http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100737 By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek February 25, 2010 The Senate is considering a bill that would require software developers to inform people when their files are made available to others via peer-to-peer networks. Among other things, the P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act, introduced Wednesday by Sens. Amy Klobuchar and John Thune, would require people sharing software to alert users when they encounter a P2P program, according to a press statement from Sen. Klobuchar. It also would make it unlawful to prevent an authorized PC user from blocking the installation of a P2P file-sharing program, or disabling or removing P2P programs. Further, if the bill is passed, it also would give authority to enforce the act to the Federal Trade Commission. Indeed, it was the FTC that spurred such legislation. Earlier this week, the FTC sent letters to almost 100 organizations letting them know that personal information, including sensitive data about customers and employees, is available to users of P2P networks and could be used for nefarious purposes. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Thu Feb 25 2010 - 23:48:34 PST
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