[kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security

Fri Dec 6 10:59:13 EAT 2013

Walu

I'm of the opinion that Spam is an issue tackled best by technology NOT legislation...

Ali Hussein

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"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein

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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> @Ndemo,
> 
> The fact that the raccoon (google says this is some animal in the US :-) did manage to flood your email with spam is a confirmation that we do need the cyber-laws even in Africa :-)
> 
> Anyway, whereas I agree with most of your article I had a comment on this one paragraph :
> 
>>>> The industry sometimes lies with statistics that in most cases do not make any sense. Gullible nations are spending a fortune on cyber security. Even countries with less than one per cent Internet penetration are talking about cyber security. <<
> 
> I was of the opinion that countries with fewer machines online SHOULD be talking loudest about Cybersecurity simply because we live in a connected world. Most IT-savvy cyber-criminals  based in developed economies hijack the few  "3rd-world" (forgive the use of word) networks/computers to launch attacks in other jurisdictions. Unless there are laws/frameworks compelling corrective action most of these local networks will forever remain vulnerable.
> 
> However, it also true is that some autocratic/non-democratic governments are going to ride this cyber-security bandwagon for the sake of adding more repression to their citizenry. The civil-society (recently baptized as evil-society :-) must forever be watchful.
> 
> walu.
> 
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> On Fri, 12/6/13, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:12 AM
> 
> Hussein,
> Some raccoon decided to clog my e-mail with spam as
> punishment because of
> the article.  I am not opposed to cyber security but
> some people (and you
> remember Dubai) want to use cyber security as a basis for
> stifling
> internet freedom.
> 
> Ndemo.
> 
> 
> 
>> Grace
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing. We indeed must tread carefully.
> There is definitely a
>> case for a regulatory framework. This must however be
> tampered with the
>> understanding that too much regulation will throttle
> the industry. It is a
>> fine balance that we must maintain.
>> 
>> *Ali Hussein*
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>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Grace Githaiga
>> <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> n Kenya, we have done extremely well in the
> adoption of ICTs. This is a
>>> field that requires a lot of creativity, but we may
> just end up killing
>>> that creativity with too many rules and regulations
> in trying to counter
>>> computer crime sometimes referred to as cybercrime
> or netcrime.
>>> 
>>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/We-must-tread-carefully-on-cyber-security/-/539548/2098892/-/item/0/-/12mo495/-/index.html
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