Doing the DPI Dance
It can be difficult to predict when and why particular technologies will attract attention from policymakers. A few years ago, it seemed like around every policy corner — whether it be privacy,...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Discourses in the US and the UK
Telecommunications policy issues rarely make news, much less mobilize thousands of people. Yet this certainly occurred in the United States around efforts to introduce net neutrality regulation. A...
View ArticlePaving the Way for the Internet’s Massive Address Switch
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The addressing system our computers and phones use to find each other on the Internet is undergoing its largest ever...
View ArticlePrivacy in a Future that is Forever
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The Internet is running out of address space and it appears that the solution has narrowly avoided a technical issue...
View ArticleDigging into Traffic Management in Europe
In recent years as regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have grappled with questions about net neutrality, there is at least one commitment they have made in common: to monitor market developments...
View ArticleIt Takes a Village to Defend a Network
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Defending networks from malicious hacking exploits depends in large part on the voluntary, cooperative efforts of...
View Article‘OpenStand’ Underscores Commitment to Voluntary Internet Standards
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Recent proposals from several countries urging the mandatory adoption of technical standards are dangerous and...
View ArticleAdoption of Traffic Sniffing Standard Fans WCIT Flames
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog and was co-authored with Emma Llanso. Updated December 5 The telecommunications standards arm of the U.N. has quietly...
View ArticleFuture-Proofing Network Management
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. AT&T took some heat last fall for imposing limits (some of which have since been removed) on which subscribers...
View ArticleIETF Standards Coming to a Device Near You
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The Internet runs on technical standards created in a variety of forums, most notably the Internet Engineering Task...
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