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Security Hole in Morpheus

Saint Aardvark writes: "The BBC reports that they've been contacted by a group claiming to be able to copy any file off some Morpheus user's hard drives. Apparently a bug allows for a great deal more file-sharing for some users of the software than intended ..." Man this thing got submitted a lot. I've never actually seen Morpheus, but apparently a lot of readers have! There really isn't a lot of information except that if you're running Morpheus, you might as well consider your hard drive world readable ;)

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  1. Greater Risk? by webword · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Perhaps the greater risk is that most file sharing is illegal. I'm not trying to be a jackass here, but that is the reality and probably a bigger threat. Unless you have some seriously good stuff on your hard drive, your songs and videos are less important and less valuable than your freedom if you get busted with illegal MP3's or movies. Plenty of people do it, but that doesn't make it legal.