Category Archives: Thoughts
Deep Packet Inspection: What Innovation Will ISPs Encourage?
All sorts of nasty things as said about ISPs that use Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). ISPs aren’t investing enough in their networks, they just want to punish early adopters of new technologies, they’re looking to deepen their regulatory powers capacities, … Continue reading
Economics of Authenticity on Twitter
I think that the generalization of all users as identical (e.g. all friend relationships on Facebook can be seen as equivalent to each other, in dollars and cents terms) is problematic and limits an accurate valuation of social networking environments. Continue reading
Facebook Got Off Easy: Third-Parties and Data Collection
I’m on Facebook, and have been for years. I also dislike Facebook, and have for several years. I don’t dislike the social networking service because it’s bad at what it aims to do, but because it’s far too good at what … 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
