Social Issues

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

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InternetNews March 22, 2005 Jim Wagner	IBM Gets Into E-Mail Authentication Big Blue comes out with its FairUCE solution to spoofed spam, which currently only works on Linux-based MTAs using Postfix. It uses a challenge-response method when it encounters questionable e-mail.
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	AFP Says 'Non' to Google News Lawsuit by Agence France Presse raises the question of whether all the world's information is fair game for search engines.
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Roy Mark	Anti-Spyware Bill Introduced in Senate Co-authors of CAN-SPAM back new legislation aimed at surreptitiously downloaded and installed software.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	No Security in SSNs? Have you bought a house? Paid a traffic ticket? Been married or divorced in the last 10 years? Those documents may have been posted online as a matter of public course, opening the door to identity theft.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Erin Joyce	Bruce Schneier, CTO, Counterpane Internet Security An interview covering the weakness of 2-factor authentication on the Internet, managed security services, software insecurity, and advice for lawmakers.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Jim Wagner	Boston College Reports Network Breach College officials will look at methods other than Social Security numbers to identify alumni and students after a hacker gains access to an on-campus system.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Roy Mark	Payments to Cigarette Sites Up in Smoke Federal efforts to snuff out illegal online cigarette sales got a boost Thursday when major credit card companies agreed to refuse payment to Internet tobacco sites, almost all of which are violating one federal law or another.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Chris Nerney	Former IT Manager, Current Security Threat? A recent hack underscores the need to guard against attacks from ex-employees who know your systems inside and out.
InternetNews March 17, 2005 Roy Mark	Parents Tightening Reins on Teens' Web Access The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports the use of Web filters is increasing.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft WebTV Hacker Sentenced Virus writer gets six months in the big house, followed by six months at home.
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