Can content be accidently deleted using home sharing?

Thinking of turning on home sharing in my home but can others accidentally delete my music? Not sure how this home sharing works.

Morning Blue Oakley,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
Best of luck,
Mario

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As many others I'm now convinced that the latest update of iTunes caused this problem.
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- 2 Apple TV second generation
- 1 Apple TV first generation
- 2 iPod touch (bought last year)
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all firmware or software are on latest available patchlevel.
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I will drop this feedback everytime my famiily and I facing this problem... just to help you to get a better feeling of the urgency of this issue.
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