Social Issues

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

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InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code.
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Searchmeup Targets Weak PCs A new adware exploit takes advantage of IE LoadImage vulnerability.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005	Tech Troubles for Bush In the second Bush administration, the Department of Energy must fill critical positions, the Federal Communications Commission must recover its lost authority, and the Department of Homeland Security must face up to the challenges of cybervandalism and crime.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Jay Dixit	The Artful--and Mobile--Dodger Thanks to Dodgeball.com, location-based social networking may be the next cellphone craze.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Fresh Bagle Attacks Under Way A wave of Bagle variants is slipping past anti-virus software and into computers.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Erin Joyce	Tech Needs to Opt-In For ID Protection It's up to the tech industry to improve consumers' data privacy because even if Congress acts, it won't have much of an effect.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Phishing Attacks Jump 42 Percent An anti-phishing group says scam e-mails that seek users' personal information increased sharply last month. The types of attacks are also expanding. The United States had the most phishing sites, with China and South Korea placing second and third, respectively.
InternetNews February 24, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	A Higher Google Standard? Should Google put a stop to spyware infiltrating Blogspot, which it owns?
InternetNews February 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Claria Exec Joins DHS Privacy Committee Chief privacy officer for adware firm formerly known as Gator is now representative on panel advising in privacy issues.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Paris' Privates Exposed If Hilton can be hacked, are any of us safe from cyber crime?
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