Basically it will mean that allot of people will start cleaning up there contacts, and making sure that there security settings are set correctly in these social networks, of course does not help when the social networks make radical changes to the way they work so this I suspect will be a constant process on the user side like most security issues.
I recently dropped over 400 contacts from my Facebook could not believe how quickly it got bloated with people that I do not know or interact with, now about once a month I go through to double check and remove any dead wood, still learning the security setting on face book but I will now pay more attention to them. I got nothing to hide but still I have a very healthy disrespect for any 1984 mentality no matter who is behind it, just my personal preference, now I'm going to look at my firewalls again. Kind Regards Peter Atkin (C.T.O) cfts.co (u) ltd. Get I.T.Right +256-772-700781 | Skype: peter2cfu www.cfts.co.ug <http://www.cfts.co/> | location details <http://www.cfts.co/contacts.html> | <http://ug.linkedin.com/in/peteratkin> view my profile From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyle Spencer Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:42 AM To: Uganda Linux User Group Subject: Re: [LUG] CERT was [NITA site hacked!] Well, let's think about this: 1) I highly doubt Facebook, Google, Twitter et al will give the Ugandan government backdoor access to their systems. 2) Most major social networking services default to HTTPS (i.e. your traffic to/from these platforms is encrypted) thus the content of your messages cannot easily be intercepted at the ISP/network level. In light of the above, it would appear that this team would be limited to: 1) Looking at publicly available content (e.g. Twitter posts, Facebook posts marked public, etc). 2) Cracking user account passwords or otherwise breaking into user accounts. 3) Tricking you into accepting them as a 'friend' on Facebook et al so that they can see your private posts. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? On Jun 8, 2013 11:31 AM, "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> wrote: >From what I gather, this is political control extended to cyberspace. Sincerely James Makumbi Billable Ltd 0790834364 / 0712780817 http://www.coderbits.com/jmakumbi http//:ug.LinkedIn.com/in/jmakumbi On Jun 8, 2013 9:36 AM, "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected]> wrote: I'd like to learn more about the methods they intend to use. Anyone with a clue here? On Jun 8, 2013 8:22 AM, "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> wrote: WHY SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEILLANCE? Just participate and contribute. The "big brother is watching" bs bores me. Just a bunch of navel gazing people paid to do nothing. I would rather they setup standards and best practices for development of government websites. I would rather they tested Ugandas service providers and not only CERTified them but periodically checked them for compliance. They should EMPHASIZE the use of local hosting as a first option with failover to Switzerland. If they want a white Nordic guy, let them host with Reinier (hi Reinier:-)). Everybody dreams of being James bond when all we need is a decent gate watchman. Sincerely James Makumbi Billable Ltd 0790834364 / 0712780817 http://www.coderbits.com/jmakumbi http//:ug.LinkedIn.com/in/jmakumbi On Jun 8, 2013 8:06 AM, "Neil Blazevic" <[email protected]> wrote: Techpost has a story on the launch today, including a link to the website, http://www.ug-cert.ug/ http://www.techpost.ug/3263/uganda-launches-cyberspace-security-programme/ Worth noting their social media surveillance plans which seems to be a part of it. Neil On Jun 8, 2013 2:37 AM, "joachim Gwoke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:58:57 +0300 > From: Mike Barnard <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUG] CERT was [NITA site hacked!] > Message-ID: > <cadhh34rfdcwr7unb-srfjsgb_4hjevlmhnlp9tgojmm6aw7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Any one know any details about this CERT team that was > created. > > On 29 May 2013 21:38, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > People, > > Uganda created a CERT last year( I am not joking), I recall an event last year with the Prime Minister and NITA talking of the creation of CERT. My assumption was that considering what we are going through this body was already created/launched by now. regards Joachim _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). 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