Am curious sana to know what tools the new Online Surveillance Unit inatumia kufanya surveillance. Of course kuna presence of Pegasus spyware and FlexiSpy (it's alleged those can access your phone camera and microphone) but the most dangerous ones are OSINT tools - basically those cross reference your public data to map you out and/or build your profile. From there they can observe how you behave and 'predict' your next move.
You ask why do I call it dangerous? For example, an analyst can compact your tweets since like 2022, they draw a pattern on your power/impact/influence and predict who you'll be in the future. Wakiona kuna mambo unajua na uneza-influence watu in 2027, wanakutoa shimo sa hii mapema mapema. Unataftuwa tu kimakosa to derail your presence in future.
Now the reason I am curious is all those tools depend on some pointers to put you on the observation radar. I'm not sure but they'd have vitu kama keywords - e.g. 'Revolution', 'Ruto Must Go' 'Arm Yourselves' 'Occupy Statehouse' 'Homeland Or Death' - which immediately you use, the surveillance tools are triggered to start mapping out a pattern.
Maybe ata ku-mention 'Pegasus spyware Kenya' vile nimemntion ivo ni trigger 😁😂
If your tweets have an impact or if more people start echoing what you've originally tweeted, then they'd know unasikizwa sana, na utakua hatari in the near future so tunaskia umekua abducted.
The only to be safe is understand how those tools work, their pre-fed triggers, structure and their limits. I'm not a techie, am just a journalist but I am sure kuna watu brains huku nje. Kazi kwenu sasa.
I am sooooo curious.