| Current Internet Social Issues Articles |
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Direct September 1, 2008 Ken Magill |
In Defense of Blacklists Spammers aren't just a nuisance. They're a cancer on society. And Steve Linford has taken it upon himself to do something about them.  |
Bank Systems & Technology August 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
Banks' Web Sites Expose Users to Identity Theft The majority of bank Web sites, 76%, have security flaws that expose customers' accounts to hackers, according to a recently released study.  |
Search Engine Watch August 27, 2008 Eric Enge |
A Challenge to our Attention-Challenged Generation Nothing important ever gets invented, created or built without putting in some serious time. If you want to get some real work done, you need to stop accepting interruptions from the Internet, e-mail, cell phone, texts, IM, and other technologies.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2008 Tim Beyers |
The Mob Rules Facebook Beacon or no, social applications pull in profits.  |
Information Age August 2008 JJ Robinson |
Malware in the safezone Illegitimate code embedded in seemingly safe websites is replacing email as the main method of delivering malware  |
CIO July 14, 2008 Jarina D'Auria |
Five Things Kevin Mitnick Has Learned About Computer Security Legendary former hacker on hacking, being hacked, and companies that turn a blind eye to security.  |
Wired August 18, 2008 David Wolman |
The Critics Need a Reboot. The Internet Hasn't Led Us Into a New Dark Age. The Web is an unparalleled tool for generating, finding, and sharing sound information. What's moronic is to assume that it hurts us more than it helps.  |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2008 Tim Beyers |
A Simple Solution for Facebook A suit against Facebook says that the social portal went too far in tracking and sharing members' shopping and other consumption data.  |
Scientific American August 2008 Diffie & Landau |
Internet Eavesdropping: A Brave New World of Wiretapping As telephone conversations have moved to the Internet, so have those who want to listen in. But the technology needed to do so would entail a dangerous expansion of the government's surveillance powers.  |
Scientific American August 2008 Anna Lysyanskaya |
Cryptography: How to Keep Your Secrets Safe A versatile assortment of computational techniques can protect the privacy of your information and online activities to essentially any degree and nuance you desire.  |
Scientific American August 2008 Daniel J. Solove |
Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy? Young people share the most intimate details of personal life on social-networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, portending a realignment of the public and the private.  |
Computing Unplugged August 2008 David Gewirtz |
The Coming Cyberwar When it comes to a future cyberwar, the issue is no longer if it'll happen. Instead, the concern is when it'll happen, how bad it'll be, and how many attacks we'll have to withstand.  |
Wired August 2008 Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Real-World Social Networks vs. Facebook 'Friends' New research shows that problems can be solved online with the help of someone you barely know, but offline problems are solved better face-to-face working with a team of people you trust.  |
Wired July 21, 2008 Jonathan Stevenson |
Tackling al Qaeda Where It Thrives -- Online America's current counterterrorism measures can do no more than tenuously contain a threat whose radical ideology spreads like a virus through cyberspace.  |
Wall Street & Technology June 23, 2008 Melanie Rodier |
SOA Threatens Security With customers accessing systems themselves through Internet banking and other self-serving channels, core systems are vulnerable to security threats.  |
Wall Street & Technology June 19, 2008 Cory Levine |
Stopping ID Theft With Biometrics Accenture recommends the use of biometric solutions -- specifically, fingerprint readers -- to prevent identity theft.  |
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