Using Deep Packet Inspection To Spy On Your Internet Usage
Found on TechDirt on Monday, 30 November 2009
Reports are coming out that Virgin Media is starting to use controversial deep packet inspection technology to spy on users to see if they're sharing any copyrighted works. As the article notes: "It's the equivalent of the Royal Mail opening every parcel to see if there's a CD inside, and making a note if there isn't a receipt in there too."
No matter how you look at it, it does seem quite extreme for your ISP to carefully look at everything you do online.
Most P2P applications support encryption already, so just turn it on. Of course some people will start preaching that only those who do something illegal don't like their data to be monitored. Those are the same people who follow the "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength" doctrine. Just ask them for their online banking login information, because, hey, it's ok to have everybody look at your data.