[kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier

[Ali Hussein]

Mwendwa

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> On 19 Feb 2016, at 3:21 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Feb 19, 2016 2:26 AM, "meshack emakunat" <memakunat at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > the cost of security is your privacy. Same as the cost of information/internet access
> 
> This is a lie peddled to dilute constitutional safeguards on rights of citizens. This lie is more magnified when the citizenry is scared. Espionage and counter espionage thrived even before the advent of electronic ICT. Governments can be more creative and improve their intelligence. And progressive governments have actually done so.
> 
> > --------------------------------------------
> > On Thu, 2/18/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >
> >  Subject: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier
> >  To: memakunat at yahoo.com
> >  Cc: "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> >  Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 1:01 PM
> >
> >  This has not been discussed here. A
> >  very interesting development is
> >  happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave".
> >  The FBI, and to
> >  an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone
> >  found in the
> >  scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous
> >  acts. For several
> >  years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to
> >  the level
> >  where the best brains in FBI  cannot crack. Now the
> >  Feds want Apple to
> >  build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices.
> >  Apple has adamantly
> >  refused urguing that such a move would put the information
> >  of all their
> >  users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters
> >  have also
> >  urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in
> >  the first
> >  ammendment.
> >
> >  This is an important development because here in Kenya, the
> >  government has
> >  previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the
> >  citizens from
> >  terrorism.
> >
> >  Some analysis:
> >  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/preliminary-thoughts-on-the-apple-iphone-order-in-the-san-bernardino-case-part-1/
> >
> >  Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity.
> >
> >  Regards
> >
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