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

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Document Date
2003-05-15
Report Length
14 pages
Policy Agendas Project Major Code
17: Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
Policy Agendas Project Minor Code
1709: Computer Industry, Cyber Security, and the Internet
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Report Type
House Bipartisan Staff Report
Found Using Methodology
Yes
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House Committee on Government Reform
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Brief Executive Summary
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.
Press Releases and Contextual Information
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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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/989
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House Oversight Committee