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At some point long ago, an online music shop decided to embed the credit card details of the buyer into the MP3 metadata. If the original user kept the song to
by sam_goody 2y ago
At some point long ago, an online music shop decided to embed the credit card details of the buyer into the MP3 metadata.
If the original user kept the song to himself, "no harm done". If not, his credit details would be all over Napster and eMule.
I don't remember the details now, as that was way back when the 'Net was the Wild West, but it was all the rage on IRC....
- account42 2y ago> If the original user kept the song to himself, "no harm done". Yeah no. So many ways this can go wrong without the user intentionally sharing the files.