Net crimes & misdemeanors : outmaneuvering web spammers, stalkers, and con artists /
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| Author / Creator: | Hitchcock, Jayne A. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Medford, N.J. : Information Today/CyberAge Books, c2006. |
| Description: | xxix, 459 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6243705 |
| Summary: | As the number of Web users continues to swell, so do the numbers of online opportunists, con artists, and miscreants. Recognizing this danger, this book provides a reader-friendly guide that helps Web users identify, avoid, and survive online predators and protect their families. Detailing a broad range of abusive practices, ordinary computer users will share in victims' stories and advice on how to handle Spam, identify scams such as phishing, and deal with privacy invasion, financial scams, cyber stalking, and identity theft. Provided are tips, strategies, and techniques that can be put to immediate use, as well as laws, organizations, and Web resources that can aid victims and help them fight back.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | xxix, 459 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0910965722 9780910965729 |
