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ICANN Next-gen Call for Applications
by Bonface Witaba 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Hello Listers, This may be of interest to some of you. https://www.icann.org/development-and-public-responsibility/nextgen Regards Bonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Open Access Publications
by Phares Kariuki 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

http://www.nature.com/news/gates-foundation-research-can-t-be-published-in-… Interesting development -- Phares

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Re: [kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Moses Karanja 15 Jan '17

15 Jan '17

Open Whispers response to The Guardian article, maintaining it is not a backdoor: The only question it might be reasonable to ask is whether these safety number change notifications should be "blocking" or "non-blocking." In other words, when a contact's key changes, should WhatsApp require the user to manually verify the new key before continuing, or should WhatsApp display an advisory notification and continue without blocking the user. https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ Moses On 13/01/2017 21:43, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: (no subject) (McTim) > 2. Re: (no subject) (Keith Andere) > 3. Re: CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of > Online Comms (Mutemi wa Kiama) > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet -- Moses Karanja www.moseskaranja.com/blog

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Data Protection and Privacy: Kenya’s communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll
by June Tessy 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Listers, And I quote, 'We have spent Sh1.1 billion on a spectrum monitoring system that will help us monitor unauthorised broadcasts coming from rural areas of the country," he said. "We have also spent around Sh600 million on a social media monitoring system and Sh400 million on a device management system that will help us closely monitor mobile phones and the activities around them," said Wangusi Read more at: < https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000229727/communications-authority…> as well as < http://www.techweez.com/2017/01/13/ca-social-media-monitoring-election-repo… > Kind Regards, June Tessy LinkedIn Profile <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/juneokal>

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KISERO: Kenya’s corruption tsars have perfected looting through Ifmis - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Listers Related to to the discussion of 'reigning in' quacks in the ICT Sector how do you explain the fiasco that is IFMIS? Except from the article:- In theory, the Ifmis system we have is based on Oracle E-Business Suite, an accounting package developed by Oracle of the USA. In reality, what is in place is a product of conspiracies between crafty government officials and local rent-seeking software merchants. Through highly inflated and ill-conceived customisation and re-engineering projects, the merchants have colluded with public officials to create a mongrel of the original Oracle E-Business Suite. This is the system at the heart of corruption in the public sector. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-corruption-tsars-have-perfected-… So if we were to talk this discussion a step further:- 1. The customization of an Oracle E-Business Suite cannot be done by a 'quack' who isn't a Certified Oracle Software Engineer. 2. The customization must be approved by the client and mapped with the business processes mutually agreed by the vendor and the customer. In this case the government. A pig is a pig even if you apply lipstick on it. Let's call this what it is - Corruption. Period. Perpetuated in this case by the client and using qualified IT Professionals. We in the industry must call out the ones who collude to fleece this country instead of chasing a red herring in the name of 'quacks'! Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "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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Re: [kictanet] Data Protection and Privacy: Kenya?s communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll
by Mark Kipyegon 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

In the context of Kenya's historical struggles with civil and press freedoms, proposing a surveillance state sounds like a bad idea. On 13 Jan 2017, at 21:55, K Machuhi via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Putting Mbwa Kali (fierce dog) on the gate does not mean there is any dog. But you wouldn't take the risk. On the other hand, a careless tweet or post could light up damaging fires. I am all for CA to put deterrence measures against incitement and fake news.

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(no subject)
by Paul Korir 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

If my understanding is correct no one should be able to snoop on WhatsApp (end-to-end encryption). With kind regards, Paul K Korir, PhD Ordnung muß sein > On 13 Jan 2017, at 18:49, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Re: [kictanet] Data Protection and Privacy: Kenya?s > communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll

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CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Nanjira Sambuli 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

I have serialised the interesting developments on the matter here: https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344 <https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344> Interesting to note the amount of money invested in ‘online monitoring’ systems. PS: Even WhatsApp isn’t the safe haven we imagined it to be! Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/>

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Re: [kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Moses Karanja 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Security is not an absolute. No tool will give you that. However, what the security community considers a threshold for any product is transparency and disclosure of vulnerabilities. This allows an iterated security path. What worries me about today's Guardian article on WhatsApp is not that there is a crypto blindspot but that the security researcher claims to have informed WhatsApp security team back in April 2016 (responsible disclosure) but the parent company, Facebook, did not consider patching it a priority: "Boelter reported the backdoor vulnerability to Facebook in April 2016, but was told that Facebook was aware of the issue, that it was “expected behaviour” and wasn’t being actively worked on. The Guardian has verified the backdoor still exists." That is my real concern. On 13/01/2017 19:00, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of > Online Comms (Nanjira Sambuli) > 2. Re: CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of > Online Comms (Keith Andere) > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet -- Moses Karanja www.moseskaranja.com/blog

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Re: [kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Keith Andere 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Alex, Its actually possible to snoop past the encrypted whatsapp messages. Please read below. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows… Regards, Keith @AndereKE Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. On 13 Jan 2017 6:36 pm, "alex watila via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: WhatsApp has end to end encryption. how will they Access the communication? On 13 Jan 2017 16:36, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: I have serialised the interesting developments on the matter here: https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344 <https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344> Interesting to note the amount of money invested in ‘online monitoring’ systems. PS: Even WhatsApp isn’t the safe haven we imagined it to be! Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> _______________________________________________ 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/kephand%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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