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Re: [kictanet] Technology Giants Under Fire For Facilitating Terrorism
by Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu 11 Jun '17

11 Jun '17

Dear Listers, There may be an emerging paradigm shift from the traditional intermidiary liability consensus. http://www.economist.com/news/international/21723106-some-criticism-unfair-… , Tech giants are now being forced to take up new responsibilities in the fight against terrorism. Kind regards, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu On Jun 10, 2017 5:33 AM, "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > For the blockchain naysayers, this is for you.... > > #smart contract #smartcities #blockchain disruption > > http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/now- > smartphone-is-your-passport-in-dubai-1.2040149 > > > > > Timothy Oriedo > > about.me/Timoriedo > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/chemukoechk%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >

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Voter profiling in the 2017 Kenyan election – Privacy International – Medium
by Kevin Donovan 10 Jun '17

10 Jun '17

I don't think this has made the rounds yet: https://medium.com/@privacyint/voter-profiling-in-the-2017-kenyan-election-… Voter profiling in the 2017 Kenyan election Earlier this month, the Kenyan daily The Star reported that UK-based data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had been quietly contracted by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party in a bid to win himself a second term in office. State House officials were quick to deny the claims <https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/president-uhuru-kenyattas-jubilee-party-hire…>, while the company itself issued no comment. Cambridge Analytica has exploded onto the scene following revelations that its psychometric profiling techniques were used and reportedly played a role in both the US election and the UK Brexit referendum. The company has been in the limelight <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/14/robert-mercer-cambridge-…> ever since, and the UK information commissioner is launching an investigation <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/04/cambridge-analytics-data…> into the way political parties target voters through social media. The news that Cambridge Analytica has reportedly been hired by an increasingly unpopular president <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/18/raila-closing-in-on-uhuru-poll_c1…> (according to some polls) to win a very close, tense election, does not necessarily give case for alarm. This is not the first time that Kenyatta’s administration has carried out opinion polling to hedge its chances. In fact, Cambridge Analytica worked on behalf of one of the candidates in the 2013 election, claiming to have implemented <https://ca-political.com/casestudies/casestudykenya2013> the largest political research project in Africa. The Kenyan government has strategically called on the services of UK firms in the past <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/05/28/state-house-now-using-pollsters-t…>. London-based public relations Agency BTP Advisors, which is reportedly working with Cambridge Analytica over the next few months <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/05/28/state-house-now-using-pollsters-t…>, represents the Kenyan government, including in interactions with the UK Parliament <http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/foreign-affairs/Listo…>. BTP Advisors, also claims credit for building scepticism <http://www.btpadvisers.com/work/kenya-elections-2013> about the International Criminal Court in Kenya, during the ultimately fruitless attempt to prosecute President Kenyatta for alleged involvement in crimes against humanity following the 2007 elections. But in an election context, profiling and microtargeting of voters is particularly problematic. Kenya’s presidential election this year is no ordinary one. That the Kenyan president’s Jubilee party would commit a reported 6 million USD to Cambridge Analytica for a mere 3-month project contract so soon to the polling date, and with such secrecy, gives cause for further scrutiny. A short (recent) history of a bad idea Political campaigns frequently rely on data, from constant polling, to finding out where to hold rallies or how to communicate to undecided voters. As people’s lives become increasingly digital, the volume of data available to political campaigns and marketers increases, and so does the granularity of data available. Everything we do is becoming traceable: the websites we visit, who we talk to (and how often), where we have been, and what we care about. All of these data can be used to make sensitive inferences and predictions about people. Personality traits, for instance, can be predicted from Facebook likes <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11838515/This-online-tool-re…>, or even phone metadata <http://web.media.mit.edu/~yva/papers/deMontjoye2013predicting.pdf>. Behavioural data can also reveal someone’s sexual orientation — even though an individual has never decided to consciously reveal this information anywhere online. Access to such data means that political campaigns and marketers are able to create detailed profiles of individual voters and entire populations. As early as 2008, for instance, the Obama campaign had reportedly gathered as many as one thousand variables <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-…> about each voter drawn from voter registration records, consumer data warehouses, and past campaign contacts to better target its messaging. Such profiles include sensitive information, such as how likely an individual is to vote at all, their income bracket, interests, health, opinions, habits, or even predicted future behaviour. It also means that messages can be microtargeted to individual voters, depending on how likely they are to be persuaded. Enter Cambridge Analytica. The company markets itself <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhvX9QCiZP0> as unique because it does not simply predict individuals’ interests or future behaviour, it also creates psychometric profiles (in addition to the plethora of other information that can be obtained and predicted from the data traces we leave behind). Psychometric data include personality, that is information about how an individual scores on a number of measures, from neuroticism, to openness or extraversion. Data is not just important to target individual voters. Online communication has radically transformed the way that people learn about the news, including political campaigns and issues. Some suggest that this has enabled new forms of automated propaganda to spread in ways we do not fully understand — from fake news to political bots on social media. While Cambridge Analytica specialises on political campaigns, it was created by SCL Elections — a company that focusses on data-driven communications for governments and military organizations worldwide. What we do know from the Snowden revelations is that Western intelligence agencies have considerable interest in harnessing these new possibilities. The British signals intelligence agency GCHQ employs a unit called JTRIG that uses insights from social science <https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/>, such as psychology, to engage in online manipulation and (mis)information campaigns. More red flags than a bullfighting convention Collecting data about millions of Kenyans to profile, target, and persuade voters on behalf of the Kenyan president is a strikingly bad idea. Let us count the ways. 1. In Kenya, ethnicity has become political. Very political. The amplification and politicization of distinctions between Kenya’s over 70 ethnic groups results from a long history of manipulation by elites for personal and group gain — a history in which Kenya’s colonizer, Britain, played no small part. (See here <http://www.dw.com/en/the-role-of-ethnicity-in-kenyan-politics/a-37442394> and here <http://www.katibainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Ethnicity-Nationh…>, for example). Post-independence Kenya broadly saw the emergence of a political elite of Kikuyu ethnicity, for a number of complex reasons including favourable access to land in Kenya’s fertile rift valley, while ethnic Kalenjin and Luo political elites also consolidated their own political support among co-ethnics in an attempt to access state power <https://www.opendemocracy.net/article/kenya_ethnicity_tribe_and_state>. Fast forward to 2007. Widespread dissatisfaction over the re-election of president Mwai Kibaki in December against contender Raila Odinga erupted as extreme violence expressed often in ‘tribal’ language and targeting. At least 1,100 people were killed <https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/kenya1211webwcover_0.pdf> and thousands forced to flee their homes; many of these were victims of the now-banned Mungiki citizens’ militia, which espouses a virulent form of Kikuyu nationalism. The International Commission of Inquiry on Post-Election Violence <http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/15A00F569813F4D549…> report attributes much of the violence factors including many voters’ perception that it was essential that the ethnic group from which they come to win the Presidency in order to ensure access to state resources. “Tribalism” is thus both the thing that should not be discussed — the National Cohesion and Integration Commission <https://www.cohesion.or.ke/> assiduously monitors ethnic hate speech — and also a resilient conceptual framework through which economic <http://allafrica.com/stories/200807141478.html>, social <https://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/news-all/461-county-governments-are-a-…>, and political <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17531050802058401> grievances, particularly against the President’s Kikuyu ethnic group, are expressed Profiling individual Kenyans — of the kind that Cambridge Analytica’s technology would do — is particularly sensitive in this context. In Kenya, someone’s name is often all you need to discern their ethnicity. Gathering such personal data on millions of Kenyan citizens is highly problematic, especially since it is unclear how such data will be stored and who will have access to it. Such questions become even more pressing if the election result is contested. The Cambridge Analytica affair has already fed into a popular perception that the ruling party has allegedly mobilized state resources in an attempt “rig” the election, as expressed by many commentators <https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/10/uhuru-hires-data-firm-behind-tru…> . In short, the issue is already having an impact, and it’s not pretty: “[Cambridge] Analytica is feared for extreme scaremongering and fearmongering…” opines one opposition group <https://www.kenya-today.com/pictures/raila-odinga-cord-effect> on Facebook, for example. “Jubilee is intending to make this election the dirtiest, most hate-filled campaign to retain power <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:g3ryv9_sUIMJ:https://…> .” 2. Corruption and lack of transparency on political spending. Kenya suffers extraordinary levels of corruption, particularly in the public sector. Transparency International ranks Kenya among the top 30 most corrupt countries <https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016> globally, according to its Corruption Perceptions Index. Scandal <http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/10/29/kenyans-outraged-over-uhuru-kin-l…> after financial scandal has rocked the Kenyatta administration, and the Mwai and Moi administrations <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31733052> before it. The opposition has long accused the incumbent administration of taking extraordinary advantage of access to state funds to cement its power. For its part, opposition candidate Raila Odinga, too, has vowed to spare no expense in setting up an alternative vote counting system, to ‘rig proof’ the results <http://kenyannews.co.ke/politics/inside-nasa-raila-presidential-campaign-th…>. The secrecy and denials around the reported Cambridge Analytica deal, which at its most benign is another example of a candidate mobilizing data to their cause, do little to dissuade these tensions. Within the context of pervasive state corruption in Kenya, the project risks adding to the gaping absence of faith <https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/02/11/apathy-faltering-listing-reflect…> many Kenyans feel in the democratic process. 3. Kenya has no data protection law. Let’s imagine that Cambridge Analytica do for the Jubilee party what they say they do <https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win> for other campaigns. If CA’s work is just slightly similar to what we have learned about their work in the US and Europe, they will be creating a database of highly sensitive information about a considerable share of a country’s population. We don’t know what data sources they will use, or whether they will be doing psychometric predictions. In this context, it is important to note that personality has been predicted from phone metadata — not just Facebook likes. The possibilities are endless. Could such a database contain information about ethnicity, political leaning, and who knows, sexual orientation or even health data? All of this happens in a politically volatile country, as part of a tight and tense election. Will Cambridge Analytica share or sell this data? Will they store it securely? Could the data be leaked, hacked, or stolen? Could it be accessed by the government? By the President? There is no comprehensive guidance on how data collected and processed in Kenya should be stored, retained, and protected — and this is worrying. The Kenyan government has expanded its powers of surveillance <https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/track_capture_final.pdf> and data collection. It passed Security Laws (Amendment) Act <http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/AmendmentActs/2014/SecurityLa…>. It is steaming ahead with the Cybersecurity Bill <http://www.ict.go.ke/cabinet-approves-cyber-security-bill/>. It has put in place a number of serious cybersecurity initiatives (more on that from us later). But when it comes to data protection, those initiatives have lost steam — the Data Protection Bill has been languishing since 2013. 4. Rampant unaccountable spying. The intelligence services have a proven record of exceeding their legal mandate to spy on Kenyans, according to our latest investigation <https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/track_capture_final.pdf> on surveillance in the country. Again, this does not inspire confidence in the government’s desire to “play by the rules” of democratic processes, such as elections. 5. Finally, the election is slated to be a very close and possibly contested. Tensions are high <https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/FINAL%20-%20Kenya%20PEAM%20statemen…>. Following April’s primary elections, there have already been clashes between supporters of rival parties <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-20/kenya-s-president-warns-…>, which President Kenyatta recently condemned <https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-24/kenya-s-ruling-party…> as “hooliganism”. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has deployed monitors to counties in which it anticipates further trouble <https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/04/14/ncic-trains-team-to-avert-violen…>, and recent polls suggest that election-related violence is Kenyans’ single-biggest worry <https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000228493/election-related-violenc…> for 2017. Even if Cambridge Analytica’s contribution only helps Jubilee party to sway a few thousand votes, given how close the election will be (according to some polls), this edge may well be decisive. Not knowing or not caring? Does Cambridge Analytica not know this, or does not care? Even if the company does not have the power to influence significant numbers of voters the mere *perception* that Cambridge Analytica’s service, which relies on in-depth profiling of voters and which presumably includes ethnicity — will add more wood to the pyre. Currently there are no that once an extensive database of citizens’ sensitive information is collected it won’t be abused. In light of this, Privacy International has written to Cambridge Analytica <https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/PI%20letter%20to%20Cam…>with questions about how the company assessed the risk of their work in Kenya and how it will ensure that Kenyans’ personal data will be protected.

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Now, smartphone is your passport in Dubai | Gulfnews.com
by Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 10 Jun '17

10 Jun '17

For the blockchain naysayers, this is for you.... #smart contract #smartcities #blockchain disruption http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/now-smartphone-is-your-passport-… Timothy Oriedo about.me/Timoriedo

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Call for Input: Kenya IGF 2017 - 6 July 2017
by Victor Kapiyo 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Greetings Listers, The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF is a knowledge sharing platform that informs and inspires policy actors in both the public and private sectors. The national forum also feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a chain of reporting and representation to the regional and global IGFs to ensure a bottom up Internet policy development processes and a strong link between global internet policies and the national one. This year, the meeting shall be held on the 6 July 2017 at the Laico Hotel, Nairobi. On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we'd be interested to hear your views on the topics that you think ought to be discussed during this year's KIGF17. To enable us track them, kindly share them in the format below: *a) Proposed topic(s):* *E.g. Positive Social media use during elections* *b) Why the topic is important or relevant:* *E.g. We have the general election in August and since social media is playing a key role in public engagement and expression during the elections, it would be important to discuss the potential risk for abuse or shutdowns and make recommendations to encourage positive social media use. * *c) Proposed speakers (if any):* *E.g. Would wish to hear from an MP, NCIC, BAKE, or Facebook* We are working on a tight schedule, but we'll be happy to receive your feedback by the *14 June 2017*. We shall then compile your input and prepare the topics for the pre-IGF online discussion scheduled for 19 - 23 June and the final IGF Programme. We'll also get in touch with the proposed speakers to bring them into the room. Here's the Kenya IGF 2016 Report <http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3568…> for your review. Regards, *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*

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Re: [kictanet] Four ways the Kenyan elections could be rigged – and how to stop it
by Joash Moitui 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Hi all. I found an article that you might like: "Four ways the Kenyan elections could be rigged – and how to stop it" — http://theconversation.com/four-ways-the-kenyan-elections-could-be-rigged-a… <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/62fd9e173b1ef21d1c437a49b6da0a20bfd0f944?ur…> Joash Moitui [image: https://]about.me/jmoitui <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/868d505d965bea42e4e0001294307be1a21ff957?ur…> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Joash Moitui <joash.moitui(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Received with thanks. > > > > Joash Moitui > [image: https://]about.me/jmoitui > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/868d505d965bea42e4e0001294307be1a21ff957?ur…> > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:15 PM, JOEL CENAS OJUNG'A via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Regards! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ab3e299b91034e7a90eb28c958c5c684bfba7497?ur…> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ee77d1a298f84ce8e33c00812f4de76ef29319da?ur…> >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/1ba3ba81b7b804367e1446e36da8a05d9835cc15?ur…> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/joash.moitui%40gmail.com >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9b884b6a189f6ff20330674c47d7b3d566e1378f?ur…> >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Well received, thanks. >>> >>> Ephraim Percy Kenyanito >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/02229a6df330d65cf202a7fd1189d11788e9bdb1?ur…> >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9389a9679568ded82793173fc266f17887ecb8ea?ur…> >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/1092137975e481b33e4bb4b911894bb16b9e570f?ur…> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2017 15:46, "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Listers >>>> >>>> This year, we will have events preceding the Kenya IGF, as part of the >>>> Kenya IGF week. >>>> >>>> Please see the schedule below. An eventsbrite will be released for >>>> registration of the different events two weeks before the events. >>>> >>>> Looking forward to seeing all of you. >>>> >>>> Rgds >>>> GG >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Best regards. >>>> Liz. >>>> >>>> PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/78cc1c4033837e09fbc5a84d48922a5dcade50b3?ur…> >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/14dede4fe5d7787e8f35efe8e673e84a5d76a08d?ur…> >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/45efa40c30ee1575eb7c57ffe60155eb173d85f1?ur…> >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/ekenyanito%40gmail.com >>>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/8dcf6f72512f031ee9616637dbe0c5d265eded42?ur…> >>>> >>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>>> >>>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/ojayc19%40gmail.com >>> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/3d9a337ed301c79077565f5294ed174c1b660a39?ur…> >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >> >> > <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=joash.moitui…>

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Schedule of the 2017 Kenya IGF week
by Grace Githaiga 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Dear Listers This year, we will have events preceding the Kenya IGF, as part of the Kenya IGF week. Please see the schedule below. An eventsbrite will be released for registration of the different events two weeks before the events. Looking forward to seeing all of you. Rgds GG [Inline image 1] -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Facebook/TIP OpenCellular workshop for rural access
by Nekesa Were 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Good morning! The iHub, Facebook and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is excited to announce and *invite* everyone to the first OpenCellular workshop in Africa on *19th and 20th of June 2017, at iHub in Nairobi, Kenya*. The workshop is a two day event, filled with great speakers across many organisations, on the topic of rural access and connectivity, including Facebook, GSMA, USAID, BRCK, Vodafone, Cavium, Keysight, and OpenCellular core team. Detailed agenda can be found at: http:/www.opencellular.ihub.co.ke <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opencellular.ihub.c…> OpenCellular is an open source hardware and software project designed by Facebook that aims to bring a more affordable wireless access platform to remote areas through utilising the benefits of open source on access technologies. The workshop will bring together the OpenCellular ecosystem, which includes the open-source developer community, mobile network operators, OEMs and regulators for a discussion on connectivity. This event is for anyone who is interested in rural connectivity. We strongly encourage MNOs, regulators, regional operators, entrepreneurs and vendors to attend. We also recommend that researchers and students from universities and research labs attend. There is lot to learn and contribute to the OpenCellular project. The workshop is free and open for everyone however, it requires registration. Register here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__opencellular.ihub.co.ke…> for an opportunity to attend the workshop and influence the conversation, policy and technology to get more people online. Please feel free to forward the invitation to others who might be interested. Useful links: Workshop page: http://www.opencellular.ihub.co.ke <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opencellular.ihub.c…> TIP: www.telecominfraproject.com <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.telecominfraproject…> TIP project group: https://www.telecominfraproject.com/ project/access-projects/opencellular-wireless-access-platform-design/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.telecominfraprojec…> OC blog: https://code.facebook.com/posts/1754757044806180/ introducing-opencellular-an-open-source-wireless-access-platform -- Warm Regards, Nekesa Were iHub <http://ihub.co.ke/> Too brief? Here's why. <http://emailcharter.org/> +254.722.625.633

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Fwd: [afnog] What’s Your #1 IPv6 Deployment Challenge?
by Barrack Otieno 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mukom Akong T. <mukom.tamon(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM Subject: [afnog] What’s Your #1 IPv6 Deployment Challenge? To: afnog <afnog(a)afnog.org> AFRINIC Ltd is setting up a Deployment Support unit to help drive implementation of IPv6. We need your help to structure our activities and together change the story of IPv6 deployment in Africa. Please take 10 minutes to tell us how we can help you shine at work and in the community by deploying IPv6, click here <http://bit.ly/2qoxKgF> http://bit.ly/2qoxKgF and tell us your #1 challenge. Warm regards -- Mukom Akong T. LinkedIn:Mukom <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukom> | twitter: @perfexcellent ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ “When you work, you are the FLUTE through whose lungs the whispering of the hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- _______________________________________________ afnog mailing list https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Malware-as-a-service (MaaS)
by Admin CampusCiti 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

From SaaS to PaaS to MaaS.. In May 2017, a new form of ransomware called WannaCry affected more than 230,000 personal and business computers in over 150 countries. The ransomware affected organizations, such as Deutsche Bahn AG (a German railway company), NHS Scotland (the publicly funded healthcare system in Scotland), National Health Service of England, Saudi Telecom Company, and FedEx (an international courier delivery services company). The ransomware attack is now estimated to be one of the largest global security incidents in the history of the Web. WannaCry is based on the security exploit EternalBlue developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. WannaCry was released by the hacker group The Shadow Brokers. The Shadow Brokers announced that they provide cybercriminals with the opportunity to purchase paid subscription services allowing them to access various exploits and data stolen from important organizations. The hacking group claims to have data from Russian, North Korean, Iranian, and Chinese nuclear weapons, as well as data from the Swift banking network. Thus, shortly, we may witness the increasing popularity of a new Web-based service, namely, malware-as-a-service. The purpose of this article is to examine the history of malware-as-a-service (Section 2), the ecosystem of malware-as-a-service (Section 3), and the state of the art and the future of malware-as-a-service (Section 4). Finally, we draw a conclusion (Section 5). Read on:- http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/malware-as-a-service/?utm_source=feed… Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Register now for the UNSSC Leveraging Big Data for SDG training from 27-29 June 2017
by Alvin Gachie 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

To: Date: 06-06-2017 02:25 PM Subject: Register now for the UNSSC Leveraging Big Data for SDG training from 27-29 June 2017 Sent by: ------------------------------ Dear Colleagues, The UN System Staff college is running the course attached in the flyer from 27-29 June in our beautiful UN compound in Nairobi. Please contact *u.caruso(a)unssc.org* <u.caruso(a)unssc.org> for information and registration. Best Regards, The information contained in or accompanying this email and any attachment thereto, is intended solely for the use of the stated recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. Any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment by anyone who is not a stated recipient is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachment from your system without retaining a copy.

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