Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Stephen H. Wildstrom	It's Time for a New High-Tech Manifesto Techdom's fate rides on the fight against viruses, spam, and ID theft.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Ewing & Green	Global Downloading, Local Lawsuits Hauling U.S. file-sharers to court won't stop the flow of free tunes from overseas.
PC Magazine October 14, 2003 Leon Erlanger	Hot-Spot Hazards Wireless hot spots are all the rage, but their lack of encryption means your sensitive information may be visible to anyone. Don't connect before following our suggestions.
PC Magazine October 14, 2003	The Lookout: Blaster and SoBig Move In The Blaster worm continued to tear through the Internet in August, followed almost immediately by an improved version of the SoBig worm, as security experts struggled to find and fix infected systems.
PC Magazine September 24, 2003	Taking Names Worried you might be next on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) hit list of music swappers? There's a way to find out. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an Internet public policy group, offers the Subpoena Database Query Tool for that purpose.
PC Magazine September 10, 2003 Sebastian Rupley	Could Another SoBig Attack Be Coming This Week? Some virus experts are concerned that September 11 might be the target date for another attack.
Entrepreneur October 2003 Geoff Williams	The Father of Spam Half of all e-mail sent today is spam. What does the man who started it all think of it now?
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Jay Greene	Microsoft: A Killer App That Could Kill the Competition Its entry into the antivirus market has rivals spooked.
PC Magazine October 1, 2003 Jay Munro	Listen In on Chats Online predators pose many dangers to teens and tweens, especially in real-time chat. NetNanny Chat Monitor 2.0 was designed to help parents deal with such threats.
PC Magazine October 1, 2003 Brett Glass	Don't Let Your PC Become a Porn Zombie Protect your computer from takeover. We tell you how.
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