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Researchers warn of P2P 'guilt by association' attack

article published on 10 April, 2009

Researchers have warned that regular users of BitTorrent and maybe Skype are risking their privacy due to what they describe as a 'guilt by association' vulnerability. Fabián Bustamante, professor of computer science at Northwestern University, revealed that they have discovered how BitTorrent users form identifiable "communities" over time. The same problem could apply to other technology based on P2P. ... [ read the full article ]

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nonoitall
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_ 		10. April 2009 @ 14:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If my ISP was operated by the MPAA I would be mildly concerned about this.
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beanos66
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_ 		11. April 2009 @ 06:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
this sounds more like an advert than a news story to me
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Ascrapper
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_ 		13. April 2009 @ 00:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
this isnt even the whole story.
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Problem solved, at least in the case of BitTorrent. However, the truly paranoid will be unconvinced, noting the source of funding for Bustamente's group in this project. Yes, you guessed it - none other than the US federal government itself. ®
[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/09/p2p_guilt_by_association_attack_countermeasure/] funded by the government? how can you be sure this is just a bs hoax to get people to download vuze? perhaps potentially making it easier to have your privacy compromised?
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nonoitall, I would take it more seriously. This is one more way to make an attack. 'They' whoever 'they' are might be able to hack your computer on some conspericy loophole.
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