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Revision for computing
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- 1What are privacy setting?Settings to alter who can see your pictures, profiles etc.
- 2What is cyber bullying?When someone is being mean over the internet.
- 3What is hacking?When someone has access to your private accounts and steals your info.
- 4What is malware?Short for `malicious software`, is a way to gain unauthorised access to a computer system.
- 5What is the copyright law?Is the law to protect work on the internet from being stolen or copied without the owners permission.
- 6What is phishing?Phishing is an attempt to obtain sensitive information without being direct.
- 7What is a firewall?Protecting an electronic system from unauthorised access.
- 8What is spyware?Spyware is when someone can watch and detect what you are doing. By doing this they can obtain personal information such as passwords, Number pins etc.
- 9How to protect yourself from cyber bullying?Avoid talking to people you don`t know personally or in real life, talk to people you know in real life.
- 10How to protect yourself from hacking?Don`t give personal information away to people online who you don`t know.
- 11How to protect yourself from malware?The most popular ways to spread malware is by email. Do not click links from your email, contact the company which the email claims to be from and ask if they sent the email.
- 12What is the data protection act?Designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system. It follows the EU Data Protection Directive 1995 protection, processing and movement of data. Individuals have legal rights to control information about themselves.
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- Flashcards on Revision for computing, created by Tahreem Javed on 14/11/2017.
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- Tahreem Javed · Nov 2017
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