Exam 9: Privacy, Security, and Ethics

Explain cookies and identify the difference between first-party cookies and third-party cookies.

This type of computer criminal creates and distributes malicious programs.

The process of coding information to make it unreadable except to those who have a special piece of information known as a key.

Corporations often use this to prevent copyright violations.

Identity theft and mistaken identity are the same.

A ________ attempts to slow down or stop a computer system or network by sending repetitive requests for information.

People that collect and sell personal data are called ________.

Describe the three most common types of malware,including viruses,worms,and Trojan horses.

What are computer ethics?

The most common protocol for website encryption is https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).

Discuss copyright issues as they relate to the Internet,including software piracy and digital rights management,and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

________ is concerned with protecting software and data from unauthorized tampering or damage.

________ are programs that migrate through networks and operating systems and attach themselves to various other programs and databases.

A ________ acts as a security buffer between a corporation's private network and all external networks.

Which type of program would likely be used by investigators to record a potential suspect's Internet activities?

What is plagiarism,and why is it a particular concern today?

This law gives you the right to look at your personal records held by government agencies.

Web bugs are usually hidden within the HTML code for a web page or in an email message as an invisible image.