Re: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier
the cost of security is your privacy. Same as the cost of information/internet access -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 2/18/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Subject: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier To: memakunat@yahoo.com Cc: "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 1:01 PM This has not been discussed here. A very interesting development is happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave". The FBI, and to an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone found in the scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous acts. For several years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to the level where the best brains in FBI cannot crack. Now the Feds want Apple to build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices. Apple has adamantly refused urguing that such a move would put the information of all their users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters have also urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in the first ammendment. This is an important development because here in Kenya, the government has previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the citizens from terrorism. Some analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/prelimin... Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity. Regards -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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/memakunat%40yahoo.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.
On Feb 19, 2016 2:26 AM, "meshack emakunat" <memakunat@yahoo.com> wrote:
the cost of security is your privacy. Same as the cost of
information/internet access This is a lie peddled to dilute constitutional safeguards on rights of citizens. This lie is more magnified when the citizenry is scared. Espionage and counter espionage thrived even before the advent of electronic ICT. Governments can be more creative and improve their intelligence. And progressive governments have actually done so.
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 2/18/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Subject: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier To: memakunat@yahoo.com Cc: "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 1:01 PM
This has not been discussed here. A very interesting development is happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave". The FBI, and to an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone found in the scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous acts. For several years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to the level where the best brains in FBI cannot crack. Now the Feds want Apple to build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices. Apple has adamantly refused urguing that such a move would put the information of all their users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters have also urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in the first ammendment.
This is an important development because here in Kenya, the government has previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the citizens from terrorism.
Some analysis:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/prelimin...
Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity.
Regards
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On 19 Feb 2016, at 3:21 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
On Feb 19, 2016 2:26 AM, "meshack emakunat" <memakunat@yahoo.com> wrote:
the cost of security is your privacy. Same as the cost of information/internet access
This is a lie peddled to dilute constitutional safeguards on rights of citizens. This lie is more magnified when the citizenry is scared. Espionage and counter espionage thrived even before the advent of electronic ICT. Governments can be more creative and improve their intelligence. And progressive governments have actually done so.
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 2/18/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Subject: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier To: memakunat@yahoo.com Cc: "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 1:01 PM
This has not been discussed here. A very interesting development is happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave". The FBI, and to an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone found in the scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous acts. For several years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to the level where the best brains in FBI cannot crack. Now the Feds want Apple to build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices. Apple has adamantly refused urguing that such a move would put the information of all their users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters have also urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in the first ammendment.
This is an important development because here in Kenya, the government has previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the citizens from terrorism.
Some analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/prelimin...
Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity.
Regards
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