Debate Springs Up Over CNN P2P Use
From DSLReports:
Users in our security forum highlight a new debate over CNN’s use of P2P for its new streaming service. CNN’s system, which makes use of Octoshape P2P technology, is generally a good thing, as it uses bandwidth from the community of CNN video watchers to ensure a better viewing experience. But CNN has implemented the system rather strangely, by pretending the system is mandatory for viewing to work properly, and by including an EULA that technically restricts you from analyzing your own traffic while the software’s in use. There’s also questions concerning security, the quiet P2P network springing to use each time a user visits an “Octoshape-enabled” website.
I’m not really sure what to make of this yet, but as this develops i’ll have more of an opinion on the matter. I have to get all of the facts first.