Social Issues

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

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InternetNews July 19, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	IM Accounts to Number in The Billions Instant messaging and enterprise instant messaging should continue to grow.
National Defense August 2005 Robert H. Williams	Micro Drive Excludes On-Line Snoops Upgraded thumb-size storage device aims to prevent on-line identity theft and provide total privacy protection from hackers.
InternetNews July 18, 2005 Jim Wagner	States Tackle Unsavory E-Mails Michigan and Utah have launched "do not e-mail" registries to keep questionable content from children's eyes.
InternetNews July 18, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	FBI: Online Crime Losses Down, Attacks Up A new study from the FBI and the Computer Security Institute cites a dramatic drop in average losses from cybercrime, but a rise in web site incidents and unauthorized access incidents.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Firefox Advocate Site Hit by Hackers Hackers used the SpreadFireFox.com site to send spam.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.
CIO July 15, 2005 Grant Gross	To Stop Hacker Attacks, Don't Rely on ISPs In a mock trail, a jury of IT security professionals decided that it should be an owner's responsibility, not an ISPs, to protect against viruses and worms.
CIO July 15, 2005 Juan Carlos Perez	Internet Users Ignorant About Data Privacy Internet users in the United States are dangerously ignorant about the type of data that website owners collect from them and how that data is used, making them vulnerable to fraud and misuse of their personal information, a new study finds.
InternetNews July 13, 2005 Tim Gray	Sender ID Gets Notice Vendors meet in New York to address the ever popular issue of e-mail security. Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco all have new online solutions.
InternetNews July 12, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Shifting Adware Approach? Is Microsoft hot on Claria or soft on adware? Microsoft has been criticized for changing the ratings of Claria and other adware in its Anti-Spyware product. Experts describe the deceptive practices used by some adware.
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