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Digital Citizen 2
Graves Digital Citizenship 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Authentication | A method of verifying that someone attempting to access an account is actually the real account holder |
| Password | Like the key to a lock, this is a series of capital and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols that must match those on file to allow access to an account. Used with Usernames. |
| Passphrase | Like the key to a lock, this is a series of words (often separated by hyphens) which are used with usernames to gain account access. They are much harder for hackers and computers to guess because of their length. |
| Brute Force Attack | When a hacker uses a computer program to try to systematically guess all the characters, in order, of a password or passphrase. |
| Multi-factor Authentication | Using multiple methods of authentication, like using passwords along with email or text verification, or with biometric information |
| Biometric | Measurements of a person's body, like fingerprints or facial/retinal scans |
| Password Manager | A program that stores combinations of usernames and passwords/phrases used with specific websites |
| Social Engineering | Encouraging people to be careless (and going around cybersecurity protections) to gain unauthorized access to a secure network |
| Phishing | The most common of social engineering attacks, these are messages that seem to come from a trusted person or institution and that encourages the victim to give away personal or account information |
| Personal Data | Full names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, account numbers, etc. Also, includes data that may not identify you like game scores, preferences, and device settings data. |
| Privacy | The right to decide who sees information about you, and what kind of information they see |
| Privacy Policy | The rules as company establishes for how they will use your account information and any information about your account activity |
| Privacy Settings | Establishing limits that a site or service provides as to who can see your account information and your posts |
| Personally Identifiable Information | Information that can lead directly to being able to discover who a person is in real life, where they work, live, or go to school, or what their personal history is. Full names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, account numbers, etc. |
| Cookie | A file in your browser software that allows you to log in easier or maintain themes or settings, but allows the site to track your activity (which they usually sell to advertisers to target you) |
| Identity Theft | When someone's identity is stolen |
| Impersonation | When someone pretends to be someone else, usually to commit fraud or to harass |
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