Net.Wars

Wendy M. Grossman, a journalist who has covered the Internet since 1992 for major publications including Wired, the Daily Telegraph, and New Scientist, assesses the battles that will define its future. From the Church of Scientology raids on Net users to the attempts to overthrow the Communications Decency Act and the restrictions on the export of strong encryption, net.wars explains the issues and the background behind the headlines. Among the issues covered are Net scams, class divisions on the Net, privacy issues, the Communications Decency Act, women online, pornography, hackers and the computer underground, Net criminals and sociopaths, and more.