[kictanet] Is any of us safe from espionage?

[Ngigi Waithaka]

Dennis,

Basically, if you own a computer, NSA has *already* hacked you.

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya

www.A1.io
On 17 Feb 2015 11:30, "Dennis Kioko via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Basically, if you own a computer, NSA can install software on your drive.
>
> On Tue Feb 17 2015 at 09:58:05 Mark Kipyegon via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 17/02/2015 09:34, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet wrote:
>> > If anyone of us here has a hard drive from Seagate, Western Digital,
>> > Samsung, IBM and any of the rest of the top hard drive manufacturers,
>> then
>> > the NSA has already hacked you.
>> >
>> > http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932
>> >
>> > Do we move back to paper for sensitive Government operations?
>> >
>>
>> At this point are the authorities and the public even concerned about
>> being spied on?
>>
>> Last year we learnt that the NSA actively monitors Kenyan GSM networks
>> and that was quickly forgotten.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> kictanet mailing list
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>>
>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/
>> mailman/options/kictanet/dmbuvi%40gmail.com
>>
>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>
> Unsubscribe or change your options at
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngigi%40at.co.ke
>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20150217/24d3ac4d/attachment.htm>