<div dir="ltr">Well summed up Walu...<div><br></div><div>Let's look at the positivity aspect of it, and possibly with the benefit of hindsight, adopt a gradual uptake to "test the waters"...</div><div><br></div><div>By the way who is giving the honorable legislators professional advice on this important Cyber security matter, as they decide the fate of the Thin-sim technology...?</div><div><br></div><div>Harry</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Gicheru,<br>
<br>
I was really getting woried...most of the security concerns raised by listers are the very same ones traditional banks raised against MPESA a few years ago. Luckily, the regulators then ignored them otherwise the global story of MPESA may never have been told let alone celebrated.<br>
<br>
Folks, I am NOT saying there is NO issue with thin-SIM. There are, but I worry when we sound defeatist and perhaps scared to open a new story of mobile money. If Kenyans can't do, no one else in the world will.<br>
<br>
Lets bring out the concerns, but with a view to resolving them rather than running away from them.<br>
<br>
walu.<br>
shared secret: as an info-security professional, I was so paranoid about MPESA that I ended being what strategy books call - Laggards or more politely Late adopters. For years I was quite paralysed with my security analysis (analytic paralysis syndrome) and could dare not sign up. Eventually ofcourse I grudgingly signed up - but still get shivers when am sending that mobile money :-)<br>
<br>
--------------------------------------------<br>
<span class="">On Wed, 9/17/14, Martin Gicheru via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Equity Bank vs Safaricom :-Round 2<br>
To: <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>
</span> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 2:00 PM<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
@Dennis: I don't<br>
see Equity Bank worried that they may be exposing consumers<br>
in the way you just presented, and this has not come out yet<br>
in an argument before. You realize that the same bank<br>
account has been accessible on the mobile phone via USSD<br>
shortcodes that most of these banks have that they call<br>
"mobile banking".<br>
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014<br>
at 1:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
Come to think of this, Would this lead to a rise<br>
in Handset Locking to network under plans much like AT&T<br>
does elsewhere? Leading to a change in business model from<br>
exclusively traditional Prepay to Device Lock in. Or does<br>
the regulator intend to block the larger companies from<br>
doing this too?<br>
<br>
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:28 PM,<br>
Dennis Kioko via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
I've<br>
been using the Equitel SIM card for a few days. <br>
One of the things that people have been<br>
overlooking in the whole argument is that the Equitel SIM<br>
card virtually has your whole bank account sitting on<br>
it. <br>
So while we are frothing on the mouth over M-Pesa<br>
security, I would think that many people will have more<br>
money in their bank account than on the SIM card. No one<br>
seems to be talking about security on the users side - I<br>
mean, if the Thin-SIM's security is compromised, then<br>
your whole bank account is<br>
compromised. <br>
<br>
On Wednesday, 17 September 2014, Martin Gicheru via kictanet<br>
<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
Also thinking about the part where the SIM card<br>
will need to be inactive while the other is active, I think<br>
Safaricom do have a legal point where they will have a<br>
technical outage as the user switches to second SIM. You<br>
know, unlike Dual-SIM which allows for dual standby, these<br>
two SIMs will not operate at the same time. That and the<br>
part where we still are not sure about data security as<br>
mentioned by Collins and Delano. <br>
Brings me to this: Who is supposed to test and<br>
verify that the thin SIM wont compromise on the security of<br>
the primary SIM and why hasn't this been done by now. If<br>
I was Safaricom I would worry about giving access to my<br>
customer usage habits, just like any subscribed service is<br>
able to access from their users to make their services<br>
better or like in the case of Google and the likes, serve<br>
better ads.<br>
Martin Gicheru<br>
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014<br>
at 12:37 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
Safaricom's Case seems grounded on the fact<br>
that The Thin Sim sits squarely in between your safaricom<br>
SIM card (that offers security layer to your accounts within<br>
the safaricom network) and the handset whose input devices<br>
you use to interact with their SIM. In theory therefore all<br>
keystrokes can therefore be "logged", For the<br>
Record I will not be putting anything in that phone that I<br>
use heavily for bank transactions because while not yet<br>
proven beyond reasonable doubt, Safaricom does have a point.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014<br>
at 11:30 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
@<br>
Harry D,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I did cover all your questions in the blog. I also thought<br>
Parliament (with all due respect to our very able Hon. MP,<br>
Eng J. Rege who sits on the respective committee) has jumped<br>
the gun and got involved too soon. They should let the<br>
regulator do their thing as per law.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, you and I know, there is nothing like 100%<br>
security (otherwise German Premier's phone would not<br>
have been bugged by the CIA :-) So rather than discuss how<br>
insecure the technology is, we should be discussing how to<br>
implement the technology with increased levels of<br>
assurance/security.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
walu.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
On Wed, 9/17/14, Harry Delano via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: Equity Bank vs Safaricom<br>
:-Round 2<br>
<br>
To: <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>
<br>
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 10:56 AM<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
What about the headlines indicating<br>
<br>
Parliament has to have a final say on this, based on<br>
<br>
alleged security ramifications posed by this new Thin-Sim<br>
<br>
Technology.. It is claimed that it's prone to<br>
hacks,<br>
<br>
attacks, DoS etc.. and "will erode significantly<br>
the<br>
<br>
gains achieved so far in mobile money market.."<br>
Anyone<br>
<br>
with any idea where the technology currently implemented<br>
<br>
- <br>
<br>
Harry<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at<br>
<br>
10:00 PM, Mark Kipyegon via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
Mpesa succeeds<br>
<br>
primarily because of a strong distribution network. IMO<br>
<br>
Equity have the existing clientele and the resources to<br>
<br>
offer a product that can genuinely challenge<br>
<br>
Safaricom.<br>
<br>
On 16 Sep 2014, at 20:11, "Ahmed Mohamed<br>
<br>
Maawy via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
With Ali on this one. Mobile<br>
<br>
Money is a gone case in Kenya. If Equity is really<br>
providing<br>
<br>
a value add service then its not through its mobile<br>
<br>
platform. Airtel, Yu and Orange all have far cheaper<br>
mobile<br>
<br>
money services. If there was a service that would be the<br>
<br>
first to topple M-Pesa it would have been Airtel Money.<br>
<br>
Heck, Airtel even offers cheaper call rates from Airtel<br>
to<br>
<br>
Safaricom than from Safaricom to Safaricom and they still<br>
<br>
are not getting customers. Did I mention their network<br>
<br>
coverage is even stronger?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
And what would Equity need to do? Set up masts<br>
<br>
in as far as Kitui, or as far as Maralal, or as far as<br>
<br>
Isiolo? Theres a lot of work to be done before Equity<br>
<br>
becomes a service provider to even match the least<br>
<br>
established provider there is. They would be better off<br>
<br>
working with Yu mobile than working even against<br>
Safaricom.<br>
<br>
No offence.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
So the business<br>
<br>
here is in the value add services, which is where mobile<br>
<br>
commerce comes in. What is done is done, the value add is<br>
<br>
what is the worth for now. Not the competition. Because<br>
<br>
competition already exists, no sense saturating it<br>
<br>
further.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at<br>
<br>
7:57 PM, McTim via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2014/09/disrupting-mobile-banking-kenya" target="_blank">http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2014/09/disrupting-mobile-banking-kenya</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Does anyone know which<br>
<br>
network Equity is 'virtual" on?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
rgds,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
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<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
@Walu<br>
<br>
Lets wait and see...Many have<br>
<br>
written off Safaricom before. What I'm loving<br>
<br>
about this discussion though is the elephant in the room.<br>
I<br>
<br>
believe Kenyans are waiting for the next big thing. This<br>
<br>
mobile money thing has been hyped and flogged until its<br>
<br>
dead. The next big thing is mobile commerce. <br>
<br>
And I don't mean the 'Lipa<br>
<br>
na Mpesa' variety. <br>
<br>
I mean real m-commerce enablement -<br>
<br>
SME supply chain financing, invoice discounting etc.<br>
<br>
That's where the future is and that's why the KCB<br>
<br>
tie up is interesting. My only concern with that is that<br>
<br>
most banks (fortunately for Safaricom) are old school<br>
<br>
thinkers unwilling to venture into the<br>
<br>
unknown. <br>
<br>
This ship<br>
<br>
hasn't sailed yet. It remains to be seen who will be<br>
at<br>
<br>
the helm.<br>
<br>
Ali<br>
<br>
Hussein<br>
<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
Einstein<br>
<br>
Sent<br>
<br>
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On Sep 16,<br>
<br>
2014, at 5:31 PM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
@Ali,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Equity is<br>
<br>
not just after Safaricom lunch, they are after their<br>
dinner<br>
<br>
as well :-).<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
This thin-SIM technology will do what<br>
<br>
Number Portability failed to do. People are likely to<br>
<br>
"Vooka" onto Equity (cheaper) voice services<br>
<br>
without having to buy two phones or dual-SIM phones.<br>
<br>
Equity mobile money value proposition, will have the<br>
<br>
side-effect of knock the breath out of Safaricom's<br>
voice<br>
<br>
revenues...fortunately, Safcom can see this, and they are<br>
<br>
not taking it kindly :-)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
We are<br>
<br>
indeed living in very interesting times in .Ke<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
walu.<br>
<br>
--------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
On Tue, 9/16/14, Ali Hussein via kictanet<br>
<br>
<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Equity Bank vs<br>
<br>
Safaricom :-Round 2<br>
<br>
To: <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>
<br>
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 3:18<br>
<br>
PM<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Collins <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Well put. <br>
<br>
Walu, <br>
<br>
I'm keen to understand how<br>
<br>
a<br>
<br>
technology which is a<br>
<br>
commodity ( read here that Safaricom<br>
<br>
can also implement the same technology)<br>
<br>
can usurp<br>
<br>
Safaricom's<br>
<br>
unassailable lead in this<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
space.<br>
<br>
What's my<br>
<br>
point? <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Technology is<br>
<br>
an accelerator<br>
<br>
and NOT The Strategy in itself. Assume first<br>
<br>
that what you can access in the open<br>
<br>
market (as opposed to<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
restricted<br>
<br>
technology under patent) your competitors can do<br>
<br>
so too. We usually forget this but MPesa<br>
<br>
isn't even the<br>
<br>
best mobile<br>
<br>
technology in the country. Not even by a long<br>
<br>
short! They managed to capture their<br>
<br>
base through first<br>
<br>
mover<br>
<br>
advantage and a positioning statement that was<br>
<br>
apparently well received by Kenyans. And<br>
<br>
of course there is<br>
<br>
the Network<br>
<br>
Effect of being ubiquitous in the<br>
<br>
space.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Equity needs to<br>
<br>
execute with<br>
<br>
excellence and not depend on the Technology to<br>
<br>
take on Safaricom.<br>
<br>
Needless to say I would love to be<br>
<br>
a<br>
<br>
fly on the wall in the<br>
<br>
strategy sessions currently going on<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
in both companies. Careers will be made or broken<br>
<br>
on<br>
<br>
this..no doubt about<br>
<br>
that.<br>
<br>
Ali<br>
<br>
Hussein<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
906375 / 0713<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
"I<br>
<br>
fear the day<br>
<br>
technology will<br>
<br>
surpass human interaction. The world will<br>
<br>
have a generation of idiots". ~<br>
<br>
Albert<br>
<br>
Einstein<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPad<br>
<br>
On Sep<br>
<br>
16,<br>
<br>
2014, at 1:06 PM, Collins<br>
<br>
Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"We<br>
<br>
are glad<br>
<br>
to use this platform<br>
<br>
to deliver an extension service to our<br>
<br>
customers, It is our heartfelt desire to<br>
<br>
satisfy our<br>
<br>
customers first,<br>
<br>
and if technology affords us that<br>
<br>
opportunity, we are obliged to take up<br>
<br>
on it. If the same<br>
<br>
technology<br>
<br>
should allow us to interact with our customers,<br>
<br>
and have an opportunity to give them<br>
<br>
voice and data<br>
<br>
in the same<br>
<br>
breath, then why not, those would be extras<br>
<br>
to<br>
<br>
the benefit of our<br>
<br>
client... "<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Paraphrased from memory during<br>
<br>
an<br>
<br>
interview on Citizen last<br>
<br>
week. I think this opens the game<br>
<br>
wide Open, and For the Record, Safaricom<br>
<br>
should be given a<br>
<br>
Commercial<br>
<br>
Banking license.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
My 10 Cents.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Tue,<br>
<br>
Sep 16, 2014 at<br>
<br>
12:06 PM,<br>
<br>
Walubengo J via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Listers,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I thought you might find this<br>
<br>
interesting,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
----------------<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
After<br>
<br>
Equity Bank decided to directly play in the mobile<br>
<br>
money market by issuing its own SIM<br>
<br>
cards, we debated<br>
<br>
heatedly in<br>
<br>
a previous blog whether Safaricom had finally<br>
<br>
met its match. At the time, it was<br>
<br>
assumed that Equity<br>
<br>
would be<br>
<br>
selling the traditional SIM card, which would<br>
<br>
require customers to either buy dual<br>
<br>
SIM-card phones or<br>
<br>
carry two<br>
<br>
phones in order to access services from two<br>
<br>
existing providers.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Even<br>
<br>
within the inconvenient scenario above, Equity with<br>
<br>
its<br>
<br>
large customer base was<br>
<br>
bound to pose some significant<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
competition to the leading mobile money provider<br>
<br>
Safaricom. The surprise, it seems, is<br>
<br>
the secret weapon<br>
<br>
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