<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">@Rad,<br><br>i thot so too. in other words. you cant pull this off (broadcast) without Safcom's nod. Unless ofcourse they are confessing that they are unable to manage/secure their network (this would be more devastating to concede ;-).<br><br>In any case as Andrea B. highlighted from the Safcoms website/terms of service, it does allow them to use your numbers for:>>cut<br><ol start="2" type="i"><li>For reasonable commercial purposes connected to your use of the
mobile service, such as marketing and research related activities;</li></ol><< picked from http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=1133<br><br>walu.<br>nb: btw, i finally did the get the broadcast too, but am not complaining (for now ;-)<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 7/19/10, Rad! <i><conradakunga@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 9:06 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">If mail servers can detect sudden mass mailing activity so can mobile<br>providers with a sudden increase in mass SMS originating from a single<br>source<br><br>On Monday, July 19, 2010, James Kagwe <<a ymailto="mailto:kagwejg@gmail.com"
href="/mc/compose?to=kagwejg@gmail.com">kagwejg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> I'm just wondering if Safaricom really needs to avail subscriber<br>> numbers to me to send mass SMS's. It is common knowledge that Safaricom<br>> has 0722..., 0723..., 0724... etc. If I have enough cash like we know<br>> campaigners have I just send SMS's to the numbers prefixed with those<br>> codes en masse and I'm sure I'll hit more than 60% of them.<br>><br>> James<br>><br>> On 7/16/2010 8:33 AM, Victor Gathara wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>> Following this with interest. I<br>> think it would be improper for networks to sell/avail subscriber<br>> numbers to others for promotional purposes because subscribers don't<br>> have a choice to opt in to this when they sign up for the service (I<br>> certainly didn't). Promotions from the network itself are of
course a<br>> different matter altogether.<br>><br>> Regarding spam where the sender<br>> gets phone numbers through unscrupulous means the only solution may be<br>> to press the DELETE key. Sim card registration should make it possible<br>> to pursue and prosecute offenders (assuming there is a law against<br>> spamming in Kenya).<br>><br>> Victor<br>><br>><br>> From:<br>> kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=<a ymailto="mailto:dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="/mc/compose?to=dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke">dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=<a ymailto="mailto:dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="/mc/compose?to=dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke">dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On<br>> Behalf Of dennis kipruto<br>> Sent: 16 July 2010 08:12<br>> To: Victor
Gathara<br>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest<br>><br>><br>> I also got one. It seems Safaricom has a case to Answer.More so i<br>> didn't sign up for any YES Campaign media gimic. I would call the SMS a<br>> spam SMS.<br>><br>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Edith Adera<br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke" href="/mc/compose?to=eadera@idrc.or.ke">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> Today I received a promotional sms from the "YES" campaign. Can<br>> Safaricom explain how our phone numbers were leaked?<br>><br>><br>> Edith<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
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