Social Issues

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

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U.S. Banker July 2008 Rebecca Sausner	Phishing: PayPal Tosses Line To Snarl the Biz Model The saying goes, "If something's not working, try something else." And clearly, when it comes to the financial services and retail industries' response to phishing, something's not working.
PC Magazine June 20, 2008 Larry Seltzer	Outsmart Calendar Spam Spam has a tricky new mode of entry, so here's what you need to know to protect yourself.
PC World June 1, 2008 Erik Larkin	Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware Malicious software makers are using social networks, video sites, and blogs to peddle their wares to other online criminals.
Search Engine Watch June 18, 2008 Kevin Ryan	Social Networks: We Are All Animals People don't talk anymore. They misinterpret information, fly off the handle, and dehumanize the people around them. To them, people on the receiving end of online communications aren't people at all.
PC Magazine June 5, 2008	Malware Everywhere Malicious software attacks, including Trojan horses, bots, and rootkits, are rising at the fastest rate ever.
PC Magazine May 2, 2008 John Brandon	Gadget Viruses Still An Empty Threat The risk of malware attacking mobile devices has been largely exaggerated. But does that mean your cell phone is completely safe?
PC Magazine May 2, 2008 Frank Washburn	Will Internet Sabotage Hit Home? After an underwater network cable was damaged in South Asia, many are left wondering whether it was deliberate and whether it could happen here.
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum	Missing Pedophiles New research indicates that the idea that the Internet has fostered a "shocking increase in the sexual exploitation of children," as Newsweek put it in 2001, appears to be unfounded.
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum	Some Bets Are Off The strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on Internet gambling.
PC World April 25, 2008 Erik Larkin, PC World	Should You Trust Your Health Records to Google and Microsoft? Until we have laws guaranteeing the privacy of my digitized health information, I'll pass.
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