I hear you Erik.

We can't win either way, poor 3rd world country!


From: Erik Hersman <erik@zungu.com>
To: Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com>; Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Security Situation in Kenya

While this might be true, you also can’t trust American manufacturing either, they’re just as bad with backdoors put in by the NSA or some other US gov’t sponsored spying and surveillance program. 

-- 
Erik Hersman

On June 19, 2014 at 10:23:38 AM, Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet (kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke) wrote:
On this subject, it is curious that Safaricom's partner in the project is Chinese Telcom giant Huawei.

Americans have reservations, apprehensive/suspicious Huwawei technology wrt spying. Here is an excerpt

"U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers somewhat famously said last year that Huawei's products "cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems." The committee also released a report that accused Huawei of all kinds of bad behavior including bribery, corruption, and immigration violations. Huawei, of course, denied the claims."

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com
Agano Consulting Inc.;  www.aganoconsulting.com;
Twitter: nmatunda;  Skype: okiambe
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve!
Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info@aganoconsulting.com
Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.
_______________________________________________
kictanet mailing list
kictanet@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/erik%40zungu.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.