LimeWire
Enough said.
Or is it???
Maybe the temptation of sharing and accumulating free MP3 files is too irresistible and you find yourself unable to stop from accumulating the most amazing music collection ever amassed.
Well, you are not only infringing on copyrights, you are potentially, inadvertently, sharing ALL of your files.
In fact, by default, the LimeWire 5 shares sensitive file types, user-originated files and recursively shares folders.
Music. Photos. Videos. Documents.
All of your personal life out there for all to see and share.
This program design violates eight industry "best practices".
These practices include:
Compliance “Best Practices” Blocked File Sharing
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Authorized Use Policy •
Restricted Access to Sensitive Data •
Authentication •
Non-repudiation •
Confidentiality of Data •
Monitoring & Auditing •
Secure Logging and Audit Trails •
Tamper Proof Environments •
Content Scanning & Keyword Matching •
User AwarenessLimewire 5 has intentionally designed, ambiguous features, such as "share all" that not only shares your music files, but all of the above mentioned as well.
Other ambiguous features include:
- automatic settings that allow LimeWire to add your personal files to LimeWire folders that are shared by millions.
- nonsensical warnings with no clear reasons as to why configuring would be dangerous with several conflicting directives
- the inability to completely "uninstall" the LimeWire 5 program
- installing the newer, upgraded version of LimeWire 5 does not allow users to keep their settings and configurations
http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/2009/pop16.14-inadvertent-file-sharing-reinvented-limewire-5.pdf
What is even scarier, more horrifying, is that LimeWire is a filesharing program with a huge attraction to children and teens, in search of free music and whatnot. Not only are they NOT educated enough to understand the implications of installing a program such as this where copyright infringements are involved and the security of their whole family is at stake, but they are the prime target of the worst kind of predators.
Stalkers, rapists, and child molesters count on the loopholes within this dangerous design to find children, ferret out the information needed to locate their prey, and pounce.
One example, (graphic in nature, be forewarned):
"...unsophisticated children will tend to unwittingly "share" their downloaded files and, perhaps, their family’s entire collections of media files. Not only can these Prey-on-the-Weak tactics endanger children and families, they can also grant reduced jail sentences to dangerous pedophiles—like the LimeWire user convicted for "sharing" the video of the rape of a little girl "bound with a rope and being choked with a belt by what appeared to be an adult male.’"
LimeWire 5 also perpetuates the Prey-on-the-Weak model of file-sharing reflected in prior versions of LimeWire and similar programs. New users of these programs are often preteen or teenage children. Nevertheless, these programs’ default settings tend to be dangerous—and changing them can be more dangerous. Such programs thus ensure that
http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/2009/pop16.14-inadvertent-file-sharing-reinvented-limewire-5.pdf
Now that I have scared you, here's a light:
"In a major victory for the music industry, a New York federal judge has ordered embattled P2P software maker LimeWire to immediately and permanently stop distributing and supporting its filesharing software. In a 17-page injunction (PDF document) issued on Tuesday, Judge Kimba Wood of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered LimeWire to cease the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and file distribution functionality of LimeWire's P2P filesharing software."
http://news.techworld.com/sme/3246052/limewire-ordered-to-shut-down-p2p-file-sharing/
Please share with all your family and friends, (ESPECIALLY your children, teens, and their friends as well), this document that details the outcome and consequence of dangerous design.
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