Opera Unite alpha lets you share files -- but is it safe?

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"For now, Unite, which is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, is alpha software. That means it breaks. A lot. (I experienced a number of disconnects and freezes.) Still, I was able to get it to work on systems running Windows XP and SimplyMepis 8.0, a Debian Linux distribution.

"What is it? With Opera Unite, you can, in theory, share files on your computer -- photos, MP3 audio files, etc. -- with your friends or the entire world. You can also use applets that let you, for example, host real-time chats or discussion forums. Any user, no matter what browser they use, can access whatever you decide to share."

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