Social Issues

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

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InternetNews July 15, 2009	Hacked Twitter Business Info Leaks Out Technology news Web site TechCrunch published on Wednesday sensitive internal documents belonging to Twitter, including financial projections, offering a rare glimpse into the wildly popular microblogging site.
Wired Lucas Graves	Leave Your Wi-Fi Open Everyone with a Wi-Fi network has had to wrestle with this conundrum: Should you leave your network open for anyone to use, or is that asking for trouble?
Wired Erin Biba	If You Can't Buy It Online, Feel Free to BitTorrent Illegal downloading might be regarded as an act of private conscientious objection against laws believed to be indefensible.
InternetNews July 15, 2009	Spam Not So Profitable? Despite sending millions of messages each day, botnet operators and spam marketers rake in less than one might think.
InternetNews July 14, 2009	Inside Korea's Cyber Attack What really happened in South Korea? Attackers used the country's high-speed network against itself.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2009 Adrian Rush	YouTube Breaks United Even if United breaks guitars, the Web holds the power to foil substandard customer service.
Inc. July 2009 Meg Cadoux Hirshberg	Living with a BlackBerry Addict The author writes about how her husband, Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg, never lets his BlackBerry leave his side.
AskMen.com	China stops shock therapy for Internet addicts Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province used the treatment as part of a four-month program that has so far treated nearly 3,000 youths.
InternetNews July 13, 2009	F-Secure: Flash, ActiveX Still Under Attack Anyone who has downloaded the latest version of Firefox should make sure to update all browser plugins.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2009 Rich Smith	Welcome! You've Got Hackers! Someone threw a cyber war this week. It's great to know that the government is spending billions hardening the IT system against more competent attackers, but what we really need here is a solution to the real problem: Identifying who the attackers are.
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