Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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InternetNews June 10, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Zero-Day Exploit Targets IE Flaws Browser vulnerabilities carry an 'extremely critical' rating and is being exploited to launch adware on infected machines.
ifeminists June 9, 2004 Matt Rosenberg	Bill Cosby & the Blogosphere The Cosby story, (where the celebrity blasts some lower-income black parents for irresponsibility and only the Washington Post reports on it) like others before it, has shown that a news story can grow "legs" thanks more to repackagers in the blogosphere than to "legitimate" print and broadcast outlets.
Wired June 2004 Annalee Newitz	Cracking the Code to Romance Every geek complains about looking for a hookup. Meet four lonelyhearts who are hacking their way into the sack - call them the dating optimizers.
PC World July 2004 Tom Spring	Striking Back at Spyware States, feds consider regulating intrusive software.
PC World July 2004 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Why Your Friends Believe You're Selling Viagra Spammers who forge your address on their junk messages can clog your inbox and harm your reputation.
InternetNews June 8, 2004 Roy Mark	Spam-Fighting Theories Far From Practice Gartner says filters, sender authentication-reputation initiatives not likely to provide short-term relief.
InternetNews June 8, 2004 Roy Mark	The Internet: 'A Dirty Mess' Cyberpunk pioneer and writer Bruce Sterling tells Gartner conference digital revolution has been replaced by digital terrorism.
InternetNews June 7, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, May 2004 The spam volume remains unchanged over the month, but Internet users don't have reason to celebrate, as the plateau is not indicative of an imminent decline in unwanted messages.
InternetNews June 4, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Look Out For 3-Headed Plexus Worm A patch Microsoft issued in April could fend off the malicious mutant.
Inc. June 2004 Darren Dahl	New Liability for Hacked Companies California became the first state to mandate full disclosure to customers when data is compromised. Since introduction of a federal version of this law last June, some companies have been revising their online terms and conditions to avoid this requirement.
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