[kictanet] The Dark Side of Big Data?

Mon Jun 24 11:11:05 EAT 2013

These issues were canvassed at the recently concluded Freedom Online
Conference. In fact, the word Prism became cliche.

You can watch one of the eye-opening panel discussions at the conference on
Government and Surveillance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiRlV-9nr7Y

Victor

Victor Kapiyo, LL.B

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*“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar
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On 16 June 2013 10:27, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Image by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (CC BY-2.0)
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> Global Voices Advocacy: 'Everyone's Rights are at Stake: Global Reach of
> US Surveillance Programs'
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> http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2013/06/14/everyones-rights-are-at-stake-global-reach-of-us-surveillance-programs/
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>  *From:* Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> *To:* ict.researcher at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:13 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The Dark Side of Big Data?
>
> Barrack
>
> True that. Our concern really should be the checks and balances that are
> in place to ensure individual interests do not morph into National Security
> issues..if you get my drift..
>
> @ Joe, thanks for sharing this. It's good to know that even when Google
> complies to certain government demands they do so with some transparency.
>
> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
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> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
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> On Jun 15, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this Joseph, @ Ali we really need a good balance between
> Security and Privacy maybe we should move to a level where a user allows
> his or her data to be accessed by state agents for the good of the society
> in any case the service providers access this data its what they choose to
> do with it that matters, can you imagine how safe air travel would be if
> Security checks were optional?, how does it feel to remove your belt or
> better still your shoes? i think the same issue is at play here.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Joseph Mucheru <mucheru at google.com>wrote:
>
> Google, Asking Government For Permission To Disclose NSA Data, Isn't Done
> Defending Itself
> The Huffington Post Jun 11, 2013
> In an open letter on Tuesday to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI
> Director Robert Mueller, Google pressed the United States government for
> permission to publish more information about the number of secret requests
> it receives for customers' data.
> "Assertions in the press that our compliance with these requests gives the
> U.S. government unfettered access to our users' data are simply untrue,"
> David Drummond, the search giant's top lawyer, wrote, echoing not one but
> two flat-out denials that the government has "direct access" to company
> servers. Last week, The Guardian and The Washington Post had bombshell
> reports on a National Security Agency program called PRISM that lets the
> government collect emails, photos and other information from Internet users.
> As it currently stands, Google is prohibited by law from disclosing the
> number of government data requests it receives under the Foreign
> Intelligence Surveillance Act -- the controversial law that empowers PRISM
> -- as well as the number of individuals affected by those requests. "We
> therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our
> Transparency Report aggregate numbers of national security requests,
> including FISA disclosures—in terms of both the number we receive and their
> scope," the company wrote.
> In March, the company won the right publish statistics about the number of
> "national security letters" it receives. Those letters require Google to
> hand over "metadata" about users interactions -- who emailed whom, for
> example, but not the content of the emails themselves -- though even then
> the government would not let Google publish exact figures but only broad
> ranges of the number of requests.
> "Transparency here will likewise serve the public interest without harming
> national security," Drummond noted in the letter. Transparency will also
> make it easier for Google to clear its name to Americans who trust it with
> their data.
> http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3423064
> On Jun 15, 2013 6:27 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>  Where do authorities draw the line on usage of Data for enforcement
> purposes? The line between data used to stop criminal activities and
> whether those violate Privacy of innocents is becoming increasingly blurred.
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/us/mining-of-data-is-called-crucial-to-fight-terror.html?pagewanted=1&_r=4&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130608
>
> Ali Hussein
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