This is the case, where in Kenya, we should be upset with Safaricom (who is, I’m assuming, the corporate partner), and the KE gov’t for selling us all out. -- Erik Hersman On May 21, 2014 at 9:03:34 PM, Laban Mwangi (lmwangi@gmail.com) wrote: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean... ---- SOMALGET is part of a broader NSA program called MYSTIC, which The Intercept has learned is being used to secretly monitor the telecommunications systems of the Bahamas and several other countries, including Mexico, the Philippines, and Kenya. But while MYSTIC scrapes mobile networks for so-called “metadata” – information that reveals the time, source, and destination of calls – SOMALGET is a cutting-edge tool that enables the NSA to vacuum up and store the actual content of every conversation in an entire country. _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke