IP: Privacy of MP3 fans at risk

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1798000/1798095.stm

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A security hole has been discovered in one of the world's most popular 
file-swapping programs which allows anyone to gain private information 
about its millions of users.

Security experts have found a way to gain access to the computer hard 
drives of users of Morpheus, which has taken over from Napster as the 
leading internet song-swapping service.

The group contacted BBC News Online out of concern about the privacy 
implications of the security hole.

Napster was shut down by an American court last July for breaching music 
copyright.

Music fans swapping MP3 files are put in direct contact with each other.

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