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File Sharing Programs and Peer-to-Peer Networks: Privacy and Security Risks

House Committee on Government Reform
Abstract
The Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Government Reform investigated the privacy and security risks associated with popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs. The report outlines the findings of this investigation, emphasizing the widespread use of file-sharing programs like Kazaa, Morpheus, iMesh, BearShare, LimeWire, and Grokster. Unlike their predecessor Napster, these programs allow users to download any type of file, posing significant privacy and security concerns as they potentially expose every file on a user's computer to millions of others on the network.
Date
2003-05-15
Document Type
House Bipartisan Staff Report
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Document Length
14 pages
Congress
108
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/989
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Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
17: Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
PAP Minor Code
1709: Computer Industry, Cyber Security, and the Internet
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https://web.archive.org/web/20051024224359/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=437&Issue=Information+Technology
https://web.archive.org/web/20080430222502/http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1368
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