Untitled Flashcards Set

Third Amendment

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.

Fourth Amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Exclusionary Rule

A legal rule that excludes evidence obtained in violation of a defendant's constitutional rights.

RFID

Radio-Frequency Identification, a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify objects.

Targeted Direct Mail

Direct mail advertising tailored to specific groups of consumers based on data.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

A law that protects the privacy of children under 13 years old online.

Opt-in

A marketing strategy where consumers must give explicit consent to receive messages.

Opt-out

A system that allows consumers to refuse receiving marketing messages.

Federal Communications Act

Regulates interstate and foreign communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

Anonymous

Not identified by name; lacking identifiable features.

Denial-of-Service Attack

A cyber attack aimed at making a machine or network resource unavailable.

Social Engineering

Psychological manipulation to trick individuals into divulging confidential information.

Collaborative Filtering

A technique used by recommender systems to make predictions about users' interests.

Password

A secret word or phrase used to authenticate a user.

Botnet

A network of compromised computers controlled by a single entity known as a bot herder.

Virus

A type of malicious software that replicates itself and infects other programs.

Trojan

A type of malware that misleads users of its true intent.

Worm

A standalone malware that replicates itself to spread to other computers.

Sidejacking

Hijacking a user's web session to gain unauthorized access to information.

Drive-By Downloads

Malware that is downloaded without the user's knowledge while visiting a website.

Spyware

Software that secretly monitors user activities without their consent.

Adware

Software that automatically delivers advertisements to a user's computer.

Phishing

A method of trying to gather personal information using deceptive emails.

SQL Injection

A code injection technique that attackers use to exploit vulnerabilities in application software.

Rootkits

A collection of software tools used by hackers to facilitate unauthorized access to a computer.