I was a target of the Kaniti-based threats and somethings stood out:

 

1 Safaricom appears to be more mindful of "our obligations" to the residents of that beautiful place. They will under no circumstances give you information about where these SMSs or calls emanate from. Now I know which category of the community rheir CSR is biased to

2. Looking at the list of cell-phone number gathered by police from the two stations I visited (Langata and Rongai) ALL these threats are on Safaricom's network. Safari-Con?

3. Though our security agncies want to make out that this racket isn't sophisticated, the format of the messages would lead one to believe otherwise. They are being sent from a PC ( sample this: "KUTOKA KWA (MUNGIKI) WEWE TUNAKUJUA (NAME) NA HATUTAKI . . .  ..") Notice the brackets? A query is extracting data from a list or database. Second, where do they get details that someone would normally have on you? In my case they called me by my baptism name. ONLY my mother and older brother use that name: I just hate that name...

4. If then assuming this information is being stolen from someone with a list or database, and seeing how Safaricom are SO sensitive about this issue and further the threats (and payments - its odd they are not blocking these transactions even with the complaints from law-abiding clients) are happenijng on their network am very suspicious to say the least. Perhaps bwana PS should push for an audit of Security on the M-Pesa user database?

5. Since this and other problems have been there for a long time, why isn't the government moving to push for tightening of providers security arangements? Why can't they be forced to re-call and re-issue cell numbers with mandaroty registration??

 

Let thrash out rhis issue because as it is peoples wellbeing is being traded openly on this money transfer system and the provider couldn't care less apparently

 

PS: I have been advised to switch providers as the competing network is more accomodative about ones right to know.

 

 

Kariuki

 

 

On 04/06/2009, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

Folks,

I am pleased to inform you of the latest BIG ICT Consumers Association
of Kenya's lobbying success!!

Following below, and surrounding advocacy activities, the
Meteorological Department has now taken up the task of  calibrating
mobile companies timers!!  "it's time we found out who has been
robbing who? (time-wise)"

This proves that our Association's involvement in National Standards
setting process pays off.

The Association now intends to deepen and widen it's presence on
productive local standards setting processes and initiatives.

Regards,

Alex Gakuru
(wearing ICT Consumers Association of Kenya's hat)


On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Besides ongoing prices onslaughts, could about 14 million consumers'
> air-time be different from services providers' air-time?
> I have inquired from KeBS which, or if any, of the mobile service
> providers have their billing-time calibration certificates.
>
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