Social Issues

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

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InternetNews February 22, 2006 Roy Mark	House Widens Black Market Phone Data Probe The congressional hearings probing data brokers that sell personal phone records on the Internet have concluded, but the lawmakers' investigation continues.
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Net to the Rescue How critical has the Internet become in helping people make key decisions?
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Matthew D. Sarrel	Business Body Armor All sorts of enemy combatants want to penetrate your network, but you can turn attacks aside with the right combo of hardware and tactics.
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Robert Lemos	Caught by Phish Falling prey to online identity theft takes only a few minutes, but the cost can be high.
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Brian Krebs	It's 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Global identity thieves may know their way around your computer better than you do. Learn how to protect yourself in the scary new world of zombies, RATs, Trojan horses and evil twins.
InternetNews February 13, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	VeriSign's VIP Protects Sign-On IDs VeriSign Identity Protection, announced today, will offer users the promise of a single security device that will enable authentication on VIP-enabled Web sites.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Tech Firms in the Hot Seat Technology and Internet companies' dealings with China, where free speech on the Internet is extremely limited, have drawn congressional human rights scrutiny. What does it mean to shareholders?
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 Elgin & Einhorn	Outrunning China's Web Cops Net-savvy outfits are finding ways to let citizens see banned sites.
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark	What's Next For The FTC And Net Threats? The Federal Trade Commission plans hearings some time this fall to ponder the next generation of consumer high-tech threats in the virtual marketplace.
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Brian Livingston	Corporations Have an Unsubscribe Problem A small antispam firm that has tested 170,000 different "remove me" procedures found in e-mail newsletters says it's caught some big fish in its net.
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