The tale of deep packet inspection in China: Mind the gap

People expect some technologies to help access, share and enjoy the human knowledge and resources via the Internet as the deepening of Internet globalization. Deep packet inspection is a packet sniffing technology on the network traffic, enabling operators to monitor what is happening in real time. It could be applied to management bandwidth, lawful surveillance, copyright enforcement, network security and so forth. However, DPI deployment should be concerned its black boxing results such as ISPs unilateral measure, privacy infringement, advertisement implantation. When ISPs deploy the applications of DPI popularly, it is lack of sufficient attention from users, policy-makers, and researchers to rethink its social adverse impact. This paper seeks to examine the DPI deployment by ISPs in China, and be aware of the unbalanced gap between DPI deployment and social public policy. It is a brief tale of gap between DPI deployment and social public policy in China, hoping more attention could be paid to this domain.