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

A) Restriction
B) Security
C) Protection
D) Encryption

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A(n) _____ Wi-Fi hotspot imitates a legitimate free Wi-Fi hotspot in order to capture personal information.

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Programs used to secretly record an individual's activities on the Internet are called:

What are computer ethics?

This type of computer criminal creates and distributes malicious programs.

_____ are malicious programs that come into a computer system disguised as something else such as a free computer game or screen saver.

_____ is representing some other person's work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original source.

A(n) _____ attack uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user's account.

Which among the following is a way to shut down an ISP or Web site?

The essential elements that control how computers are used are laws.

_____ private networks encrypt connections between company networks and remote users, such as workers connecting from home, creating a secure virtual connection to a company LAN across the Internet.

Posting personal information such as your birth date, family member names, and home address, doesn't increase your risk of identity theft.

Most browsers offer this, which ensures that your browsing activity is not recorded on your hard disk.

Which among the following is a fraudulent or deceptive act designed to trick individuals on the Internet into spending time or money for little or no return?

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

The use of a company's computer time by an employee to run a personal business is common and generally accepted by employers.

Using publically available databases, information resellers create _____ and sell them to direct marketers, fundraisers, and others.

_____ is the illegal assumption of someone's identity for the purposes of economic gain.

Which of the following is not a measure to protect computer security?

This is a legal concept that gives content creators the right to control use and distribution of their work.