A Congressional hearing on Tuesday investigating inadvertent file sharing over peer-to-peer networks unexpectedly put a spotlight on LimeWire Chairman Mark Gorton over the government and personal information that can be acquired over P2P networks without users’ knowledge. Gorton’s company makes the peer-to-peer software LimeWire. He is also CEO of the parent company, Lime Group. Seemingly caught off-guard by the barrage of questions, Gorton told the committee that he was not aware of the extent of security problems nor the flow of information being shared over the network.
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Committee Grills LimeWire CEO Over P2P Security
Posted by: Jack M. Germain July 26, 2007 08:23 AMA Congressional hearing on Tuesday investigating inadvertent file sharing over peer-to-peer networks unexpectedly put a spotlight on LimeWire Chairman Mark Gorton over the government and personal information that can be acquired over P2P networks without users’ knowledge. Gorton’s company makes the peer-to-peer software LimeWire. He is also CEO of the parent company, Lime Group. Seemingly caught off-guard by the barrage of questions, Gorton told the committee that he was not aware of the extent of security problems nor the flow of information being shared over the network.