Congress to evaluate P2P as security threat!
Congress holds hearings on the dangers that P2P
might pose to US security.
Question:
What happens when government workers at the National Archives, the Department of
Transportation, the Department of Defense, and a Navy hospital all inadvertently
make sensitive information available after installing a P2P
client?
Answer: Congress holds hearings on the dangers that P2P might pose to US security
Answer: Congress holds hearings on the dangers that P2P might pose to US security
Mary Engle, the associate director for advertising
practices at the FTC, didn’t sound quite as ready to blame P2P software
for the problem of sharing sensitive information. “The FTC staff concluded
that P2P file-sharing, like many other consumer technologies, is a
‘neutral’ technology,” she told the Committee. “That is,
its risks result largely from how individuals use the technology rather than
being inherent in the technology
itself.”
She elaborated on this point by reminding the Committee of the risks from web browsing, downloading software, and using e-mail and instant messaging software; P2P may have risks, but so do plenty of other technologies that are in no danger of government regulation.
John Dvorak brought this up on on Cranky Geeks, yesterday. I wonder what our cranky geek readers think about Congress investigating software?
She elaborated on this point by reminding the Committee of the risks from web browsing, downloading software, and using e-mail and instant messaging software; P2P may have risks, but so do plenty of other technologies that are in no danger of government regulation.
John Dvorak brought this up on on Cranky Geeks, yesterday. I wonder what our cranky geek readers think about Congress investigating software?
Posted: Thu - July 26, 2007 at 07:06 AM