Concerns over data security have led the House of Representatives to ban the use of Spotify among its members. As Politico reports, the music streaming service appears to have run afoul of an older ban on P2P technology. Implemented during the Napster era, the rule was originally designed to guard against illegal file sharing and to prevent malware from infecting House computers.
"To help protect House data, our IT policy generally prohibits the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies while operating within the secure network," a spokesman for the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) told Politico. "While Spotify is currently not authorized, the CAO has and will continue to work with outside vendors to enable the popular...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/2/3943866/house-of-representatives-bans-spotify-over-p2p-rule
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