[Infowarrior] - Canada: Deep Packet Inspection site

[Richard Forno]

http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/

How does society reconcile the technological benefits and privacy  
impacts of new technology? Deep packet inspection is just one  
seemingly neutral technological application that can have a  
significant impact on privacy rights and other basic civil liberties,  
especially as market forces, the enthusiasm of technologists and the  
influence of national security
interests grow stronger.

This web site is meant to serve as a resource on deep packet  
inspection. It grew out of a desire at the Office of the Privacy  
Commissioner of Canada to understand more about a technology that has  
application in network traffic management, behavioural advertising,  
and law enforcement.

In the summer and fall of 2008, we contacted leading academics and  
professionals working in telecommunications, law, privacy, civil  
liberties and computer science to ask if they would contribute a short  
essay to a project we were planning – a project that would help  
Canadians understand the impact of just one component of the  
technology that underlies our networked society.

This site presents the work of these academics, lawyers, researchers,  
activists and industry professionals. We value the time they invested  
in preparing their essays, and we are happy to present their work in a  
format that will, hopefully, encourage further discussion around deep  
packet inspection and similar technologies.

You will notice that this web site was developed with sharing in mind.  
There are opportunities for you to leave your comments about each  
essay – either through a written comment or by voting on the essay. We  
have built in links to some of the more popular content sharing  
services, in case you think some or all of the essays should be  
brought to the attention of friends, colleagues, legislators or others.

http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/