Module 9 - Privacy and Ethics

most significant concerns

privacy, security, ethics

privacy

privacy, accuracy, property, access

information resellers/brokers

collect and sell personal data, create electronic profiles ex) credit card info

issues with large databases

collecting personal info, spreading info without consent leading to identity theft, spreading misinfo

Freedom of Information Act

entitlement to look at your records held by government agencies

private networks

employee monitoring software, employers can legally monitor email

info is stored on hard drive in

history files, temporary internet files or browser cache, cookies

history files

Include locations or addresses of sites you have recently visited

temporary internet files or browser cache

Saved files from visited websites,
Performance improvement when you return to already visited sites

cookies

Small data files that are deposited on your hard disk from websites you have visited

first-party cookies

generated only by websites you are visiting

third-party cookies

generated by an advertising company that is affiliated with the website

web bugs or web beacon

Invisible, single-pixel images or HTML code hidden within a web page or e-mail message

spyware

record and report internet activities, change browser to manipulate what you view

computer monitoring software

most invasive ans dangerous, keystroke loggers record activities and keystrokes

data manipulation

unauthorized access of a computer network and copying files to or from server

denial of service

attempts to slow or stop computer system by flooding with requests for info and data

distributed denial of service

coordinates several computers making repeated requests for service

phishing

pretending to be official organization, tricks users to gain personal info

social engineering

practice of manipulating people to get private data

malicious software or malware

designed by crackers to damamge or disrupt a computer system - viruses, worms, trojan horse

viruses

migrate through networks and attach to different programs

worms

fills computer with self replicating info

trojan horse

programs disguised as something else

malicious hardware

criminals use hardware for crimes - zombies, rouge wifi hitspots, infecting USB flash drives

Botnet or robot network

collection of zombies, computers infected by virus, worm or trojan horse

measures to ensure computer security

restricting access, encrypting data, anticipating disasters, preventing data loss

dictionary attack

uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially in an attempt to gain unauthorized access

biometric scanning

fingerprint scanners, eye scanners, facial recognition

security tasks

security suites, firewalls, password managers, authentication

encryption

coding info to make it unreadable except to those who have key ex) https, vpns, WPA2

software piracy

unauthorized copying and distribution of software