28 July 2007, 21:16
U.S. Congress: P2P a threat to national security
Last week the U.S. Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced that it was considering new laws to “properly restrict” P2P networks. In their opinion P2P applications threaten national security, “intrude on personal privacy and violate copyright law”. The biggest concern is that federal employees may be “unknowingly sharing highly confidential information” making it available to terrorists.
The Committee staff did its own investigation and found that LimeWire P2P application exposed “personal bank records and tax forms, attorney-client communications, the corporate strategies of Fortune 500 companies, confidential corporate accounting documents, internal documents from political campaigns, government emergency response plans, and even military operation orders.”
According to the Committee statement the purpose of the legislative work “is not to shut down P2P networks or bash P2P technology… but to achieve a balance that protects sensitive government, personal, and corporate information and copyright laws.”
Read more:
Committee Holds Hearing on Inadvertent File Sharing over Peer-to-Peer Networks, The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Congress: P2P networks harm national security, CNET News.com
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Comments 7
1. by alexpol143@mail.ru, 2 August 2007, 04:10
Господа пытаются сохранить монополюия на обворовывания авторов
Прибыли не соизмеримы с доходами авторов
Во всем этом виданы борьба на уничтожение конкурента не
подмятого этой международной бандой
Непонятна позиция нашего ПРАВОСУДИЯ вместо защиты национальных интк\ересов требование 3 года тюрьмы !
Я Вас уверяю что через короткий промежуток времн\ени появится нечто подобное - но уже с участием Господ Западных спекулянтов
2. by smallglitch, 31 August 2007, 01:08
and the day will come that P2P means Peer to Peasant, that's what they want!
3. by Jon, US Navy, 15 September 2007, 13:19
OK.. So I restricted my whole name for this bash... WHAT THE HELL? Don't allow the P2P software on computers which have sensitive information on them (the Navy-Marine Corps Internet) does a GREAT job of restricting all kinds of things... ie: Myspace, Youtube, Photobucket, any popular web-baised email... SO DON'T PUT SOFTWARE LIKE THIS ON A COMPUTER WHICH HAS INFORMATION WHICH YOU FIND AS PRIVATE! Personally I have a computer which I do private business on and one which I have P2P software on very seperate! This is NOT a hard concept... Computers are cheap these days so the idea that a household can not have 2 PCs is not out of the question! If a "federal employee" has no idea how to operate a computer to the degree that they can't protect the information on the computer they work on... GET SOMEONE WHO CAN! These people do thrive on planet earth... Hire them...
Jon
4. by milla, 15 September 2007, 19:38
It's always the mouths with the most money. Interesting how the RIAA and MPAA are wealthy enough to put "contributions" into Congress' collective pocket to make this announcement.
5. by Dubya Isa Idjit, 24 September 2007, 09:36
Just goes to show you how damned ignorant (or how deeply embedded in the pockets of the RIAA & MPAA) our crooked senators and congressmen are. They have no idea on what goes on with P2P because they are too busy lining their pockets with dirty payola and graft and too busy twisting our laws to suit their deep pocket cronies. Not to mention how busy they are getting their wicks dipped in public restrooms or with Capitol Hill interns. I guess most are Catholic and at one time considered becoming priests but figured why just molest kids while you can molest kids and rip off the public. All of our politicians starting from the top down are a bunch of sick greedy fucks!
6. by me, 7 October 2007, 21:39
Just an attempt to limit liberties...give them a little and they want to control all of you!!!
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