Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Your Data, Naked On The Net The U.S. Justice Dept.'s demand for data on how Web surfers use Google and other search engines raises a disturbing question: Just how much do the Web sites you visit know about you?
InternetNews February 9, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Google's Desktop Search Red Flag Google's new desktop search reveals privacy concerns.
InternetNews February 9, 2006 Roy Mark	IM, E-Mail Identities Hot on The Net Online data brokers are selling far more than personal telephone records, including the actual names, addresses and phone numbers of instant messaging users and those registered with dating sites, such as Match.com.
InternetNews February 8, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Warns on Windows, IE Flaws Microsoft is warning Windows and Internet Explorer users to take steps to prevent two security exploits. The two advisories affect Microsoft Windows Millennium and Internet Explorer 5.
Reason February 2006 Cathy Young	Smears in Cyberspace Sometimes in journalism, the medium is the story. So it is with the ongoing saga of The Blogs vs. The Mainstream Media, endlessly flogged and blogged in the old and new media alike.
Reason February 2006 Kerry Howley	Mini Media Moguls A new survey suggests that American teens are picking up valuable technological skills through their consumption and manipulation of online media -- especially for older girls, a group once thought to be left behind in the tech boom.
InternetNews February 3, 2006 Catherine Pickavet	Balancing The Business of MySpace Are social networking sites like MySpace in need of more supervision?
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Robert Lemos	Beating Microsoft to the Patch Community-led efforts sometimes deliver security fixes before developers.
PC World March 2006 Dan Tynan	Hollywood vs.Your PC: Round 2 Legal options in digital entertainment are growing. But they come with restrictions that can hobble your ability to enjoy the content you've paid for and even threaten your control over your system.
PC World March 2006 Andrew Sullivan	Programs in Peril Popular applications have more security flaws than Windows does.
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