Informatics Practices
Assertion. Phishing is fraudulently taking a user to an authentic looking site and stealing user information.
Reason. Pharming is fraudulently redirecting a website's traffic to another to steal information.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Answer
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Explanation
Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of taking a user to an authentic looking site and attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, credit card information etc. While pharming is fraudulently redirecting a website's traffic to bogus site without user's knowledge or consent to steal information.
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Assertion. Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Adware, Spyware are all Malware.
Reason. Malware is a general term to represent data threat Software.
Assertion. Spyware are not harmful as they do not damage data.
Reason. Spyware track data about user and sell it to others hampering your data privacy .
Assertion. One should share information only on encrypted connections and protocols.
Reason. HTTPS is a protocol that ensures exchange of information in encrypted form.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
The trail that is automatically created when a person uses the internet on any digital devices like Laptops, smart phones, tablets etc. is called :
(a) Cyber bullying
(b) Phishing
(c) Digital Footprint
(d) Digital Activity