Social Issues

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

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PC World August 3, 2002 Andrew Brandt	Reality Douses DefCon Camaraderie Nation's new security priorities put new risks, greater penalties on cybercrime.
PC World September 2002 Andrew Brandt	Klez: The Virus That Won't Die Already the most prolific virus ever, Klez continues to wreak havoc.
Salon.com August 1, 2002 Pete Rojas	Bootleg culture Powerful computers and easy-to-use editing software are challenging our conceptions of authorship and creativity. As usual, the entertainment industry doesn't like this one bit.
CIO August 1, 2002 Malcolm Wheatley	Inside a Security Response Center A growing number of customers have hired Atlanta-based security software and systems vendor ISS, and other security companies such as Enterasys Networks and Cisco Systems, to maintain a real-time watch over their firewalls and systems.
PC World July 30, 2002 Stephen Chiger	Forgery Bill Could Criminalize Copying Protecting non-physical authentication could extend legislation to digital material, threaten fair use.
Salon.com July 30, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Sour notes The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want.
PC World July 29, 2002 Stuart J. Johnston	Web Radio Fights for Survival Webcasters rally against royalty ruling they say will yank many off the Net.
PC World July 29, 2002 Sam Costello	Symantec Unveils Blended Security Software New product mixes firewall, antivirus, and intrusion detection tools to better protect PCs from a new wave of threats.
PC World September 2002 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Just Say 'No' to Spam -- Again Sudden changes in some Web sites' policies can open the doors to spam.
PC World July 22, 2002 Deborah Radcliff	What Does the Future Hold for PGP? Network Associates no longer supports the encryption technology, but that doesn't mean it will disappear.
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