File sharing is the ability to provide digital media between users virtually. These services include collaboration, storage, and transmission of different files amongst different users on the internet in one network. There are many forms of file sharing and one of them is Peer to peer networking. It is the distribution of digital media files through a software which gives users access to the file. The software connects your computer to another computer in order to facilitate the exchange of files, almost as if two peers are communicating with each other. Rather than using the internet to share files, the program that your computer is running process the exchange for the users. Your hard drive is being scanned by the program and when it detects a file that a user wants, a request is sent in order for the download to begin. There are many thousands of file sharing programs with the common ones being BitTorrent, FrostWire, and Bitcomet. Due to the vagueness of the files, there can be many risks in a P2P File Sharing. Using the program is free, but the content on these applications might not be legal to download if its is copyrighted. Some of the files might be encrypted which can be a violation of privacy. For example, the files might be a hack or it can be illegal which is why users need to be cautious of what they download on these P2P File Sharing programs. Although file sharing is a great method to attain resouces and data online, there are many risks that we need to be aware of since there is no limitations to the files being uploaded on these applications that support file sharing.
Work Cited
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2) “Digital Rights Management.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management.,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
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