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The Internet is making us stupid

Accidental voyeurs: E-mail has created a new social possibility: immersion, against your will, in the life of a complete stranger. The Death of E-Mail: Teenagers are abandoning their Yahoo! and Hotmail accounts — do the rest of us have to? We are leaving ourselves open to fraud online because of the passwords we use, says a campaign group — so what makes a good password? Sick of spam in your in-box? How will you cope with spam on your cell phone? From Discover, John Doyle wants to control the Internet — and you should let him. A review of Daniel Solove's The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet. The Internet is making us stupid: A review of Cass Sunstein's Republic.com 2.0.