Social Issues

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

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The Motley Fool March 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Banker Dons a Black Hat In written testimony to the congressional committee investigating the security of customer data, Bank of America argued that the law should not require companies to inform their customers of security breaches that put their data at risk.
InternetNews March 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Cisco, Yahoo Work on Authentication Differences The two companies are looking for ways to make their similar, yet different, e-mail authentication schemes work together to fight spam.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Stephen Baker	A Painful Lesson: E-mail Is Forever How could they be so dumb? As the Internet Age starts its second decade, senior executives continue to send off careless e-mails, which later get them fired or sent to jail.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Erin Joyce	Bloggers on The Front Lines The Apple trade secrets case has become a defining moment for blogs that practice journalism.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Michael Singer	VoIP to Fuel Plague of 'Dialing for Dollars' Overseas telemarketers are quickly learning that they can use IP voice calls to "dial for dollars," getting around both traditional long-distance cost constraints and U.S. Do-Not-Call regulations to flood Internet traffic with phone calls that would make even the most egregious spammer blush.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Rich Smith	No Rest for the Wicked ChoicePoint's breach alone might not have tipped the scales, but if many other businesses are being ransacked as well, and most importantly, if the privacy of actual senators is now at risk, I think it's safe to say that regulation is on its way.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	LexisNexis: Lookup For Crime Crooks accessed a LexisNexis subsidiary using misappropriated IDs and passwords to obtain approximately 32,000 names addresses, Social Security numbers and drivers' license numbers, which could be used for identity theft.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Roy Mark	House Continues Anti-Spyware Push Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approves legislation, setting stage for full House vote to legislate spyware.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bag Warez Convictions Key leaders of Internet piracy rings face prison sentences of 5 to 10 years.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran	ID Theft Hits Paper Harder Despite growing fears of online fraud related to Web-based banking services, the increase in identity theft is hitting consumers closer to home than in cyberspace. Identity theft crimes are more often committed off-line rather than online.
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