Social Issues

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

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PC Magazine July 4, 2008 Lisa Zyga	A Safety Net for Disaster Relief The Web can be an invaluable resource for aiding others and finding help in the big storm.
Wired August 2008 Clive Thompson	Clive Thompson on Real-World Social Networks vs. Facebook 'Friends' New research shows that problems can be solved online with the help of someone you barely know, but offline problems are solved better face-to-face working with a team of people you trust.
Wired July 21, 2008 Jonathan Stevenson	Tackling al Qaeda Where It Thrives -- Online America's current counterterrorism measures can do no more than tenuously contain a threat whose radical ideology spreads like a virus through cyberspace.
PC Magazine July 21, 2008 David A. Karp	Sending E-Mail in a Spam-Hysterical World The classic spam stream of porn and Nigerian scams has evolved into a torrent of nonsensical missives laced with malware. Here's why this spells trouble for your outgoing messages.
Wall Street & Technology June 23, 2008 Melanie Rodier	SOA Threatens Security With customers accessing systems themselves through Internet banking and other self-serving channels, core systems are vulnerable to security threats.
Wall Street & Technology June 19, 2008 Cory Levine	Stopping ID Theft With Biometrics Accenture recommends the use of biometric solutions -- specifically, fingerprint readers -- to prevent identity theft.
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Mark Anderson	Crimeware Pays Adware, phishing, and spam are a strange -- and big -- business
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Robert W. Lucky	Zero Privacy Almost a decade ago Scott McNealy, chairman and cofounder of Sun Microsystems, famously told reporters, "you have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."
Fast Company July 2008 Adam L. Penenberg	The Black Market Code Industry Inside the shadowy underworld where rogue employees sell holes in their companies' software. The buyers: security firms, mobsters, and -- surprise -- the U.S. government.
Fast Company July 2008	The Email Trail Missives between a hacker and a would-be buyer.
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