This has been an eye opener was not aware backdoor Gov angle makes sense of course, I sure Uganda with be no different and with the Chinese can’t be good for anyone.
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 Benjamin Tayehanpour Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 8:01 PM To: Uganda Linux User Group Subject: Re: [LUG] CERT was [NITA site hacked!] Thankfully, I don't think anyone with at least half a whit of security-mindedness use the aforementioned services for anything non-trivial. At least not without some form of additional protection, such as PGP for e-mail and various OTR implementations for different IM services. Really, if one wants proper security, one needs an unbroken end-to-end encryption of the actual data itself, not just the transportation of it. On 9 Jun 2013 18:32, "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. __________________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail is company confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy, distribute, disclose or use the information it contains. Please e-mail the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. Note: e-mails are susceptible to corruption, interception and unauthorized amendment; we do not accept liability for any such changes, or for their consequences.
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