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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Incriminating innocent peer to peer network users

...and other than the fact that you sent this from a hushmail account, this 
has *what* to do with security, exploits, vulnerabilities, etc?

I suggest alt.legal.rants =;^)

G

On or about 2003.09.27 04:07:29 +0000, auto93146@xxxxxxxx (auto93146@xxxxxxxx) 
said:

> There has been a disturbing trend recently whereby "authorities" in the
> United States of America have been filing lawsuits against peer to peer
> (P2P) network users for alleged copyright infringement.  The lawsuits
> typically demand an outrageously large sum of money, such that the target
> P2P user settles out of court for a smaller amount of money.  As a result,
>  the quality of the authority's "evidence" is never called into question.
> 
> I have written a paper that explores this issue by describing just some
> of the many ways in which a malicious P2P user can generate and manipulate
> "evidence" in order to implicate an innocent P2P user in behaviour deemed
> unacceptable to the authorities.  The paper discusses basic issues (such
> as known issues with the architecture of P2P networks) as well as some
> more advanced issues (such as previously unknown vulnerabilities in P2P
> applications) that allow the creation and manipulation of "evidence"
> of unacceptable behaviour, questioning the ability for authorities to
> sue P2P network users.
> 
> The paper can be found at the following URL:
> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~123456789/p2p_entrapment.pdf

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