[kictanet] To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger

Tue Mar 15 16:20:31 EAT 2016

Hehe Wangari,

I apologize for using complicated terms (POTUS effect) , indeed as you
say, the Internet is a jungle. The best way to regulate a jungle is
through policy and technology as seen in modern day conservancies.

I will attempt to use animal farm analogy ;-)

The other way is to have a fence around the jungle (use of
technology). You can electrify it to make trespassers feel good when
they touch it, that way they pay attention to the fence. Normally when
an elephant touches electric fence it is possible to pinpoint where
that happened, hence technology becomes both a detterent based on the
feeling the animal gets when it touches the fence and a guide on the
bounderies of the jungle as well as a source of information to the
wardens on possible scenes of crime.

I hope this makes sense

On 3/15/16, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Greetings Barrack,
>
> Can the internet justify its being "driven by trust"?
>
> Let us take banking which in the last week has tried to convince Kenyans not
> to run react, that all banks are not falling in Kenya or pulling out of
> Kenya through the Kenya Bankers Association adverts.
> This is a coordinated effort by the players to have a system that builds
> relative trust (note the word relative). Secondly banks operate in a similar
> way - central clearing house which gives the government a point to reference
> with on that is happening in the industry even if there may still be slip
> ups and covert activities such as money laundering
>
> The internet appears to the rule of the jungle. Even more the Government
> itself seems to have no point to have "real" control or coordination.The
> creators seem to have this control.
> Perhaps this should've been done when the internet was invented.
>
> Again this also takes us to the question, who owns the internet? Because
> they would have all the answers - from control, access, coordination which
> is a role that Governments play in most if not all sectors.Or is the
> Government to redefine its role where the internet is concerned?
>
> PS: Na Barrack ukitumia majina makubwa makubwa like Social Engineering - you
> explain.
>
> Blessed day.
>
> Regards/Wangari
>
> ---
> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on
> Earth".
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 15/3/16, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger
>  To: wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk
>  Cc: "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>, "Nanjira Sambuli"
> <nanjira at ihub.co.ke>
>  Date: Tuesday, 15 March, 2016, 13:49
>
>  Many thanks Ebele,
>
>  I agree with Nanjira's
>  postulation. Whereas Cabinet Secretary
>  Mucheru's view point may be justified to a
>  certain extent, it wouldn't
>  be prudent
>  since it will curtail the growth and developement of the
>  Internet which has partly been driven by trust.
>  My humble opinion is
>  that if we take care of
>  the Infrastructure issues such as natting, we
>  don't need to worry about Pseudonym's.
>  One way would be to encourage
>  adoption of IP
>  V 6 which avails an Internet Protocol address for every
>  device which would in turn make it easy to
>  trace sources of
>  information. The government
>  could also adopt an approach of educate
>  users through Social Engineering. This is my
>  opinion but i stand to be
>  corrected.
>
>  Best Regards
>
>  On 3/15/16, Ebele Okobi via
>  kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  wrote:
>  > Just a clarification-
>  > Facebook absolutely agrees that there
>  should be spaces on the Internet where
>  >
>  people can share anonymously, including some of our own
>  properties, like
>  > Instagram. That said,
>  Facebook itself is a space where community and trust
>  > depend upon people being able to connect
>  with people they know, so Facebook
>  >
>  community standards require people to use names they are
>  known to use in
>  > "real"
>  life.
>  >
>  > We do not
>  proactively moderate for this, but fake accounts are
>  definitely
>  > taken down if and when they
>  are reported to us, and we include mechanisms
>  > for reporting fake names or accounts
>  directly in the platform so that anyone
>  >
>  on Facebook, whether or not the reporting person has an
>  account, can
>  > report.
>  >
>  > Screen shot of report
>  flow pasted below-
>  > [image1.PNG]
>  >
>  > Ebele Okobi | Head of
>  Public Policy, Africa
>  > m. +44 (0) 771
>  156 1315<tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315>
>  > 10 Brock Street |
>  London<x-apple-data-detectors://0/1> | NW1 3FG
>  > ebeleokobi at fb.com<mailto:ebeleokobi at fb.com>
>  >
>  >
>  [6F376569-CC77-422B-BAD3-794055B1E02B]
>  >
>  > On Mar 15, 2016, at
>  9:27 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet
>  >
>  <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
>  > wrote:
>  >
>  > To me, such a move would be in direct
>  contravention of article 31 (d) of the
>  >
>  Constitution.
>  >
>  >
>  Given that blogging in Kenya is taken to mean anyone with a
>  social media
>  > account expressing their
>  opinions, I think it's a slippery slope. Facebook
>  > tried to enforce a real name policy, I
>  believe so did Google, and that
>  >
>  didn't bode well.
>  >
>  > While I see why the government would want
>  to take that approach (and could
>  > be
>  argued with s 33(2)..), it is worrisome. And "clamping
>  down" is a
>  > militant choice of
>  words...
>  >
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  > Nanjira.
>  >
>  > Sent from my
>  iPhone.
>  >
>  > On 15 Mar
>  2016, at 02:33,
>  >
> kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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>  >
>  > To be or not to be a pseudonymous
>  blogger
>  >
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