[kictanet] The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government | IGP Blog

[Walubengo J]

@McTim,

Whom do I want the US to share this (NTIA) role with?

If I had the answer, then there will be no need for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) @ http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/aboutigf :-)

Anyway my position is that the situation is not perfect - but it maybe the best of the alternatives as of today. 

Perhaps in future, the IGF may strike a better recommendation that is practicable and offers other nation states the alternative feeling that big brother US is not exploiting or manipulating this oversight role.

walu.

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On Mon, 10/14/13, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kictanet] The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government | IGP Blog
 To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
 Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 Date: Monday, October 14, 2013, 10:24 PM
 
 Walu,
 
 
 
 On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
 wrote:
 > @Badru, Ali et. al,
 >
 > I support the need to share the unilateral oversight
 control that the US enjoys over the internet -
 
 I know you know this, but what you are talking about is a
 Tri-Lateral
 process.  IANA goes thru their rootzone change process,
 NTIA makes
 sure the IANA followed their process, and Verisign actually
 makes the
 change.
 
 NB: This is NOT over the whole Internet, just over what is
 in the root
 of the DNS.
 
 Can I ask who do you want to "share" the NTIA role? 
 Could it be the
 IETF?  Could it be the IAB?  or does it have to be
 an
 intergovernmental body?
 
 
 
 
 
 even though I doubt if it will come to pass in my lifetime
 :-)
 >
 > Moreover, I find the recent motivation for this
 multistakeholder approach (e.g. stop US spying)
 ill-informed. Am told Brazil is even going to the extend of
 building its own national email (yahoo) system, its own
 google, and maybe in future its own facebook, twitter, etc.
 Wherease this may satisfy national pride, it will not stop
 big brother US from spying on them or anybody else on this
 planet.
 >
 > Big brother is watching each of us from the air
 (drones, satellite, etc), from our offices (MS-Windows?),
 from our smartphones /tablets etc. Building your own
 "internet" will not stop spying  but may instead
 balkanize the internet into geographic silos similar to what
 we have in the real world.
 >
 > Spying is a well developed constitutional right in most
 democracies including ours (remember National Intelligence
 Security and now "Nyumab Kumi Concept?).  The best way
 to address big brother spying errands is - yes, to spy back
 on him.
 
 or use strong crypto.
 -- 
 Cheers,
 
 McTim
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