P2P Networks Can Nab Private Medical Info

Author: Donald Sears
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The personal health and financial information stored in thousands of
North American home computers may be vulnerable to theft through
file-sharing software, according to a research study published online
in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Read the full article. [ScienceDaily]

The personal health and financial information stored in thousands of
North American home computers may be vulnerable to theft through
file-sharing software, according to a research study published online
in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Read the full article. [ScienceDaily]

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