[kictanet] SPY AGENCY NIS SEEKS DIRECT ACCESS TO YOUR CALLS AND SMS

Phares Kariuki pkariuki at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 11:03:59 EAT 2014


This might be used to fight dissent more than secure us.

We aren't insecure because of the lack of intelligence, we are insecure
because of a lack of will to secure the country.


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Mouz via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> It goes without saying! If NIS can intercept the communication between
> terrorists then they can be stopped before they do any harm.
>
> Actually, one use case of Big Data is national security. All the
> communication within a country is filtered through 'The Machine' and one
> becomes a 'person of interest' if his/her communication makes them one.
> Otherwise the intercepted data is discarded. From here, human assets can
> dig deeper and prove a suspect's innocence or otherwise.
>
> Ben,
>
> LOL! Encrypted communication apps you say? If the Government wants access
> they will get it! Just read what happened to Blackberry's encrypted
> communication in India! (
> http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/07/10/after-a-lengthy-battle-blackberry-will-finally-let-the-indian-government-monitor-its-servers/
> )
>
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