Category Archives: DPI
Background to North American Politics of Deep Packet Inspection
This post gives people an appreciation for why DPI has become the focus of so much attention in North America and its surrounding politics. Continue reading
Deep Packet Inspection and Law Enforcement
How might law enforcement use DPI to identify and pursue child pornographers? Hows does this intersect with Canadian lawful access legislation? Continue reading
Draft: What’s Driving Deep Packet Inspection in Canada?
Privacy advocates concerned about deep packet networking appliances abilities to discriminate between data traffic should lean towards adopting a ‘fundamentalist’, rather than a ‘pragmatic’, attitude concerning these appliances. Such a position will help privacy advocates resist the temptation of falling prey to case-by-case analyses that threaten to obfuscate these device’s full (and secretive) potentialities. Continue reading
Universities Struggle to Cope with Anti-Piracy Requirements
Legal discussion is helpful, but not sufficient, if we’re to genuinely engage with and challenge some of the uses of data analysis/surveillance systems. Continue reading
