Re: When they outlaw deep packet inspection...

[Robert Slade <rmslade () shaw ca>]

From: Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:40 am

> How far can this go? Does Bayesian analysis violate privacy of 
> spammers?


You think you're being funny, but you're not ...

I talked to a chief prosecutor a few years back.  In his state, the Supreme Court had just ruled, essentially on the 
basis that the Internet (being packet based) was like the mail system, that packets could not be intercepted without 
the recipeint's permission.

If taken to logical conclusion, this meant that you couldn't do any deep packet inspection for any purpose.

(Not *quite* what you said, and all you'd need was permission of employees or customers, but still ...)
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