Social Issues

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

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The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Tim Beyers	Reuters: Help, IM Under Attack A digital worm wiggles its way into Reuters' instant messaging system. Take precautions to protect yourself from worms like Kelvir.
PC Magazine April 6, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Spilling Secrets Are people who post company rumors on their weblogs guilty of corporate espionage?
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 Rich Smith	Data Crimes Suggest Conspiracy HSBC and GM have just announced that holders of their jointly branded credit card have joined the ranks of the recently hacked. Congress should also look into why all of these attacks are happening right now, and who might be behind all this mischief.
InternetNews April 13, 2005 Sharon Gaudin	New Spam Scam Exploits Pope's Death A new spam campaign is exploiting people's interest in and grief over the death of Pope John Paul II.
InternetNews April 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Step Into Senate Panel's Fire Compliance with the California law on disclosing data breaches has resulted in a series of embarrassing public-data hijacking admissions. The Senate is now grilling data brokers and considering federal legislation.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Rich Smith	What, Me Worry About ID Theft? Reed Elsevier's security breach grows 10 times in size. And no one cares. Hard as that is to fathom, it suggests that the data collection industry may escape this series of fiascoes without Congress imposing additional regulations on it.
Outside April 2005 Florence Williams	The Axis of Eco Earth-friendly cool is everywhere, from Hollywood and innovative building design to hybrid cars and candy bars. You live, breathe, and play green already--so why not come full circle by bringing it all back home?
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Jim Wagner	The RIAA is After Student Pirates The music organization continues its assault against illegal file-sharing, this time targeting students using Internet2.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Tim Gray	310,000 Exposed by LexisNexis Data Breach Company estimates data breach affected 10 times the U.S. residents as originally reported.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Spam on the Side? It's not yet time for the big-name ISPs and email providers to get comfy. Spam continues to be a big, bulky pain, and when it comes to scams like phishing, it's downright dangerous.
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