Net Neutrality, Rest in Peace

There is a war for your identifiable information. Every day, organizations of all sizes struggle with balancing the challenge of protecting personal identifiable information (PII) and the need to protect the organization from unsuspecting liabilities. It nears a religious war in passion as system administrators are put in the difficult position of balancing economic, security, privacy and legal concerns. Of the many issues, one significant issue is the opposing points of the user's rights to anonymity in use of a service they are paying for (or Net Neutrality) and the right of the provider to make content based decisions and/or prevent malicious activity via Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). This paper will cover some of the details and historical events surrounding Net Neutrality and explain why it will likely disappear sooner than most people think.