Social Issues

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

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Fast Company August 2003 Keith H. Hammonds	The Dirty Little Secret About Spam What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Sensors guard privacy The idea behind a new privacy scheme is to make sensor networks automatically reduce the accuracy of the location data they report whenever anyone is in danger of standing out. The goal is to allow people to be monitored without any one person being tracked.
PC World August 2003 Daniel Tynan	Uncle Sam vs. Spam A slew of proposed federal and state bills promise to protect your in-box. But can any law stem the tide of spam?
PC World August 2003 Yardena Arar	Better 802.11 Security Wi-Fi networks get safer with downloadable firmware.
PC World August 2003 Scott Spanbauer	Safer Surfing With Steganos Internet Anonym 5 protects your privacy but slows your browsing.
PC World August 2003 Stan Miastkowski	Step-By-Step: Bulletproof Your PC With a Software Firewall For any computer with an Internet connection, a firewall is essential. Here are the setup basics.
PC World August 2003 Harry McCracken	Spam and Punishment Technology alone isn't canning spam -- it's time to bring in the feds.
PC World August 2003 Andrew Brandt	Stalking Over the Web Is a Growing Threat With Internet harassment going strong, you have even more reason to protect your personal info online.
PC World August 2003 Stuart J. Johnston	A Big Microsoft Mess -- Patches Gone Bad The company now says that XP performance issues don't warrant a remedy.
Reason July 2003 Jesse Walker	The Big Block Last year Pennsylvania passed a bill to crack down on child pornography online. The cause was uncontroversial, but the law's approach -- requiring Internet Service Providers to block Web sites based on their Internet Protocol addresses -- drew immediate criticism from the technology community.
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