[kictanet] [isoc_ke] Fwd: Tough new rules force all Internet users to list their gadgets

Wed Jul 1 15:00:58 EAT 2015

I'm looking forward to a formal statement on the CA website on this matter.

*Cyber Security*

I just don't see how this works out. If the aim is combating cybersecurity,
any (black hat) hacker worth his/her salt will obfuscate their
identity/location using any number of ways. And getting online via  a
public hotspot is only one of a myriad of ways.

What defines public wifi? How would this be enforced? Is it even possible?
Any android smart phone can be turned into a (public) wifi hotspot, how
would this be 'policed'.

Cyber security is a big deal in this connected world, but I do not think
that this is the way to combat it.

*Local Hosting*
Enforced Local hosting: This is really simple;  why get involved in what is
essentially a business decision? If we want local hosting done locally, we
need to help the likes of Angani be competitive globally, I don't think
legislation is the way there.

I'm really looking forward to this edition of the KIGF. Timing couldn't be
better.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 1:32 PM Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Looking at the story, I wondered if the journalist had misunderstood the
> DG or really KENIC is going to be given the role of policing WIFIs. Is this
> really feasible and is it KENIC's role? It just does not sound right.
>
> A response from CA may set the record straight!
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:31:06 -0700
> To: kelvin at skysys.co.ke
> CC: isoc at lists.my.co.ke
> Subject: Re: [isoc_ke] Fwd: [kictanet] Tough new rules force all Internet
> users to list their gadgets
> From: isoc at lists.my.co.ke
>
>
> Security is a function of personal freedom.
> This binary concept of privacy or security pushes people to compromise on
> privacy in the myopic idea that security if paramount.
> However, unless the people feel safe enough to express themselves, share
> ideas, organize and basically have that democratic culture, the state
> understanding of security keeps drifting away from how the citizens
> understand it.
>
> Cyber crime is, as expected, related to growth in internet connection. Not
> just in Kenya but globally. Let no one sound the alarm as if Kenya is a
> special case.
>
> I think the solution lies most importantly in enabling the user defend
> herself online. 123456 is not a password, no Nigerian will send you
> USD250,000 just for sharing your name...and a host of behavioral reverse
> engineering tricks.
>
> That is our first line of defence, while investing seriously in technical
> capacity locally.
>
> How enforceable are these directives anyway?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:19 AM, Kelvin Githira via isoc <
> isoc at lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I will keep this as simple and as short as i can, just the way i know how
> to.
>
> The fight against cyber crime is wide and cannot just be won by casting
> the net on free wifi users. forms of crime vary from sms, phone calls.
> emails and on chat applications.
>
> To even get close to keeping cyber crime at bay a few things (among
> others)  in my opinion will need to happen in no given order
>
> -cast the net wider to include the use of  pen registers and as well as
> trap and trace devices by the law enforcement authority ( while doing so
> define what is to be surveyed, is it mass surveillance or only where there
> is suspicion of crime ?
> -Substantiate between devices used to access and platforms used to access
> i.e a cell phone with mac address x and an email address used by user y (
> while doing so define notification to unsuspecting users as well as define
> the Gag rule to ISP   mandated on this process
> -define broadly information revealed by "digital dialed" over circuit
> switched telephony networks as well as information reveled by addressing on
> packet switched internet networks.
> - while tapping into this various forms of communication , law enforcement
> will need the cooperation of third parties such as the ISP's and telephone
> companies, to what extend i ask ?
>
> again we are faced with the dilemma, how far should we allow our
> government to go in there efforts to protect us against crime and terrorism
> while protecting freedoms and privacy? or is it a case of giving up
> liberties for more security?  Simply put others will argue that the intent
> is access the internet and sign up freely for surveillance.
>
>
> regards,
> kelvin
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Barrack Otieno via isoc <
> isoc at lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:55:10 +0000
> Subject: [kictanet] Tough new rules force all Internet users to list
> their gadgets
> To: otieno.barrack at gmail.com
> Cc: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
>
> Kenyans using Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet in public places will
> be required to register their mobile devices with the Kenya Network
> Information Centre (Kenic), under new rules aimed at fighting
> cybercrime.The customers will be required to provide their telephone
> numbers and identity card details, which can be used to track them
> down should they use their gadgets to commit cybercrimes such as fraud
> or hacking websites.
> Read on:
> http://www.nation.co.ke/news/CA-WiFi-Internet-Rules-Cybercrime/-/1056/2771118/-/mbci1a/-/index.html
>
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