Man Phillip, that Chinese angle just chilled my blood. Sincerely
James Makumbi Billable Ltd 0790834364 / 0712780817 http://www.coderbits.com/jmakumbi http//:ug.LinkedIn.com/in/jmakumbi On Jun 9, 2013 7:32 PM, "Phillip Simbwa" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmmm, > > I agree with some and disagree with other contributions so far made. > > Let me share a different angle with real world examples. > > > 1) I highly doubt Facebook, Google, Twitter et al will give the Ugandan > > government backdoor access to their systems. > > True. But the UG government could trade something or make a deal with the > US government to gain such access. Anyone heard of the Prism project by NSA? > The UK government needed intelligence info from > Google,Yahoo,Microsoft,Facebook,Skype,Twitter and NSA got them access. Did > you know that NSA has official backdoors on all the servers of the > mentioned companies plus Verizon? Yes, a top secret court order gives them > unlimited power to access these technology giants' servers in pursuit of > National Security. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-prism-server-collection-facebook-google > > > > But again, we have good ties with the Chinese. These chaps can cookup > something that they could sell to UCC+NITA+UGCERT. > Something that will be deployed at ISP level for "compliance" reasons. I > would imagine something with a simple GUI or web interface with "click to > view/intercept" functionality. > > The other option would be buying zero day kits to bug specific targets of > interest. > Such kits are available for as low as $3000 (really peanuts to govt). > Our friends can source for such kits from security companies like VUPEN > (French company with 80% of its client base being Govts), MWR Labs (UK > firm) or just talk to the Russian or Israeli Govts for options. > > See, our boys don't have to sweat the hard stuff with such options. Plus; > Jonny Long is now Ugandan <cough> <cough> (Sorry Jonny if you are on this > list) > > Lets end here for now. > > Cheers, > > > > -- > - Phillip. > > “Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in > waht > oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist > and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. > The rset can be a toatl mses and > you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed > ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe and the biran fguiers it > out aynawy." > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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