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  • Fear of a hacked planet

    A new cure for cybercrime may threaten the rights of individuals and businesses worldwide, according to US experts.

  • Multi-nation cybercrime pact gets OK

    A committee on crimes for the Council of Europe has signed off on the final draft of a broad treaty that aims to help countries fight cybercrime, but which critics say sacrifices privacy protections.

  • Dark side of cyberlife

    As banks and Web services require more personal data, many users see it as a painful choice: Risk exposing your information to hackers or lose out on some excellent opportunities.

  • The cyberterrorism czar: What's next?

    While some believe "cyberterrorism" is an overhyped myth, Richard Clarke--the newly appointed special adviser to the president for cybersecurity--is one of the few that fear Net attacks.

  • Carnivore vs. corporate confidentiality

    The FBI's Carnivore cyber-snooping software could be a headache for conscientious security professionals. What's at stake? For corporations it's trade secrets, confidential business interactions, and the ability to conduct e-commerce without the threat of governmental, non-governmental organisation, or international snooping.

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  • Promoting Web privacy

    The World Wide Web Consortium's Lorrie Cranor urges Webmasters to adopt better privacy regulations. Her message: Now is the time to start acting more responsibly.

  • Computer science's gender gap

    UCLA scholar Jane Margolis has spent four years tracking male and female computer science students. She says the gender gap has not gone away--but she has ideas for closing it.

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