April 20th, 2008
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 | Cleaning Lady | | Join Date: May 17th, 2002 Location: koyaanisqatsi
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Originally Posted by AaronWalkhouse  Some P2P applications share the downloads folder by default, but you can easily change that. It has been a longstanding problem that some junk files and worms spread easily simply because so many people are sharing their downloads without first checking what they actually have.
Also, don't forget to check the advanced settings for sharing
of partial files, which enables your software to share bits
and pieces of your downloads even before they are
complete files on your own disk. Most software comes with
this enabled by default too.
If you take care of these two details there's no way you can
ever be sued or charged for sharing anything you didn't
intend to share.  | It is good to see that there is at least one other person around here who is trying to tell people about these two fundamental errors commited by most developers. The two default settings mentioned are one of the biggest problems affecting all users and the Gnutella Network.
Allowing the sharing of downloads and partial files, by default, is a disaster for all of us and should be considered as the definition of irresponsible file-sharing.  |
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