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the House Committee on oversight and Government reform responds to reports that the peer to peer file sharing allows users to access the most important other P2P users files, including bank statements, tax records, health records, and passwords. This is the same software that allows P2P users to download 
What is interesting is that they do not already realize what was happening. Most members probably have children, and their own personal computers probably have P2P software installed.
A University of Dartmouth College found that he was able to get tens of thousands of medical records using P2P software. In my own research, I discovered tax returns, applications for student loans, credit reports and Social Security numbers. I found the family lists that include user names, passwords and social security numbers for all the family. I found Christmas lists, love letters, photos and videos (naughty ones, too) and just about anything that can be stored in a digital file.
P2P software installation allows anyone, including criminal hackers to access your data. This can result in data breaches, fraud, credit card and identity theft. This is the easiest and, frankly, the most fun kind of hacking. I've seen reports of government many agencies, pharmaceutical companies, mortgage brokers and others discovering P2P software on their networks after 
Blueprints for private helicopters of President Obama have recently been compromised because the P2P software from a Maryland defense contractor had disclosed them to the wild, wild web.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent letters to the Attorney General and chairman of the FTC, asking that the Department of Justice is to prevent the illegal use of P2P. Which is kind of ridiculous, because it is not illegal to use P2P programs. Even if it were made illegal, the P2P file sharing is a wild animal that can not be tamed.
The letter also requests that the government is to protect its citizens. Okay. I sat with both the FTC and the DoJ. These are not stupid people. I am very impressed by how smart they are. They know what they do and they see the main problems we face. But they are not able to prevent an Internet user from installing free software, widely accessible, and thereafter to be stupid when setting it up and inadvertent sharing their C -Drive with the world. No government intervention can prevent this. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform should focus more on educating the public about the use of P2P file sharing.
Politicians are probably under pressure and funded the recording and movie industries to pressure suppliers of such software. The letters and sounds of the government 
- Do not install P2P software on your computer.
- If you are not sure whether a family member or employee has installed P2P software, check to see if anything familiar was installed. A look at your "All Programs Menu" will show nearly all programs on your computer. If you find an unfamiliar program, do an online search to see what you found.
- Set administrator privileges to prevent the installation of new software without your knowledge.
- If you must use P2P software, make sure that you do not share the data from your hard drive. When you install and configure the software, do not let the P2P program select data for you.
- Because you have control over what others do on their PC, be sure to invest in identity theft protection and Internet security software.
Robert Siciliano, identity theft speaker, uses a P2P software to access data much fun.
Robert Siciliano is CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com, an expert on identity theft, professional speaker, security analyst, published author and television news correspondent. Siciliano works with Fortune 1000 and start-up companies as a consultant on product launches, branding, messaging, representation, SEO and media. the thoughts and advice of Siciliano on all these issues often appear in both television and print media news, including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, Forbes and USA Today. He has 25 years of safety training as a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. He is the author of two books, including The Safety Minute: Living on high alert; How to take control of your personal safety and to prevent fraud . He also established a partnership with Uni-Ball to help raise awareness of the growing threat of identity theft and provide tips on how you can protect yourself.