Category Archives: ISPs

IPv6 and the Future of Privacy

IPv6 could be a threat to privacy is the security and marketing lobbies have their way. This post outlines the tech, the threat, and the solution. Continue reading

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Dispelling FUD: Iran and ISP Surveillance

we ought to leverage Occam’s razor to conclude that proxy-based analysis, not DPI-facilitated surveillance, should be the focus of responsible attention to Iranian ISP surveillance practices. Continue reading

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Will Copyright Kill eHealth?

Should we be developing laws the prop up questionable current-day business models of major content producers at the potential expense of wasting billions in public infrastructure upgrades, or should government be taking a longer view of things and start siding with both citizens and their own allocation of infrastructure dollars? Continue reading

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Aggregating Information About CView

Over the past little while there has been considerable attention focused on Virgin Media’s decision to trial Detica’s CView copyright monitoring system. This system uses Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to identify data protocols and likely files that are being … Continue reading

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