[governance] Re: US Ambassador Terry Kramer on WCIT

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

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> So please let us not blame a useful and versatile technology for the way
> some others use it, or want to use it.
>

Excellent point. Technology is but a mere tool.

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> --srs (iPad)
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> On 07-Dec-2012, at 2:54, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Did I mention that he was asked about his thoughts on "Deep Packet
> Inspection"?
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> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> *AMBASSADOR KRAMER:* Yeah. So first of all, I have not seen the specific
>> reference that you’re mentioning. Let me just talk for a second about deep
>> packet inspections.
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>> So, deep packet inspection has a good and a bad connotation. The original
>> connotation of deep packet inspection was for operators to be able to look
>> at their networks and say, “Are they performing well?” So in the mobile
>> sector, it’s do you have blocked calls and dropped calls, et cetera. What’s
>> happened, though, is some companies have used deep packet inspection
>> technologies to not look at aggregate customer information, traffic
>> information, et cetera, but to look at individual customer information. So
>> looking at individuals and what sites they’re on and how much capacity
>> they’re using, et cetera, as you can imagine, we’re very much opposed to
>> that because we feel that’s a violation of people’s privacy and gets into,
>> obviously, censorship, et cetera.
>>
>> So again, deep packet inspection can get used in good and bad contexts.
>> I’d have to see the specific reference, but anything that would go past
>> aggregated customer information would be problematic.
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