Is any of us safe from espionage?
If anyone of us here has a hard drive from Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, IBM and any of the rest of the top hard drive manufacturers, then the NSA has already hacked you. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932 Do we move back to paper for sensitive Government operations? Waithaka Ngigi Alliance Technologies Nairobi, Kenya www.A1.io
On 17/02/2015 09:34, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet wrote:
If anyone of us here has a hard drive from Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, IBM and any of the rest of the top hard drive manufacturers, then the NSA has already hacked you.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932
Do we move back to paper for sensitive Government operations?
At this point are the authorities and the public even concerned about being spied on? Last year we learnt that the NSA actively monitors Kenyan GSM networks and that was quickly forgotten.
Basically, if you own a computer, NSA can install software on your drive. On Tue Feb 17 2015 at 09:58:05 Mark Kipyegon via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
If anyone of us here has a hard drive from Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, IBM and any of the rest of the top hard drive manufacturers,
On 17/02/2015 09:34, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet wrote: then
the NSA has already hacked you.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932
Do we move back to paper for sensitive Government operations?
At this point are the authorities and the public even concerned about being spied on?
Last year we learnt that the NSA actively monitors Kenyan GSM networks and that was quickly forgotten.
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Dennis, Basically, if you own a computer, NSA has *already* hacked you. Waithaka Ngigi Alliance Technologies Nairobi, Kenya www.A1.io On 17 Feb 2015 11:30, "Dennis Kioko via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Basically, if you own a computer, NSA can install software on your drive.
On Tue Feb 17 2015 at 09:58:05 Mark Kipyegon via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
If anyone of us here has a hard drive from Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, IBM and any of the rest of the top hard drive manufacturers,
On 17/02/2015 09:34, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet wrote: then
the NSA has already hacked you.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932
Do we move back to paper for sensitive Government operations?
At this point are the authorities and the public even concerned about being spied on?
Last year we learnt that the NSA actively monitors Kenyan GSM networks and that was quickly forgotten.
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And in - depth review here http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-omnipotent-hackers-tied-to-the-n... Surprisingly, Kenya is one of the Medium Rated Infection Countries in same league as UAE, Qatar, Libya. Clearly someone thinks we are quite 'important' Regards On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi@at.co.ke> wrote:
Dennis,
Basically, if you own a computer, NSA has *already* hacked you.
Waithaka Ngigi
Alliance Technologies Nairobi, Kenya
www.A1.io On 17 Feb 2015 11:30, "Dennis Kioko via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Basically, if you own a computer, NSA can install software on your drive.
On Tue Feb 17 2015 at 09:58:05 Mark Kipyegon via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
If anyone of us here has a hard drive from Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, IBM and any of the rest of the top hard drive manufacturers,
On 17/02/2015 09:34, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet wrote: then
the NSA has already hacked you.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932
Do we move back to paper for sensitive Government operations?
At this point are the authorities and the public even concerned about being spied on?
Last year we learnt that the NSA actively monitors Kenyan GSM networks and that was quickly forgotten.
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