<div dir="ltr">I recently had a very traumatizing experience with a client I was consulting for and whose preferred mode of connection is Safaricom 4G.<div><br></div><div>For two days I was struggling to figure out why what seemed so obvious (in my mind) was NOT working with Safaricom while I had tested the same with JTL and Access Kenya links.</div><div><br></div><div>It turned out that Safaricom truly tamper with traffic to the Internet. This includes even VPN traffic.</div><div><br></div><div>This test result presented here is not a surprise to me at all. Safaricom's DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) systems are so robust and advanced that they can do ANYTHING with your traffic.</div><div><br></div><div>I wrote a private email to Stephen Chege of Safaricom (we all remember him) but didn't receive even an acknowledgement. The problem I had - with DNS and VPN still stand unresolved.</div><div><br></div><div>And this is why I am always suspicious about the dalliance (for lack of a better word. I am thinking in Dholuo and translating to English) between Safaricom and the govt, especially since one of them was given a senior govt job!</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 March 2017 at 09:27, Mose Karanja 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"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hello listers. <div><br></div><div>CIPIT has been conducting network measurements on Kenyan Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) since June 2016 using assorted techniques.
Between 6 – 10 February 2017, the data indicated the presence of a middle-box on the cellular network of one provider,
Safaricom Limited (AS33771) that had not previously presented any signs
of traffic manipulation. Middle-boxes assume dual-use character in that
they can be used for legitimate functions (e.g., network optimisation)
and can simultaneously be used for traffic manipulation, surveillance
and aiding censorship.</div><div><br></div><div>In light of such dual uses, this report makes clear that service
providers operating middle-boxes must communicate to the public in a
transparent manner the justification for such activity. This is
especially relevant as government bodies announce plans to monitor and possibly censor the
Internet during Kenya’s current electoral processes.</div><div><br></div><div>You can download the brief from this link: <br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://blog.cipit.org/2017/03/23/cipit-research-reveals-evidence-of-internet-traffic-tampering-in-kenya-the-case-of-safaricoms-network/#more-5833" target="_blank">http://blog.cipit.org/2017/03/<wbr>23/cipit-research-reveals-<wbr>evidence-of-internet-traffic-<wbr>tampering-in-kenya-the-case-<wbr>of-safaricoms-network/#more-<wbr>5833</a> </div></div><div><br></div><div>-Moses</div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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