Social Issues

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

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ONLINE Jan/Feb 2003 Greg R. Notess	The UCE (Spam) War and Its Impact on E-Mail The Internet's killer application is not Web browsers. It is e-mail. This essential foundation of the Internet is under attack.
Entrepreneur January 2003 Mark Henricks	Instant Mess Grab the spackle. Instant messaging is the latest crack in your business's security.
CIO January 1, 2003 Geoffrey James	Nobody's Perfect Just when you thought Linux was safe, there comes along a well-documented threat that demonstrates the OS's vulnerability.
CIO January 1, 2003 Alison Bass	Identity Crisis If identity theft isn't already on your radar screen, this headline will put it there: 13,000 Credit Reports Stolen by Hackers. To avoid a similar disaster on their turf, CIOs should insist their company's customer data be kept in separate databases protected by a number of different security measures.
CIO January 1, 2003 Lew McCreary	Life with Everyone Watching Dan Geer, CTO of security vendor @Stake, thinks that the expense of password-based security systems may lead to a cheaper, less-private world where everything people do is inexpensively logged and stored.
CIO January 1, 2003 Megan Santosus	Just-In-Time Mobs The most resounding effect of pervasive computing will be social changes.
CIO January 1, 2003 Scott Berinato	Hidden in Plain Sight Steganography is sure to make its little secret mark in 2003.
PC World January 2003 Stan Miastkowski	Step-By-Step: Set Antivirus Software for Maximum Protection Activate crucial settings to ensure that your system is completely protected.
PC World December 17, 2002 Matt Berger	Verdict Delivers Blow to the DMCA Jury finds ElcomSoft not guilty, a ruling seen as a setback for enforcing the controversial digital copyright law.
Salon.com December 17, 2002 Nick Altebrando	The gift of virus In the spirit of the holiday season, a tale of one man who clicked too soon but discovered that missent e-mail can still lead to a wonderful life.
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