NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: Proposals for mass Internet monitoring and P2P disruptions
very interesting... but I call BS on this: > Encrypted files on the peer-to-peer network could not be decrypted by CopyRouter, but the company claims it > can fool the sender's computer into believing that the recipient was requesting an unencrypted and > uncompressed file. The slide show calls this "special handling." This is done by changing the > underlying protocol settings that establish how the sender and recipient exchange the file. > This trickery, unknown to either the sender or recipient, would make it possible for CopyRouter > to see the underlying files, calculate a hash value and compare the files to the list of > illegal files, Brilliant Digital says. wow, they have a man-in-the-middle attack, previously unknown? that's amazing. I wonder what Bruce Schneier would have to say about that. > > Greetings. Given the current discussion regarding UK ISP blocking of > Internet content, it seems appropriate to note this story from > mid-October that didn't get as much play as it should have. > > See for yourself how Brilliant Digital Entertainment has been pushing > plans around the world, including in the U.S., for mass Internet deep > packet inspection monitoring, interties with police computer systems, > largescale disruption and on-the-fly modification of P2P search > results and crypto, and all manner of other goodies to gladden the > heart of any 21st century reincarnation of Stalin. And all -- they > claim -- "without effecting [sic] privacy or customer integrity." > > Another journey through the wacky world of deep packet inspection > begins! > > Of course, this is all couched in terms of trying to stop c-porn for > now, but once in place such infrastructure could be easily expanded > to cover any material that authorities deem to be unsuitable for the > unwashed masses. > > As I mentioned earlier this morning, if you want to create a rift > between the information rich and information poor, and drive vast > numbers of otherwise law-abiding citizens underground to unblockable > hidden information sources, this is one notable way to go about it. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27198621/ > > Don't miss the PDF of the amusing PowerPoint presentation: > > http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Sections/NEWS/PDFs/081016_copyrouter.pdf > > Too bad about that pesky Bill of Rights in the U.S., eh? > > --Lauren-- > NNSquad Moderator >