Social Issues

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

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PC World January 2006 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: More Criminals Use Keystroke Loggers A computer security firm reports that the array of software programs that cybercrooks use to record every character a user types has grown significantly in recent months.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Consumers Whistling Past the Security Graveyard Less than 20 percent of American home computers are adequately protected against viruses, spyware, hackers and other security threats. Nevertheless, an overwhelming majority of users believe they are safe from an attack.
PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Jane Pinckard	Trojan Invades PSPs In early October, Symantec Security Response experts identified Trojan.PSPBrick, the first Trojan horse that targets Sony PlayStation Portable systems, as a Category 1 threat.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Jessi Hempel	The MySpace Generation The MySpace generation live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Jon Fine	Modern (Sigh) Media Maturity Traditional media's old structure is not built for control.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Jessi Hempel	Protecting Your Kids From Cyber-Predators Tips for parents as their teenagers venture into online social networks.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005	Keeping Kids Safe Online Here are some Web sites that can offer teens and parents valuable tips for eluding cyber-predators.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005	The Networked Life of a 21-Year-Old Super-plugged-in Gen Y'er Paula Lehman provides some lessons for an older colleague about navigating in the always-connected world.
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Backup Software Under Attack A SANS report on top security vulnerabilities finds that backup and recovery software has become a favorite target of hackers.
Wired December 2005 Annalee Newitz	Don't Call It Spyware Three years ago Gator (now Claria) was considered a parasite and a scourge. Today it's a rising star - selling virtually the same product. How a pop-up pariah won the adware wars.
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