Social Issues

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

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PC World March 2006 Anne Kandra	Banking on the Web: Risky Business? The reality behind the risks, plus how to keep your online transactions secure.
InternetNews February 3, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	As Promised, Blackworm Strikes Security experts have been warning for over a week that the worm designated CME-24 and known by various other more colorful names was set to deliver its nefarious payload today.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	A Sobering Report on Viruses According to an analysis by Postini of 150 billion e-mail messages sent in 2005, e-mail-borne viruses represented 2.5 percent of all inbound e-mail messages.
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Bill Machrone	Let's Go Turking Now Turking, earning money from home with your computer, potentially creates a vast, unregulated workforce, well under the minimum-wage radar, with no hope of benefits or job security.
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Cade Metz	The Sorry State of Security Time to face facts: when it comes to our online safety woes, everybody is to blame.
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Clint Boulton	Microsoft Issues Own Blackworm Warning Microsoft is preparing users for the arrival of the Blackworm, a mass mailing malware variant expected to infiltrate and slam personal computers this Friday.
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Jen Lin-Liu	China's e-Junkies Head for Rehab Beijing Military Clinic's Internet addiction center is often fully booked. Concerned about teenagers falling prey to the Internet's allure, China has even sought to ban youths under the age of 18 from going to Internet cafes.
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Security Vendors Team Against Spyware McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thomson Cyber Security Labs plan to create a standard method for evaluating spyware products.
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Microsoft Source Code Thief Heads to Prison Selling Microsoft's source code on the Internet will cost a Connecticut man two years in prison.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Cory Levine	Fighting ID Theft and Fraud As criminals dream up new and more-sophisticated schemes to steal and profit from personal data, consumer confidence in e-commerce, including online financial services, is taking a hit. Online users expect the financial industry to take action.
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