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Skriven 2005-06-20 20:33:14 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: The Scheme to Discredit BitTorrent
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>

Let's see -  a MS MVP 'discovers'  security concerns with BitTorrent while MS
publishes a research paper outlining a 'new' file sharing technology similar to
BitTorrent. Coincidence? Yeah right!!

Her's a portion of Dvorak's article

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1829724,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1829725,00.asp

The Scheme to Discredit BitTorrent
The Root of the Accusations. This was all begun by a Microsoft MVP character
named Chris Boyd, who is always described as a "renowned" security expert. By
whose standards is he renowned? Has he written books? Academic papers?
Articles? What exactly besides blogging? So where does this assertion come
from? The blog?

He posted his BitTorrent discovery on his security blog here. He discovered
that the Aurora spyware is on machines that also have BitTorrent installed and
implies that BitTorrent has more to do with it than a casual coincidence. Does
this guy know that BitTorrent is a downloading system and people who do a lot
of downloading tend to have it on their machines? The cause and effect logic
here eludes me. Is he saying it's impossible to get Aurora without BitTorrent?

Whatever the case, someone managed to get his discovery of spyware (spyware is
news?) into CNet News, eWeek, and IDG News service, as well as hundreds of
blogs talking about how BitTorrent was an "adware distribution vehicle." Hey,
BitTorrent will distribute whatever you choose to distribute. How is this news?
This all happened just as the once skeptical, now wishy-washy Register (which
also reported on the BitTorrent issue without questioning it) reported on
Avalanche being oh-so-superior to BitTorrent.


For a good laugh view the Avalanche PowerPoint slide show. It shows all sorts
of graphs as if Avalanche is actually in the wild being used. I have never seen
such a crock in my life. Can you say "dry lab?"

Where Is the News Reporting? What bothered me the most about this episode was
that there was no reporting whatsoever regarding the BitTorrent as spyware
claims or even the credibility of the renowned MVP Chris Boyd. It was basically
parroting a leap-of-faith accusation in a blog that somehow developed into
these eventual talking points: Use BitTorrent and you'll get spyware.
BitTorrent sucks, and oh, Microsoft has something better, although it's never
been shipped-but it's better!

Does this sort of media irresponsibility and laziness ever end? Or why don't we
just shoot everyone doing good work, lie about the facts, and turn everything
over to Microsoft and its Redmond compound? The only defenders of BitTorrent I
saw regarding this issue were buried here and there on Slashdot. They sure were
not in the newsrooms-or the blogs for that matter. All the stories I saw were
disgraceful.

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