Social Issues

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

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The Motley Fool February 15, 2005 Dave Marino-Nachison	No Fun and Games in Cyberspace Lately, phishers have been targeting FFXI players and their login information. Their goal isn't to play the game for free or nab credit card numbers, but to steal into an account and pilfer valuable items and in-game money from their victims' characters.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blog at Your Own Risk Google may have more to worry about than keeping tabs on gabby hires, but for investors it may be something worth worrying about anyway.
Scientific American February 14, 2005	Beyond the Big How copyright became "no right to copy." Overly strong property rights can threaten the Internet as a medium capable of fostering dynamic interchange of ideas.
InternetNews February 11, 2005 Roy Mark	IT Execs Swarm Capitol Hill Congress is beginning to ponder the need for telecom reform, improved cyber security, intellectual property rights and consumer online privacy.
PC World March 2005 Scott Spanbauer	Paranoia: The Best Defense Against E-Mail Attacks Criminals may attempt to spread a virus to your computer or hijack your bank account using deceptive e-mails. You can learn to spot e-mail cons by using a handful of investigative techniques and a boatload of common sense.
PC World March 2005 Andrew Brandt	Devious New Phishing Attack Outsmarts Typical Defenses A vulnerability in Windows lets phishers hijack your browser--even when you type the URL yourself.
InternetNews February 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft and Pfizer After Viagra Spammers Redmond and the pharmaceutical giant team up to file lawsuits to fight selling and advertising of knock-off drugs.
Reason February 2005 Charles Paul Freund	Cyberfatwa Repressive governments figured out fairly quickly that weblogs could be as threatening as the conventional press.
InternetNews February 4, 2005 Jim Wagner	Spamhaus Accuses MCI of Hosting Spam Gangs Spamhaus Project blasts ISP over hosting policy. MCI counters that it's not in the business of censoring Internet content.
T.H.E. Journal February 2005	EDUCAUSE and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Partnership A new partnership between EDUCAUSE and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) will put more tools in the hands of colleges and universities in an effort to improve cyber security.
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