Category Archives: Privacy
Is Iran Now Actually Using Deep Packet Inspection?
Regardless of whether deep packet inspection or some other monitoring systems are being used to limit access to censorship evasion tools, the deployment of such systems is a massive evolution of Iranian surveillance and mediation efforts. The government attacker, partnered with ISPs, has become an even greater threat than before to free speech and association advocates, to say nothing of the members of the Green Revolution, than ever before. Continue reading
Agenda Denial and UK Privacy Advocacy
This post constitutes an early attempt to work through some of the politics of agenda-setting related to deep packet inspection and privacy for my dissertation project. Comments are welcome. Continue reading
Review of Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture
Gillespie’s work can be seen as a nuanced examination of how encryption technologies embedded in digital rights management systems curtail speech, action, and moral autonomy in contemporary democracies. Such limitations are only possible because of the adoption of digital technologies and the integration of surveillant sub-systems to limit the uses of content, often to the detriment of individuals. Continue reading
Publication – Digital Inflections: Post-Literacy and the Age of Imagination
“… [O]ne of the things about librarians is that they’re subversive in the nicest possible ways. They’ve been doing the Wikileak thing for centuries, but just didn’t get the credit for it. This is what we try to do all the time; we try to reduce the barriers and open up that information.” Continue reading
