<p dir="ltr">Technology does work - those of you who have used Google Mail and Yahoo Mail know the difference in Spam levels. </p>
<p dir="ltr">You can also Google "Google Postini" and understand why many corporates paid for it despite having internal mail systems. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Some legislation is however needed to tackle notorious spammers. </p>
<p dir="ltr">In Kenya though, we tend to try to solve problems by legislation, which in turn makes doing business harder. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Road accidents are a bigger problem in Kenya despite lots of legislation. <br><br></p>
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<br/><br/><div class="cm_quote" style=" color: #787878">On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 11:19 am, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div id="oldcontent" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><blockquote style=""><p dir="ltr">@Ali,
<br>
<br>
your comments sound like ITU-WCIT debate Reloaded :-)
<br>
<br>
Let me be cheeky abit.
<br>
<br>
If SPAM can ONLY be tackled by technology - why hasn't it been tackled? Indeed the technology that could kill spam (e.g. PKI deployment at IP, SMTP, DNS-SEC, etc- apologies for the Tech jargon) has been with us for over 10years...how come spam refused to die?
<br>
<br>
Dont get me wrong, I am still civil-society biased. It is just that I get worried when solutions to complex problems are straight-jacketed into one block (tech, political, legal or otherwise). I think the solutions do not lie on ONE of the above, but all of the above.
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walu.
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On Fri, 12/6/13, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security
<br>
To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu@yahoo.com>
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Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 10:59 AM
<br>
<br>
Walu
<br>
I'm of the opinion that Spam is an issue
<br>
tackled best by technology NOT legislation...
<br>
<br>
Ali Hussein
<br>
+254 0770
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906375 / 0713 601113
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"I fear the day technology will
<br>
surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation
<br>
of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
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On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>
<br>
wrote:
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<br>
@Ndemo,
<br>
<br>
The fact that the raccoon (google says this is some
<br>
animal in the US :-) did manage to flood your email with
<br>
spam is a confirmation that we do need the cyber-laws even
<br>
in Africa :-)
<br>
<br>
Anyway, whereas I agree with most of your article I
<br>
had a comment on this one paragraph :
<br>
<br>
The industry sometimes lies with
<br>
statistics that in most cases do not make any sense.
<br>
Gullible nations are spending a fortune on cyber security.
<br>
Even countries with less than one per cent Internet
<br>
penetration are talking about cyber security.
<br>
<<
<br>
<br>
I was of the opinion that countries with fewer
<br>
machines online SHOULD be talking loudest about
<br>
Cybersecurity simply because we live in a connected world.
<br>
Most IT-savvy cyber-criminals based in developed
<br>
economies hijack the few "3rd-world"
<br>
(forgive the use of word) networks/computers to launch
<br>
attacks in other jurisdictions. Unless there are
<br>
laws/frameworks compelling corrective action most of these
<br>
local networks will forever remain vulnerable.
<br>
<br>
However, it also true is that some
<br>
autocratic/non-democratic governments are going to ride this
<br>
cyber-security bandwagon for the sake of adding more
<br>
repression to their citizenry. The civil-society (recently
<br>
baptized as evil-society :-) must forever be
<br>
watchful.
<br>
<br>
walu.
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On Fri, 12/6/13, Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke>
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wrote:
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on
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cyber security
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To: jwalu@yahoo.com
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Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
<br>
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:12 AM
<br>
<br>
Hussein,
<br>
Some raccoon decided to clog my e-mail with spam
<br>
as
<br>
punishment because of
<br>
the article. I am not opposed to cyber security
<br>
but
<br>
some people (and you
<br>
remember Dubai) want to use cyber security as a basis
<br>
for
<br>
stifling
<br>
internet freedom.
<br>
<br>
Ndemo.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Grace
<br>
<br>
Thanks for
<br>
sharing. We indeed must tread carefully.
<br>
There is definitely a
<br>
case for a regulatory
<br>
framework. This must however be
<br>
tampered with the
<br>
understanding that too much
<br>
regulation will throttle
<br>
the industry. It is a
<br>
fine balance that we must
<br>
maintain.
<br>
<br>
*Ali
<br>
Hussein*
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On Thu, Dec 5,
<br>
2013 at 9:20 PM, Grace Githaiga
<br>
<ggithaiga@hotmail.com>wrote:
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<br>
n Kenya, we have done extremely well in
<br>
the
<br>
adoption of ICTs. This is
<br>
a
<br>
field
<br>
that requires a lot of creativity, but we may
<br>
just end up killing
<br>
that
<br>
creativity with too many rules and regulations
<br>
in trying to
<br>
counter
<br>
computer crime sometimes referred to as
<br>
cybercrime
<br>
or netcrime.
<br>
<br>
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/We-must-tread-carefully-on-cyber-security/-/539548/2098892/-/item/0/-/12mo495/-/index.html
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