More File Sharing Risks

In terms of the risks of file sharing, I had so far only really identified damage to artists, the risk of finding spyware or viruses in the material you download and the possible risk of arrest. But I found this on Wikipedia that has given me a few ideas -

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing

"Recently, there has been a drastic increase of inadvertent P2P file sharing of personal and sensitive information. This became evident in 2009 at the beginning of President Obama's administration. On February 26, 2009 the blueprints to the helicopter Marine One were made available to the public through a breach in security through a P2P file sharing site. Access to this information has the potential of being detrimental to national security.[47]

Two days prior, the Today Show reported that more than 150,000 tax returns, 25,800 student loan applications and 626,000 credit reports were all inadvertently made available though File Sharing.[47]

Over the last six years identity theft has become more prevalent. On July 9, 2008 there was another inadvertent revealing of vast amounts of personal information through careless use of a P2P site. The “names, dates of birth, and social security numbers of about 2,000 of the firms clients, including Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer were all exposed.”[47]

In an attempt to avoid these security leaks, current legislation in the United States is being debated, the Informed P2P User Act.[48] According to this act, it would be mandatory for individuals to be aware of the risks associated with peer-to-peer file sharing before purchasing the software. Informed consent of the user prior to use of these programs would be required. In addition, this act would allow users to block and remove P2P file sharing software from their computers at any time.[49] The Federal Trade Commission would enforce these regulations"

An advert illustrating this risk could be a lot more sinister and scary than the current ideas I've been having. For example, my first idea was to have someone downloading material online, and then a shot of over their shoulder where you can see bank details and personal information on their screen as they're downloading. Then cut to another shadier individual downloading these personal files, and then maybe, I don't know, the original man finds all his bank details stolen and becomes bankrupt, or gets kidnapped and bundled into the back of a car whilst the other guy steals his identity. Needs a bit of work this idea, but thematically could work really well and be quite unsettling. I'm not 100% sure if this is the route I want to take with my film at the moment, but it's something to think about.