Social Issues

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

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InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Hits Warez Networks Federal agents launch 70 raids aimed at first providers of illegally distributed copyrighted works. The arrested were all active on warez networks that distribute the copies illegally through the Internet.
InternetNews June 29, 2005	Industry Groups Push For Cyber Crime Treaty The coalition puts pressure on the US Senate for ratification of international cyber crime treaty.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Tim Gray	UConn Finds Hacking Program in Server University of Connecticut officials say a server containing the personal data of many of its staff and students was compromised on at least one occasion.
Information Today June 27, 2005 Irene McDermott	New 1stReads System Enables Book Donations to Libraries The online service allows libraries to ask for donations based on desired titles. Whoever donates towards a book gets to check it out first.
PC World July 2005 Andrew Brandt	Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection? Determining what classifies as spyware is a difficult problem, and would-be spyware manufacturers try to make sure their software is not blacklisted by the major anti-spyware tools.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Tim Gray	Yahoo Shuts Chat Room Doors Yahoo has closed all of its user-created Internet chat rooms amid fears that adults are using the sites to lure minors into sexual acts.
InternetNews June 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Confidence in E-Commerce Waning Gartner survey shows one of out three Internet users buying less online, largely because of concerns over data security.
InternetNews June 22, 2005 Tim Gray	Fronting a Fix on Data Breaches Everyone's pointing fingers and looking for answers as the investigation into a recent leak of credit card accounts at CardSystems Solutions unfolds.
Entrepreneur July 2005 Amanda C. Kooser	Pharm's Way Learn how to protect yourself from the latest internet attack, pharming, which can lead to hijacked accounts or identity theft.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Browser-Based Attacks on the Rise Browser-based attacks such as pharming and phishing scams are now the fastest-growing security threat on the Internet.
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