I don't have to tell you much about how important social networks have been in getting photos, videos and just plain information out of Iran throughout the last week. But technology may also be working against Twitterers and YouTubers. 

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Imagine if postal workers could X-ray every letter and parcel to ascertain their contents without slowing down the mail. It might not be possible in the physical world, but it now is in cyberspace.

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The practice of deep packet inspection has raised privacy concerns among several organizations, including The Free Press and Center for Democracy and Technology. Congress recently heard testimony about ISPs using the technology to target advertising at web surfers.

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Free Press claims that deep packet inspection could bring about the end of the Internet "as we know it." But the rest of the world knows it all too well already.

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Anyone who reads Ars knows that we have concerns about ISP monitoring and the deep packet inspection that often goes along with it, but Colorado Law School prof Paul Ohm takes these worries to the next level—then hauls them thirty floors up in the elevator, climbs the dingy sta …

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While we're transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged … and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great -- and perhaps even sinister.

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As advertisers become more sophisticated about behavioral targeting, and online privacy standards become increasingly varied, regulators and privacy advocates are becoming concerned.

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