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Fwd: [13 Principles] The Snowden report: 14 countries sorted - at least 25 to go. We stil need help!
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hello all, I am working on one report and Simon needs more African Country reports. For African countries, if anyone is interested we can work in conjunction? Let Simon know. Best Regards, *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito* Website: http://about.me/ekenyanito Tel: (+254)-786-19-19-30 / (+254)-751-804-120 @ekenyanito Skype: ekenyanito PGP: E6BA8DC1 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Simon Davies <simon(a)privacy.org> Date: Wed, May 7, 2014 at 7:15 AM Subject: [13 Principles] The … [View More]Snowden report: 14 countries sorted - at least 25 to go. We stil need help! To: principles(a)eff.org Hi everyone, I'm delighted to say that we now have authors for brief reports on Brazil, Canada, France, Ireland, the EU, Netherlands, Turkey, United States, Pakistan, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Denmark and Spain. We still have a long way to go before this is a global report though. Any volunteers for the man countries that remain? We're only looking for 300-500 words. Guidelines are below if anyone else is interested in taking this on. The Snowden disclosures - the global impact one year on General information and guidelines for reports OVERVIEW June 5th is the first anniversary of the beginning of the Edward Snowden disclosures. This date will be an opportunity to review precisely what impact the subsequent exposure has triggered and what lessons we can learn as we move forward on the reform agenda. To coincide with this anniversary, the Privacy Surgeon is planning to publish a major feature on the consequences and impact of the key developments of the past year. One primary aim is to provide media, campaigners, opinion leaders and the public with a reliable source that presents the facts in a comparative format. For civil society and for those people wanting to pursue an agenda of reform, such a resource will be extremely valuable. We anticipate that the work will be published in association with key organisations, primarily in the civil society sector. The project will comprise at least two or three dozen national, sectoral and regional reports together with a summary and analysis. Each report will be no more than 300 - 500 words and will describe concrete, measurable outcomes rather than presenting opinion. In this sense it is more valuable to report outcomes than mere activity. This will mean not just mentioning, for example, that an inquiry was conducted or a parliamentary debate held, but whether something tangible has been implemented as a result. Most commentators have hardly a clue what's transpired in most of the world's countries in the past year. We hear much opinion, but relatively little facts or evidence. The aim is to get this report out on mass distribution to media a week in advance. Importantly, it doesn't matter if nothing concrete has emerged within a particular sector or country, It's important to communicate that there has been no activity. As a spoiler, it appears that most countries have seen no tangible activity or reform. WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE? Three outcomes: 1. Outside of the US, have there been any concrete reforms undertaken by governments or other organisations? 2. In terms of the activity over the past year, what patterns and common themes, if any, can we deduce? 3. From this evidence, what lessons can we learn about how to take the reform agenda forward over the coming years? PROJECT COMPONENTS The project will comprise the following: - reports for the majority of EU countries. - reports on all 5-eyes countries - reports from selected African, South American and Asian nations - a global report on IGO actions (e.g. the UN surveillance resolution) - a global report on NGO actions - a global report on industry actions (adoption of encryption etc) - a specific report on reforms (if any) within the security sector - summary and analysis COMPONENTS OF COUNTRY REPORTS Each report should aim to provide the following elements, ideally in less than 500 words (though if more content is required this will be OK). It's not essential to go into detail on, say, a legal challenge or legislative reform. An introductory sentence or two and a link to the relevant background resource is sufficient. Please do try to include the following: - An introductory paragraph describing the overall impact of the revelations. - A paragraph that describes the scale and nature of media reporting (was the reporting investigative, did it address local/national involvement in surveillance or was it primarily focused on the US and the NSA as a single entity). - Was there any consequent public action in the manner of demonstrations or large-scale campaigns that had a measurable impact? - What was the action taken, if any, by parliament? Were any formal inquiries or investigations initiated? Any debates, votes or resolutions? Did anything emerge from this activity in terms of legislative or other reforms? - What cases, if any, have been brought before courts, police or judicial authorities? Have these resulted in any tangible outcome? - Is there any hard evidence or concrete indication that there will be a future development that will bring reform or transparency to the security arena? - To your knowledge, have any national organisations, trades unions, professional associations or industry groups taken concrete actions of any kind in response to the disclosures? Please do feel free to add any other material that you think is relevant, as long as it focuses on measurable outcomes and tangible reforms (if such exists). FORMAT OF REPORTS For consistency, the style of reports should be objective and reportive. Please do keep in mind that we're aiming here for a wide audience that may not be literate in technology or law, so please do explain various terms and acronyms that you might use. In terms of format, I'd be very grateful if you could use a text file like .rtf or something simple like that, though Word would still be OK. As I'll have to format this work for the website it's probably best to use end-notes like http://www.saidsimple.com/content/How-to-Write-End-Notes and in this case that would mean indicating what you want to reference in numbered brackets like (3) and then putting the reference and url at the end of the text, rather than using conventional footnotes. The default language for the project is English, but it would be extremely beneficial if you could also supply text in the native language. This will help ensure that the project dissemination is truly global and not just confined to the Anglo-American press. Could you also include a biography of no more than fifty words that we can include in the text itself, and - if you want - a link to your website or other source about you. DEADLINES May 24 Submission of reports May 30th Circulation of edited report to media June 5th Publication _______________________________________________ Principles mailing list Principles(a)eff.org https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/principles [View Less]

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Fw: [aisi-ig-l] Adoption of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity today 15 May 2014
by meshack emakunat 16 May '14

16 May '14

hello may be of intrest to those with concern in data protection internet freedom online and privacy On Friday, May 16, 2014 12:29 AM, Makane Faye <mfaye(a)uneca.org> wrote: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the "African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection" was adopted today 15 May 2014 at 19:30 at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission by the Conference of African Union Ministers of Justice.which is chaired by Cameroon. Prior to … [View More]

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Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
by Alice Munyua 15 May '14

15 May '14

Out of approximately 1,000 ICANN accredited domain name registrars exist, only 7 are based and operate in Africa. 1.Internet Solutions (IS) based in South Africa. 2.Kheweul.com is based in Senegal primarily targeting the francophone region in Africa. 3.AfriRegister based in Burundi 4.Ghana dot com a parent of the first internet service provider of Ghana NCS. Seems to operate primarily in Ghana. 5.Genious Communications is based in Morocco … [View More]

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Panel Session: Software Development and Innovation in Kenya
by John Matogo 15 May '14

15 May '14

Dear colleagues. The message below may be of interest to you. Kindly share it widely in your networks. Regards. John Matogo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bernard Chiira <chiira1st(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:33 AM Subject: [Skunkworks] Panel Session: Software Development and Innovation in Kenya To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Greetings, Please share widely within your networks and feel free to join us: Strathmore … [View More]University's @iLabAfrica, @iBizAfrica and IBM have organized a panel discussion on Software Development and Innovation in Kenya. The panel discussion is the grand finale of a two weeks developer workshop on Cloud, Mobile, Web, Social and the Internet of Things. The panel session will examine the current state of software development in Kenya, the future of software development, as well as provide an opportunity for the Next Generation Application Development workshop trainees to showcase apps developed using the IBM BlueMix platform, over the period of the two weeks training program. The panel session will be attended by highly influential technology and ICT stakeholders in Kenya from the private sector, government and the Kenya software development community at large. Confirmed panelists include: 1. Dr. Joseph Sevilla– Director @iLabAfrica, Strathmore University 2. Veronica Ogeto Tchoketch– Head of Innovation at Safaricom L td 3. Rachel Reinitz-Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Software Services for Websphere, IBM Software Group 4. Conrad Akunga– Co-Founder & Director of Product Development and Research, Innova Ltd 5. ICT Authority Kenya 6. Kenya Education Network (KENET) This event is FREE and open to the public, especially people in the software development field, students, educators and all technology enthusiasts in the country. *Date*: 22nd May 2014 *Venue*: Strathmore University Auditorium *Time*: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Let us know if you are coming by signing up here<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-discussion-software-development-and-innov…>! We look forward to seeing you. There will also be two meetups as follows: 1. Next Generation Application Development Meetup 2. Big Data Analytics Meetups *Both meetups are free to attend!* Let us know if you will be joining us by signing up here<http://www.ilabafrica.ac.ke/index.php/media-news/news/391-catch-the-biggest…> ! Best Regards, -- Bernard Chiira Twitter: @Benshira <https://twitter.com/Benshira> | Facebook: bmchiira<https://www.facebook.com/bmchiira>| G+: Bernard Chiira <https://plus.google.com/u/0/100789417128616157631/posts> | Skype: bchiira _______________________________________________ Regards, John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Skype: jmatogo Twitter: @jmatogo LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/avcn7qu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account". [View Less]

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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by waudo siganga 15 May '14

15 May '14

http://domainincite.com/16630-africa-frozen-by-panel-after-icann-screwup

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Re: [kictanet] Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief overinsecurity
by James Mbugua 15 May '14

15 May '14

My only question is what frequencies are they being given and are they exclusively going to be used for this security service or will they also be used commercially? How does the Sh7.4bn priced for those frequencies compare with what CAK would auction them for? James -----Original Message----- From: "Victor Kapiyo via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: ‎5/‎14/‎2014 23:22 To: "jgmbugua(a)gmail.com" <jgmbugua(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why State House made … [View More]a call to Safaricom chief overinsecurity Anybody knows what this ''Security communication and surveillance system'' entails? I think that its important for the public to know what measures are being put in place by GoK under the guise of protecting them from terrorists. Further, and more importantly, it must be restated that human rights are sacrosanct and not even national security should be touted as a reason to claw back on them, especially where there is no lawful cause. Therefore, GoK should in my view and in the same speed and zeal it made the deal with Safaricom, fast track the Data Protection Bill which is long overdue. Victor This is one of those things, with hind sight, either comes out as a stroke of genius or we get to ask ourselves, what were we thinking! The difference is in the team that will and/or has already negotiated this and also will implement this. Get the right people in, we are ok, get certain characters in, and we've just made new Billionaires. I would, looking forward, ask how this could lead to a local industry. It is time Safaricom or GoK pushed money to the local techie community to come up with solutions that could be used in the security industry. Let them put out a bounty of Ksh 100M for the three most enterprising security solutions and you'll see what we could come up with. As an example, Ma3route, currently just giving you crowd-sourced traffic updates, with a really good investment, it would be possible to source a lot more open source intelligence... Finally, I hope GoK wakes up to the fact to seriously invest in building local technology firms. Its a lot easier to pull off such similiar deals as opposed to when you have to go through the RfP route only to get a foreign firm running your most sensitive of operations. And for CAK, who thought they would be 'banning' Safaricom for dropping Voice calls, they could as well as forget it now. They've got friends in high places :-) Regards On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a call to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore. Concerned that his government was losing grip of the situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know whether Safaricom would help security agents communicate better. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief… _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngigi%40at.co.ke 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. -- Regards, Waithaka Ngigi Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T + 254 (0) 20 2333 471 |Office Mobile: +254 786 28 28 28 | M + 254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/vkapiyo%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. [View Less]

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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by Gideon 15 May '14

15 May '14

Ali Answering a question with a question gets us nowhere. Even so, I asked first. I hope your answer to my initial questions will also hold legal waters. Thank you. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > :) Gideon, I was wondering how long it will take you to respond :) > > Please enlighten us to the Corporate Structure of DCA - who are behind it, > on whose behalf did they apply for a Geographic gTLD etc. > > I'm sure all this … [View More]information is around somewhere but so that we remind > ourselves of the merits and demerits of both applications. > > *Ali Hussein* > > +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > Blog: www.alyhussein.com > > "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will > have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 14, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Gideon via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Ali, > > > What is a private company to you? Do you know what the corporate entity > of ZACR is? or are you simply like you say disparaging to DCA? > > > In terms of what "stands out" for you, maybe you can enlighten yourself > directly on what happened on .dotafrica from alternate sources such as this > http://domainnewsafrica.com/the-curious-case-of-dotafrica-2 , other > than the arch enemies of DCA, like DomainIncite 's bloggers Murphy. > > > Regards > DotConnectAfrica > > >> One line stands out - >> >> '....Yeah, it?s embarrassing for ICANN. Doubly so because it?s been >> beaten by a company so incompetent it accidentally applied for the wrong >> gTLD.' >> >> Not sure what happened here and not to seem disparaging to the appellant, >> I think this will eventually go through. Its unlikely that a Geographical >> gTLD will go to private company where the AUC backs the current winner. >> >> My two cents. >> >> Ali Hussein >> >> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >> >> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will >> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On May 14, 2014, at 6:54 AM, waudo siganga via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> > >> > >> http://domainincite.com/16630-africa-frozen-by-panel-after-icann-screwup >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > kictanet mailing list >> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> > >> > Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.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. >> [View Less]

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Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief over insecurity
by Grace Githaiga 14 May '14

14 May '14

Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a call to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore.Concerned that his government was losing grip of the situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know whether Safaricom would help security agents communicate better. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief…

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I* Leaders Post Net Mundial Statement
by Barrack Otieno 14 May '14

14 May '14

Listers, Leaders of the organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure (loosely referred to as "I* leaders") met on 25 April in São Paulo, Brazil following the NETmundial meeting. During the 1-day I* leaders meeting, the group considered a range of issues where dialogue among Internet technical organizations is useful. In particular, the group highlighted that the NETmundial meeting has energized the multistakeholder discussions and model in a positive … [View More]fashion. The leaders highlighted the importance of open, collaborative, bottom-up processes across meetings and organisations dealing with the Internet. During the meeting, the group reflected on a number of other topics as well: 1. Transition of NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions ( http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/transition) and review of ICANN accountability processes; 2. The announcement made by ICANN CEO of the launch of a process to review and improve ICANN's own oversight/accountability mechanism and how it is complementary to the IANA function's stewardship evolution process. 3. Upcoming Internet Governance meetings including the Internet Governance Forum (http://www.intgovforum.org) and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference ( http://www.internetsociety.org/plenipotbackground) 4. Coordination of experiences, plans and resources to further deploy DNSSEC via the ccTLD community 5. Identification of issues and players to further enable adoption of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) toward accelerating their adoption in communities that don't use the Latin Character sets The group bade farewell to Raúl Echeberría, CEO of LACNIC and Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society. *Participating Leaders* - Adiel A. Akplogan, CEO African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) - Barrack Otieno, Manager, The African Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD) - Paul Wilson, Director General Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) - Don Hollander, General Manager Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) - John Curran, CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) - Peter Van Roste, General Manager, Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) - Russ Housley, Chair Internet Architecture Board (IAB) - Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - Jari Arkko, Chair Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - Kathy Brown, President and CEO Internet Society (ISOC) - Raúl Echeberría, CEO Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) - Carolina Aguerre, General Manager, Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD) - Axel Pawlik, Managing Director Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) - Tim Berners-Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277+254721325277+254721325277+254721325277+254721325277 +254721325277+254721325277+254721325277 +254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789 +254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789+254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno www.aftld.org Call<skype:+254721325277?call&origin=FFTB/SPNR/7.0.14735.1561/https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F_%2Fscs%2Fmail-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgmail.main.en.g-9-TdjrlN0.O%2Fm%3Dm_i%2Ct%2Cit%2Fam%3DOCMORv69v1Cc4S76pNp__3v3SbGzv4f770wAgrATKP-b_T_gH9QH5ccJ%2Frt%3Dh%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOISwrM7R1Vrzs5v6OdHHFLrnIBsg> Send SMS<skype:+254721325277?sms&origin=FFTB/SPNR/7.0.14735.1561/https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F_%2Fscs%2Fmail-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgmail.main.en.g-9-TdjrlN0.O%2Fm%3Dm_i%2Ct%2Cit%2Fam%3DOCMORv69v1Cc4S76pNp__3v3SbGzv4f770wAgrATKP-b_T_gH9QH5ccJ%2Frt%3Dh%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOISwrM7R1Vrzs5v6OdHHFLrnIBsg> Add to Skype<skype:+254721325277?add&origin=FFTB/SPNR/7.0.14735.1561/https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F_%2Fscs%2Fmail-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgmail.main.en.g-9-TdjrlN0.O%2Fm%3Dm_i%2Ct%2Cit%2Fam%3DOCMORv69v1Cc4S76pNp__3v3SbGzv4f770wAgrATKP-b_T_gH9QH5ccJ%2Frt%3Dh%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOISwrM7R1Vrzs5v6OdHHFLrnIBsg> You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype [View Less]

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.africa put on ice after ICANN confusion
by Gideon 14 May '14

14 May '14

Ali, What is a private company to you? Do you know what the corporate entity of ZACR is? or are you simply like you say disparaging to DCA? In terms of what "stands out" for you, maybe you can enlighten yourself directly on what happened on .dotafrica from alternate sources such as this http://domainnewsafrica.com/the-curious-case-of-dotafrica-2 , other than the arch enemies of DCA, like DomainIncite 's bloggers Murphy. Regards DotConnectAfrica > One line stands out - > &… [View More]

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