Social Issues

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

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Linux Journal July 1, 2007 Doc Searls	Linux for Suits - Beyond Blogging's Black Holes With death threats and other terrorism, blogging ain't what it used to be.
InternetNews August 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant.
InternetNews August 1, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	New Jersey AG Back To MySpace For More, Again New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram has subpoenaed MySpace, again, for the names and addresses of sex offenders using the social network.
PC Magazine August 1, 2007 Eileen Travers	The Botnet Mafia The online underworld is buying and selling control of your computer, but law enforcement is fighting back.
PC Magazine August 1, 2007 Jaclyn Perrelli	Q&A: Hacking's Boy Wonder The hacker phenom Jonathan "c0mrade" James tells us where we're vulnerable from the criminal's point of view.
PC Magazine August 1, 2007 Larry Seltzer	A Long-Ignored Threat: RTF Files A new danger is being exploited by malware. Learn which steps to take in order to avoid becoming a victim... Biggest and worse malicious programs and viruses...
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Joel Johnson	How to Stop Hackers from Watching You Through Your Webcam Anything that's connected to a computer on the Internet is at risk of being compromised, including your webcam. Here three ways to help protect yourself.
InternetNews July 27, 2007 Ray Everett-Church	Spam: You've Come a Long Way, Baby A report on the recent FTC 'Spam Summit,' and a look back at a similar event 10 years ago.
InternetNews July 25, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	MySpace Deletes More Sex Offenders MySpace has deleted another 29,000 sex offender member profiles from its network, Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam confirmed today.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Bill Mann	News Flash: John Mackey Has an Ego John Mackey did a dumb thing, because he drew attention to himself in an unnecessary way. Whole Foods is a high-profile company, with a highly trafficked Yahoo! board. But if someone says something smart in a sea of idiocy, does it matter?
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