Social Issues

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

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InternetNews November 10, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Greynets Getting Greyer Unauthorized applications running within the enterprise are spreading, and at an alarming rate.
InternetNews November 10, 2006 Clint Boulton	Denial-of-Insight Lurks For Search Engines, Users Perpetrators will use search sites to deny users' attempts to gain legitimate information.
InternetNews November 9, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Oops! Google Sent 'Worm' to E-mail List Search giant apologizes for sending kama sutra worm to video blog subscribers.
InternetNews November 9, 2006	Scammers Hooking Bigger Phish Fewer people fell victim to phishing attacks this year than last, but those who did were scammed for far more dough, Gartner says.
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Scammers Use Wikipedia To Distribute Virus The downside to a site anyone can edit is someone can put up a link to a virus, too.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Elizabeth Woyke	The Korean Upstart In MySpace's Face Backed by the deep pockets of South Korea's SK Telecom Co., Cyworld could be a social networking sensation in the U.S. -- if it learns the ropes well enough.
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Political Web 2.0 in 2006 This year, candidates found their way on to YouTube, Google, and Facebook. But has it changed the way politics work?
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Zango Settles FTC Adware Charges The controversial adware distributor agrees to pay $3 million and provide consumer consent notices.
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Ed Sutherland	FBI: Twilight For Bank Phishermen U.S. and Poland hackers had targeted a major financial institution.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Toss That IRS Email, Please! Phony notes from a bogus taxman could leave you poorer. With third parties representing the IRS in some collection matters, there is little doubt that there will be rogue emails trying to fleece consumers.
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