Social Issues

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

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InternetNews May 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Warez Dealers Headed to Jail The Department of Justice tightened the noose around warez dealers Friday with the first sentencing of individuals for their Internet music piracy activities.
Fast Company June 2006 Anya Kamenetz	The Network Unbound How TagWorld and other next-generation social networks could feed your business -- and maybe even change the world. New ideas generated on social networks may be worth a lot more than advertising.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Ante & Grow	Meet The Hackers Cybercrooks are stealing billions. An inside look at law enforcement's biggest targets.
PC Magazine May 17, 2006	Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing If software appears that you never installed, be wary on what it's real purpose is.
InternetNews May 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Fed Spyware Distributor Sentenced A former Department of Education network security employee was sentenced to five months in prison Friday for placing spyware on his boss's computer.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Tom Taulli	Search Engines' Sordid Side As useful as search engines can be, a recent study reveals they also come with major risks. For the most part search-engine listings remain an untamed frontier.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Michael Hickins	Searchers Beware Report Says Sponsored links returned on keyword searches for most popular keywords are fraught with danger, according to a study by anti-virus vendor McAfee.
PC World June 2006 Erik Larkin	New Privacy Threats As you guard your privacy against standard threats like spyware and phishing, your data is leaking out via legit firms you do business with.
InternetNews May 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Spyware Hustler Hit With $4M Penalty Justice was finally downloaded Thursday on Sanford Wallace, a notorious spammer of the 1990s who moved on to illegal spyware operations that installed adware, spyware and other unsolicited software programs on users' computers.
InternetNews May 4, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Yahoo Called Spyware Pusher in Lawsuit Anti-spyware activist Bed Edelman is leading a new round of charges that search and portal player Yahoo deployed clickfraud with the help of spyware in its dealings with Web advertising clients.
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