Are there any privacy or security issues associated with storing fileprints?
The most common issue is the question of whether someone who, with or without your permission, gets access to the fileprints you’ve stored also gets access to a matching file. There are three ways in which someone could find a matching file: to get it from you, to get it from another source, or to simply guess the contents of the file. If the person has gotten the fileprint without your permission, this means any other data, including files matching the fileprint, may also be accessible from your computer or storage media without your permission. You should take any steps necessary to ensure that the person no longer has access. If your copy of a matching file is not the only copy that exists or has ever existed, then obviously the person may use another source to find further information about the fileprint and a matching file. Lastly, the person may try to guess at the contents of the file until a file is found which matches the fileprint. This is really only feasible when the number
