be
> electronically safer? Research shows that over 75% of electronic
> fraud/crime originates and is executed internally (like within
> Banks/Organisations) and hence putting gadgets at the Operators level
> presupposes the most of the bad guys are comming in from the "outside".
> Fine you may catch the minotrity thugs (25%) but have not impact on the
> majority internal thugs (the 75%...)
>

@Walu,

We'd be electronically safer, yes. We are sniffing "Internet" and
"internet" traffic. "Internet" here stands for Kenya<->Worldwide traffic
while "internet" stands for Kenya<->Kenya (can be via KIXP of just within
the operators network) traffic. For all intents and purposes, I believe the
system is not supposed extend beyond those two scenarios, like sniffing
traffic within a bank's system. You pushed it beyond the mandate of CCK by
introducing traffic within RFC1918 confines. I believe the gadget applies
only to those organizations which offer cyberspace based services to the
public.


>
> A secondary but equally important point, is what would stop the Director
> General (my good friend Wangusi) to use the very same equipment to block
> internet traffic into and out of  the Kenyan space? Especially if Kenyans
> are trying to do the equivalent of the Arab uprising on
> Twitter/FB/etc...which is likely considering our politics is not really
> improving (but I digress)
>

This is not an issue. Even before the introduction of the gadget, I believe
the govt has a way of asking an provider licensed under CCK to shut down
their services, in the guise of national security, or be forced shut! You
remember KTN case and the "if you rattle a snake"? God forbid we don't have
such level of dictatorship in KE.


>
> Am not purely against security gadgets being installed.  Am against a
> framework that puts one man or woman in charge of these gadgets. Even our
> new constitution puts the Police and Security Intelligence bosses under
> Parliament (210 MPs?)
>

Let ms also go ahead and say that you seem to have made a great assumption
on that. It's not possible that only one (wo)man is going to be in charge
of these gadgets. The security agencies are mostl likely the ones who are
going to be going over the data collected with a toothcomb and magnifying
glass, but remember there is a Police Oversight Authority and the
Parliamentary Committee on Security who hold sway over the security
agencies... I want to believe that whoever is going to be in charge of the
gadgets is not going to be able to act unilaterally.



>
> If we are not carefull we may be basically putting Kenya back to the days
> of one-man-show. Remember one broadcasting station - Voice of Kenya?
> remember KPT&C - the days of JamboNet? Same thing here on the offing - if
> we are to believe what has been published in the press (and why not, no one
> from CCK has protested as  being misquoted) .
>

Hehe... I think you presented an Academic paper, Walu. We have a new
constitution which gives the people a lot more power than Moi ever
imagined, lest you forget :-)



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