Social Issues

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

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Entrepreneur September 2002 Mike Hogan	Wreck-Ware P2P exposes you to attack from hackers looking to filch files. Here's how to avoid a swap-and-run.
New Architect September 2002 Lincoln D. Stein	Wireless, Defenseless Protect your wireless network before someone takes advantage
PC World August 15, 2002 John Fontana	Microsoft: SSL Flaw in Windows, Not IE Researchers said browser was insecure, but now software giant says it's the OS that must be patched.
New Architect September 2002 Bret A. Fausett	The Hague Treaty Adoption National boundaries will no longer be a practical defense to civil liability. This all makes wonderful sense for international business-to-business transactions. But the participants in the process of the Hague convention treaty didn't think too much about the Internet.
New Architect September 2002 Aaron Walsh	Standard Practice As the host of available standards continues to grow and change rapidly, it becomes increasingly difficult to choose among them. Which standards should we adopt today? Which should we let bake a little longer in hopes of using them tomorrow? And which should we ignore altogether?
PC World August 13, 2002 David Legard	Severe Security Flaw Found in IE Microsoft acknowledges potential SSL vulnerability, uncovered by security researcher.
Wired September 2002	Born Digital We learned to crawl alongside the PC. We came of age with the Internet. Early-adopting, hyperconnected: Call us Children of the Revolution, the first teens and tweens to grow up with the network. Our tools are taking over the adult world. Check it out: The technology is trickling up.
PC World September 2002 Stuart J. Johnston	Bugs and Fixes: How to Spot Virus Hoaxes a Mile Off Bogus warnings can hurt more than real viruses. Here's how to detect them.
Salon.com August 7, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski	The bot who loved me Are those secret-admirer e-mails real -- or just the latest excrescence of an Internet marketing machine grown unfathomably sleazy?
PC World August 5, 2002 Kim Zetter	Trojan Horse Technology Exploits IE Researchers show a tool that could admit hackers by pretending to be a trusted Microsoft application.
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