Social Issues

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

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Knowledge@Wharton March 12, 2003	The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Dispute Few issues have fueled more transatlantic distrust than the ongoing dispute between the European Union and the United States about data privacy. Wharton management professor Stephen J. Kobrin probes the often-overlooked roots of the controversy.
PC World April 2003 Dylan F. Tweney	Now They're After You: Music Cops Target Users Recording industry expands focus and guns for file traders.
CFO March 1, 2003 Scott Leibs	A Sense of Insecurity Hacking incidents and other computer-systems breaches are on the rise. But will they reach C-level?
PC World February 24, 2003 Tom Krazit	Lovgate.C Worm Crawls Across Web Leading antivirus vendors post inoculations for newest pest.
Inc. February 18, 2003 Anne Stuart	Security Issues with VoIP Are voice-over Internet protocol phone systems vulnerable to hackers? Can calls be intercepted? Unfortunately, yes. Here's a list VoIP Web sites you can dial into for more information on VoIP and its related security issues.
CIO February 15, 2003 Geoffrey James	Patent Office Stops Shuffling Paper The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced in December the latest stage in its two-year, $40 million project to make accessible via the Web all the documents that accompany the patent applications process by Oct. 1, 2004.
CIO February 15, 2003 Sarah Johnson	Keeping an Eye on the Joneses Getting the dirt on your neighbors has never been easier. As more public records are made available online, the country's court systems are now reevaluating what they think should be kept hidden from nosy Internet users while maintaining the public's right to know.
New Architect March 2003 Bret A. Fausett	Hooray RIAA Media companies try our patience, but they're advancing Internet law.
New Architect March 2003 Lincoln D. Stein	Knowledge and Power The U.S. government may have too much of both -- some of us may feel uncomfortable with the level of intrusiveness that googling implies, but this is the tiniest tip of the iceberg in what has truly become a surveillance society.
New Architect March 2003 Thomas Claburn	Cracked Code Eugene Spafford calls software companies to the carpet. Spafford, a.k.a. Spaf, is a Professor of Computer Sciences at Purdue University. His research focuses primarily on information security, computer crime investigation, and information ethics.
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