Internet entities involved in violating personal privacy by using β
Deep Packet Inspectionβ (DPI) to determine the nature of data being used by unsuspecting internet users. The information obtained without the consent of the user
may be collected for intelligence, advertising, copyright infringement, and other uses. "pickpackets" is the online equivalent of "pickpockets".
The Motion Picture Industry Association of
America (MPIAA) and Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) are prime examples of pickpackets as they use
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to gain information from user peer to peer traffic (P2P) concerning suspected infringement of copyright material.