[iwar] napster and criminals


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>
>                         Copyright 2001 Pacific Press Ltd.
>
>                                 The Vancouver Sun
>
>                     February 14, 2001 Wednesday FINAL EDITION
>
> SECTION: NEWS, Pg. A4
>
> LENGTH: 349 words
>
> HEADLINE: Spy agency says criminals using Napster technology: CSIS says
> Internet  tool is used in credit card theft
>
> BYLINE: Jim Bronskill
>
> SOURCE: Vancouver Sun
>
> DATELINE: OTTAWA
>
> BODY:
>
>     Canada's spy agency fears people are using the technology behind
> Napster and  other file-swapping systems for more than just downloading
music.
>
>     A Canadian Security Intelligence Service report says the new
> Internet-based  tools have allowed criminals to clandestinely exchange
> stolen credit-card  numbers and illicit software.
>
>     The CSIS intelligence brief, obtained by Southam News, also says the
> spread  of these technologies could provide hackers with opportunities to
> steal data  from other computers or plant viruses.
>
>     The report was prepared last September. A declassified version was
> released  under the Access to Information Act.
>
>     The advent of the Internet and related technologies has raised fears
> in  intelligence circles that criminals, terrorists and hostile nations
can
> use  encryption to shield their communications from authorities.
>
>     Napster, which employs a central index, has enabled millions of
> computer  owners to download digitized music files by directing them to
the
> hard drives of  other users. The service inspired what is known as
> "peer-to-peer" or P2P  computing that permits direct links between
Internet
> users.
>
>     A U.S. court ruled this week that Napster must refrain from trading in
> the  copyrighted songs that make the service so attractive.
>
>     A number of other P2P-related products and services, including
> Gnutella,  Freenet, Yo!NK, Scour and iMesh, permit computer users to swap
> many types of  digital files.
>
>     CSIS says the technologies used by Napster and its successors allow
> people to  "operate with a degree of anonymity" when transferring files,
> gathering data or  communicating via the Internet.
>
>     The distribution of Gnutella "has delighted members of
> underground  communities," says the CSIS report.
>
>     Future releases of the Freenet software will allow all communications
> among  users to be encrypted, preventing others from easily intercepting
> messages.
>
>     The RCMP and CSIS can apply to the courts for warrants that
> require  telecommunications firms or Internet providers to allow them
> access to exchanges  between suspected terrorists and others of interest.
>



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