Social Issues

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

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InternetNews September 24, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Anti-Spammers on Attack Small claims court becomes the frontline in the war against unwanted e-mails.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Microsoft's New Suit The tech behemoth targets more spammers for lawsuits.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is eBay Killing America? It's not just that eBay has gone from CNBC to C-SPAN fodder these days. But now, despite the bucketfuls of ubiquity, this seemingly simple company is just being flat-out misunderstood by the educated politicos.
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Exploits Circulating for JPEG Flaw Just eight days after Microsoft released a fix for a "critical" flaw in the way JPEG files are processed, researchers have discovered proof-of-concept exploit code that is targeting unpatched machines.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Jim Wagner	IETF Shutters E-Mail Working Group With Sender ID going nowhere fast, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) officials Wednesday shut down the working group charged with finding a standard for e-mail authentication.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Approves Anti-Spyware Bill Anti-spyware legislation took a major step forward Wednesday when the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to outlaw spyware that is loaded on a computer without the user's consent.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers OK Video Voyeurism Privacy Bill The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate Tuesday in passing privacy protections against video voyeurism. The House bill makes it a crime to engage in illicit photography or "cyber peeking" on federal property.
InternetNews September 21, 2004 Ed Sutherland	Security Fears Still Blocking WLAN Adoption A new report says that even though security issues are being addressed, they continue to be the main thing preventing enterprises from going wireless.
InternetNews September 20, 2004 Jim Wagner	Exposed Sender ID Patents Up Debate Critics chime in about Microsoft's patent applications involving anti-spam technology, now that they have been posted.
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Online Gambling Operation Betting on Congress BetonSports chief executive is leading campaign to change lawmaker attitudes about Internet gambling.
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