By Steve Alexander
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)
MINNEAPOLIS — Two senators are pushing legislation that would force the makers of consumer file-sharing programs to warn users how much information they may be giving away.
A bill introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., seeks to protect consumers who don't understand that peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing programs may inadvertently open their computers to ID theft or other harmful snooping by unscrupulous users of such programs.
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