Slides: Evidence for a digital divide? Measuring DNS dependencies in the context of the indigenous population of Australia
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We recently presented a work-in-progress paper at the Work- shop on Transparency, Accountability and User Control for a Responsible Internet (TAURIN 2023). Our paper investigates the relationship between the digital divide, Internet transparency, and DNS dependencies. This submission is a condensed version of the original paper, giving a summary of our results and our conclusions, which we would like to present for discussion. In a nutshell, we can indeed identify differences between the DNS dependencies, in particular with respect to the use of hyperscalers and dedicated government infrastructure. Our results show that Internet measurement can detect signals of a possible digital divide, and we believe that this is a worthwhile part in an agenda to make access to Internet services more equitable for different population groups.