Social Issues

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

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InternetNews October 26, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Leads World in Child-Abuse Sites The United States overwhelmingly leads the world in hosting child abuse Web sites, according to a new survey by the Internet Watch Foundation.
InternetNews October 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Floridian Charged in Akamai Attack A 32-year-old Floridian faces charges in Massachusetts for his alleged role in launching a distributed denial of service attack on Akamai Technologies.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Hacker Made Me Do It Investors: Psst! Your brokerage account is showing. Hackers are crafty. They'll always find a game to play. Just make sure to stay on your toes. Check your account often from a secure location -- or, better yet, have trade confirmations emailed to you.
InternetNews October 20, 2006 Roy Mark	Man Charged in Internet Bomb Threats Wisconsin grocery store worker admits claims of targeted attacks on NFL stadiums were false.
InternetNews October 19, 2006 Andy Patrizio	IE 7's First Security Hole Internet Explorer 7 hasn't been available for 24 hours and already a security vulnerability has been found.
InternetNews October 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Still Stumping For Data Retention Regs Department of Homeland Security, FBI tell police chiefs ISPs should keep more customer data for longer periods.
D-Lib October 2006	Take Care in the Digital World How many users consider what they may be surrendering in the way of privacy for the conveniences afforded by new online services?
PC Magazine October 11, 2006 Robert Lemos	New Ways to Nab Spam More than a third of all e-mail now carries digital markers to help prove where it came from, which helps reduce spam.
InternetNews October 9, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Double Deuce as Firefox 2.0 Nears Completion Though not much has changed on the surface in more than month, the latest Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 2 continues to fix issues under the hood.
InternetNews October 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Indict Two For Internet Scam Bogus online auctions for Hurricane Katrina victims leads to charges of wire and identity fraud.
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