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40 Cards in this Set
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Concerns the collection and use of data about individuals
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Privacy
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Relates to the responsibility of those who collect data to ensure that the data is correct.
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Accuracy
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Relates to who owns data and rights to software
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Property
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Relates to the reponsibility of those who have data to control who is able to use that data
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Access
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4 Primary Computer Ethics
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Privacy
Accuracy Property Access |
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The illegal assumption of someone's identity for the purposes of economic gain
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Identity theft
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The electronic profile of a person is switched to another
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Mistaken Identity
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Highly detailed and personalized descriptions of individuals
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Electronic Profiles
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You are entitled to look at your records held by the goverment agencies
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Freedom of Information Act
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Records everything that is done on computers for businesses
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Snoopware
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People think that they are safe online
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Illusion of Anonymity
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Location sof sites visited by your computer system
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history file
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specialized programs that are deposited on your hard disk from web sites you have visited
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Cookies
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monitor your activity at a single site
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Traditional Cookies
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Monitor you activites across all sites you visit
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Adware Cookies
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Allow users to selecitvely filter or block the most intrusive cookies while allowing selective traditional cookies to operate
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Cookie Cutter Programs
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Wide range of programs that are designed to secretly recordand report an individuals activities on the internet
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Spyware
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Illegal action in which the perpetrator uses special knowledge of computer technology.
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Computer Crim
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People who gain unauthorized access to a computer system for fun and challenge
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Hackers
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People that gain unauthorized stuff for malicious purposed
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Crackers
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Programs that migrate though networks and operation systems and most attach themselves to different programs and databases
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Viruses (1994)
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Are a special type of virus that does not attach itself to programs and databases.
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Worms
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Programs that alert users when certain kinds of viruses or worms enter their system
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Virus Checkers
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Programs that come into a computer system disguised as something else
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Trojan Horse
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Attempts to slow down or stop a computer system or network
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Denial of Service (DoS)
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Deceptive act or operation designed to trick individuals into spending their time and money for no return
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Scam
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Unauthorized copying of programs for personal gain is a form of theft
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Software Privacy
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Device that separates the computer from the power source of the wall outlet
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Surge Protector
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Devices such as fingerprint and retinal eye scanners
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Biometric Scanning
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A security buffer between the corporatioons private network and all external networks, inclding the internet
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Firewalls
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Protecting hardware from possible human and natural disasters
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Physical Security
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Protecting software and data from unauthroized tampering
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Data Security
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Special emergency facilities that back up computer centers
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Hot Sites
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Empty shells in which hardware must be installed
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Cold Sites
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Code messages sent over a network
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Encrypting
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Limit access to authorized persons such as passwords.
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Restrictin
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Prepare for disasters by ensureing security
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Anticipating
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Routinely copy data and store it at a remote location
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Backing up
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The study pof human factors related to things people use
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Ergonomics
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Program to discourage waste in the microcomputer industry
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Energy Star
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