DPI and Net Neutrality's Overseas Weak Spot

Ian Lamont writes "An unnamed source at an American ISP says staff there briefly considered using Deep Packet Inspection to comply with an order from Argentina's Department of Justice to block access to a local gambling site. The ISP ended up not going that route, owing to the cost, but some engineers at the company worry that DPI will eventually be implemented on the ISP's overseas network, thereby positioning it for an easier US rollout should Net Neutrality lose out in Washington. Besides being used for traffic-shaping, DPI can also monitor the traffic of ISP subscribers to supply targeted advertising."

Comments

Re:This is where customers put their foot down.

[PopeRatzo]

Tell you what: people are quickly learning about the means and meaning of the surveillance of our data and behavior.

Here in Chicago, tens of thousands of drivers have gotten little notes in the mail from the City of Chicago, telling them that they have to pay $100 or have their car seized, based on a picture taken at an intersection.

When a local, nationally prestigious university recently had a public symposium on the effect of electronic surveillance upon personal, public and political life, you would have been quite surprised at the number, and the variety, of the people who showed up. In fact, a lot of last-minute shuffling had to take place at the venue to accommodate the unexpected number of attendees. And a surprisingly small number of them were techies and geeks. A large number were under age 18.

Re:Packet Encryption

[BountyX]

Ironically, bin laden DID NOT encrypt his communications. Instead, he chose to plan is activities on the internet in sex chat rooms and other public locations on the internet. Bin laden, who had a relationship with the CIA before becoming a terrorist, knew that encrypting communication was one of the NSA's criteria that alerted the agency of an individuals suspicous activitiy. Encryption draws attention becuase its like feeding the NSA bad data. If enough people encrpyt their communications regularly, it will make it harder for the NSA to snoop...and yes, I do run linux :)