Be Careful For Those Of U Who Use File-Sharing; Indictment Highlights File-Sharing Risks

[EV_Ares]

Indictment Highlights File-Sharing Risks

From: Slashdot

from the careful-what-you-share dept.
Security The Internet

Bomarc writes "Via the KOMO-TV website, an article from the Associated Press about how Gregory Thomas Kopiloff used Limewire, Soulseek and other peer-to-peer file-sharing programs to troll other computers for financial information, which he used to open credit cards for an online shopping spree, according to a four-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court on Thursday. The news article isn't big on details, but it does outline the risks with peer-to-peer file-sharing programs."

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/0415242

[Liberal In Texas]

1. Anybody still doing pier-to-pier file sharing is nuts.

Especially if the big reason is getting music or movies for free.

[salvorhardin]

4. Nitpick

A pier is a platform built out into the water that boats can load and unload onto.

A peer (in context of computers) is one point of a point-to-point connection used for exchanging data.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. Probably not enough coffee yet this morning.

[Norrin Radd]

2. On Soulseek, that would happen only if one accidentally forgot

to set specifically which folder(s) one is sharing.

[Howardx]

6. plenty of people do n/t

[hobbit709]

3. Anyone using file sharing with the settings

"share ALL files" is a total idiot in the first place. Most people accept the default settings on any software install without checking the settings-this isn't too smart even without file sharing.