[CAnet - news] Deep Packet Inspection and Privacy, Liberty and Freedom of Association
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:15:26 -0400
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[Although Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is often represented as no more than
a simple traffic management tool used by cablecos, telcos and some ISPs, it
is one of those technologies that can have profound social, economic and
political consequences. The Internet is now so pervasive, that now in a few
short years it has become the most important tool for exercising our most
cherished rights including privacy, freedom of speech and freedom of
association. I am pleased to see that the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and
many others recognize this profound dichotomy between technology and social
responsibility. Although DPI is often used to block or limit what is deemed
by the carriers to be abusive traffic such as P2P, its unchecked and
unconditional usage presages concern amongst many that it can easily be
subverted into a tool of repression and interception. I hope that the
upcoming hearings at the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) on
Network Neutrality will address these issues as well - BSA]
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Collection of Essays on DPI and Privacy
http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/index.php/essays/
Ralf Bendrath also has just compiled a little reading list with the limited
non-computer-engineering academic literature around DPI, and issued a
sort-of-call-for-papers for social sciences / law / humanities colleagues
who are working on this:
<http://bendrath.blogspot.com/2009/03/deep-packet-inspection-reading-list-an
d.html>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal> [Although Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is =
often represented
as no more than a simple traffic management tool used by cablecos, =
telcos and
some ISPs, it is one of those technologies that can have profound =
social,
economic and political consequences. The Internet is now so =
pervasive,
that now in a few short years it has become the most important tool for =
exercising
our most cherished rights including privacy, freedom of speech and =
freedom of association.
I am pleased to see that the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and many =
others recognize
this profound dichotomy between technology and social =
responsibility.
Although DPI is often used to block or limit what is deemed by the =
carriers to
be abusive traffic such as P2P, its unchecked and unconditional usage =
presages concern
amongst many that it can easily be subverted into a tool of repression =
and
interception. I hope that the upcoming hearings at the Canadian =
Radio and
Television Commission (CRTC) on Network Neutrality will address these =
issues as
well – BSA] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal>Canadian Privacy Commissioner Collection of Essays =
on DPI
and Privacy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><a =
href=3D"http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/index.php/essays/">http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/in=
dex.php/essays/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> <br>
</span>Ralf Bendrath also has just compiled a little reading list with =
the
limited non-computer-engineering academic literature around DPI, and =
issued a
sort-of-call-for-papers for social sciences / law / humanities =
colleagues who
are working on this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><<a
href=3D"http://bendrath.blogspot.com/2009/03/deep-packet-inspection-readi=
ng-list-and.html">http://bendrath.blogspot.com/2009/03/deep-packet-inspec=
tion-reading-list-and.html</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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