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Digital Vocabulaary
Term | Definition |
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Flame | A deliberately mean-spirited message sent to others on the internet. |
Privacy | Your right to determine what information you would like others to know about you. |
Malicious | To harm something or someone on purpose. |
Predator | One who stalks or uses lies, secrecy, or stealth to get close enough to another person in order to easily hurt or harm them. Usually an adult. |
Citizenship | Being a member of and supporting your community and country. |
Firewall | Hardware or software that blocks or filters certain types of network traffic from reaching your computer. |
Harrassment | To annoy someone repeatedly. For example, cursing at, following or mocking someone online. |
Spyware | Software that goes on your computer without your knowledge and steals private information. |
Phishing | A con game that scammers use to collect personal information from unsuspecting users. The false e-mails often look surprisingly legitimate, and even the Web pages where you are asked to enter your information may look real. |
Grooming | Techniques used by child predators to gain your trust. |