Social Issues

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

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PC World August 25, 2006 Scott Spanbauer	Internet Tips: Safeguard Your Reputation While Socially Networking Here's how to minimize your exposure to public scrutiny while pursuing your interests and expressing your opinions online.
PC World August 21, 2006 Yardena Arar	Consumer Watch: Is Your ISP Helping the Feds Spy on You? The privacy of your data may depend on how you connect to the Internet.
PC World August 21, 2006 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: How Bad Guys Exploit Legitimate Sites What you can do to avoid falling for phishers' latest trick.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2006 Rich Smith	AT&T Gets Touched The epidemic of data thefts continues. A hacker broke into AT&T's computer system, accessing the credit card data of roughly 19,000 customers who had previously used the company's online store to purchase DSL equipment.
InternetNews August 29, 2006 Roy Mark	Botnet Perp Hit With Three-Year Prison Term Adware scam results in damaged computers at Seattle hospital and U.S. military installations.
HBS Working Knowledge August 28, 2006 Martha Lagace	Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates Users of online dating sites often struggle to find love because the sites themselves make it more difficult than it needs to be. To the rescue: Virtual Dates, an online ice-breaker.
InternetNews August 25, 2006 Ray Everett-Church	The Unwitting Privacy Pioneers AOL's recent stumble publicly debunks any myths about the protective power of anonymizing search data.
Scientific American September 2006 Tom Leighton	The Net's Real Security Problem Forget "phishing" for bank account passwords. The deepest threats to online security are the weaknesses in the fundamental protocols that run the Internet.
Fast Company September 2006 Howard Parnell	We're With the Band With more than 800,000 playlists, iMix is the most recognized of a bunch of similar services emerging on the Web. The confluence of technology and emotion is creating a new generation of cultural tastemakers.
AskMen.com Thomas Bey	5 Things You Didn't Know About Spam 1 - Spamming is legal... 2 - Many companies you know use spam... 3 - The spam is coming from inside your house...
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