Social Issues

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

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Searcher October 2002 Mariam A. Drake	Cost Cutting or Access Control: OMB Dismantiling GPO? By far, the most significant damage resulting from the Office of Management and Budget's proposal would be the effect it would have on the Government Printing Office's ability for ensuring citizen access to government information.
PC World September 18, 2002 Peggy Watt	Uncle Sam Wants You to Defend Cyberspace National cybersecurity plan unveiled for comment, criticism, suggestions.
Wired October 2002 Steven Levy	Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown Lawrence Lessig helped mount the case against Microsoft. He wrote the book on creative rights in the digital age. Now the cyberlaw star is about to tell the Supreme Court to smash apart the copyright machine.
PC World September 17, 2002	National Cybersecurity Plan to Debut Users, vendors have a role in helping secure cyberspace, in Bush strategy still in the works.
CIO September 15, 2002 Meridith Levinson	The Best Offense While most security dollars go to technology, CIOs in our exclusive survey say investments in staff -- and education efforts to guide them -- must back up that robust firewall.
CIO September 15, 2002 D.F. Tweney	Who's on Your Network? Intrusion detection systems can work, but they require time and money
CIO September 15, 2002 Christopher Lindquist	Danger from Within Just when you thought that network security couldn't get any tougher, Moscow-based iNetPrivacy Software has released AntiFirewall. INetPrivacy claims the utility is for users who value their privacy and freedom of communication, but IT departments may want to be on the lookout for the tool.
Wired October 2002 Steve Silberman	Caught in the Kid Porn Crusade He was a stand-up Marine, a beloved cop, and a local hero -- until the government branded him part of the largest kid porn ring in history. Inside Operation Candyman, the FBI's crusade to sweep the Net clean of child abuse.
PC World September 12, 2002 Paul Roberts	IE6 Fix Is Incomplete, Security Experts Say First Service Pack update to browser called flawed, but users urged to update anyway.
New Architect October 2002 Christopher Null	Crocodile Tears Newspaper publishers take Gator to court for adding pop-up ads to their websites without their permission.
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