Social Issues

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

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ifeminists July 27, 2005 Wendy McElroy	On Campus, Only Some Free Speech Protected Even in a workplace, it is ridiculous to conclude that a one-time e-mail constitutes unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is especially ridiculous to apply such a policy to a working student at an institution of higher education that has a special responsibility to ensure academic freedom.
Entrepreneur August 2005 Mike Hogan	It's a Trap! Pharming scams -- e-mails that try to scare you and your customers into giving up bank, PayPal or other sensitive information -- are lurking around every corner. Here's how they work, and how you can reduce your risk of being "pharmed."
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 Adam Kolawa	Reducing software security vulnerabilities through unit testing Buffer overflows are the most common type of attack to exploit military and aerospace systems, but common industry best practices -- like unit testing and coverage analysis -- can help prevent these attacks.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
InternetNews July 21, 2005 Tim Gray	Worm Strikes The Wrong Chord It invades AOL's Instant Messenger under cover of Apple's iTunes.
InternetNews July 21, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Waking Up to Warjacking Leeching off a neighbor's wireless connection seems pretty harmless. But it gets ugly when the leech uses that connection for activities that are illegal and/or reprehensible.
InternetNews July 21, 2005 David Needle	Contrarians Spice Up Tech Conference The AlwaysOn Innovation Summit had a sharp edge, with experts giving talks piracy, creeping incrementalism, dangers of working with Hollywood and the death of television.
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft: CSI for the FTC Redmond crime-stoppers do forensics work to help the FTC charge X-rated spammers.
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Tim Gray	Hackers Head to School in Droves Universities appear to be the new favorite target of hackers, as the University of Southern California becomes the latest to get hit.
InternetNews July 19, 2005 Tim Gray	Download Politely Asks Spammers to Stop Security firm looks to clean up the information highway by sending an automated response to spammers. Some question the ethics of the approach.
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