<CrazyConspiracyMode> In light of the Snowden leaks, highlighting the "close" relationship between US intelligence and US based IT vendors like IBM, it does not look like a wise move to place such a system, assuming it works, in the hands of IBM. Couple this system with IBM's access to MPESA, and other telco operators data centers, and then assuming IBM builds and operates a traffic management system, IBM (and the US) becomes very well positioned to access, control and monitor critical parts of Kenya's physical, financial and telecommunications infrastructure and systems for years to come. Hell IBM (USA govt) can cripple Kenya at will. Same applies to China, with its control and domination of Kenya's, and Africa's) communications infrastructure (mobile and landline). Then again, we are a small country, so I guess it doesn't matter. It just makes me feel a bit naked, as an ordinary mwananchi in this small corner of the world. </CrazyConspiracyMode> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Andrew Nduati via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

@Mouz, hehehe

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 1:05 AM, Dan Wanjohi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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Is this really a secret system? and does it spy by itself.. or just provision of data analytics..?

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Mouz via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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Any fan of the tv series 'Person of Interest' would says , "You are being watched. The Kenyan government has a secret system: a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know, because IBM built it. They designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people; people like you. Any crime the government considered relevant"

http://nairobitech.blogspot.com/2015/01/ibm-moves-into-jogoo-house-will-run....

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I have more faith in IBM than in China based systems....which is where we have been headed. What do you think the 72 chinese who we will send back 1st class were here doing? Plus i am sure we will build capacity to eventually take over IBM systems, after all they are coded in english, even if it takes 10 years On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Mouz via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

@Andrew

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In the 21st Century it's not a matter of whether foreign companies have access to our data, but rather which foreign company and their country of origin and what they will do with that data! We are not yet(and we may never be) at that point where we build our own hardware and software that controls access to this data!

Oh, I'm sending this mail via Google's servers! :)

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