Social Issues

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

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InternetNews November 30, 2005 Tim Gray	Phishers Play on IRS Web Site Thieves are exploiting the fear of Uncle Sam's most notorious agency to steal identities.
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC Stops Web Broker Business Scheme Two Internet-based companies offering Web brokerage services are the latest to be nabbed in a federal crackdown on illegal business opportunities and work-at-home schemes.
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Roy Mark	ISPs Making Progress on Spam Internet service providers are making progress in slowing spam, according to a recent Federal Trade Commission study.
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Amazon Wish Lists Expose Kids Amazon's wish list feature is a great way to let relatives know what a kid wants. But it's also potentially a great way for predators to connect with kids.
InternetNews November 25, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Can You Spot The Phish Attack? According to data from e-mail security firm MailFrontier, only 4 percent of users can spot a phished e-mail 100 percent of the time.
InternetNews November 23, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	BitTorrent Cleans Up Illegal content won't be linked anymore from BitTorrent.com, but will it stop BitTorrent from being used for piracy?
InternetNews November 23, 2005 Jim Wagner	In Search of Holiday Suckers Add spam to your holiday list as a recurring theme that targets bargain hunters during the busy shopping season.
PC Magazine November 16, 2005 Ben Charny	Fake Google Toolbars Go Phishing An Internet security specialist says a new threat involves malicious links to bogus Google software that spreads via IM and Internet Relay Chat.
PC Magazine November 16, 2005 Matthew D. Sarrel	Authentic E-Mail SMTP authentication holds promise, but it's not yet a real spam-stopping solution.
PC Magazine November 16, 2005 Nicole Price Fasig	Film Fracas The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is getting more serious about Internet trading of copyrighted films.
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