Protecting privacy and safety of internet users Flashcards
When was the World Wide Web invented?
1989.
In the past 12 months, what percentage of UK businesses have suffered data loss? What was the average cost of this loss?
22%, about a million dollars.
What is the Council of Europe?
Europe’s leading human rights organisation.
What was the name of the NSA’s mass-surveillance programme?
PRISM.
What is a cookie?
A text file that a website caches in your computer so that it can recognise you when you return to the site.
How might a website use browser fingerprinting to identify you?
By monitoring the browser you use, what OS you run, what fonts you have installed, what time zone you’re in, the resolution of your screen, and the graphics card of your computer.
What is whaling in the context of phishing?
Targeting corporate executives with phishing emails.
How many comments are posted on Facebook each minute?
About half a million.
How might a hacker deduce answers to your security questions?
By referring to your Facebook profile.
How might you improve your privacy when browsing the Web?
Restrict cookies, use a VPN, take your browser out of full-screen, by sending internet traffic through the Tor network.
What is an SSL certificate?
A Secure Sockets Layer certificate is the public key of a public-private key pairs. HTTP-Secure uses SSL certificates so that users can encrypt their data before sending it to a website’s servers.
What percentage of the world currently have access to the internet?
About 50%.
