What exactly entails the term, computer hacking? At the beginning of the internet and computer revolution, there was only a vague understanding of what it meant. But, as the internet and computer has become more and more integrated into everyday life, awareness has increased much more so than before. However, there are still many unclear specifications about hacking that have yet to become common knowledge.
Computer hacking is the exploitation of a computer, computer system, network, (and surprisingly also classified) or human error, that allows the hacker to gain illegally accessed privileges, sensitive information, or money.
Hacking has a very ugly side that most people did not realize until recent events; that is in reference to the revelation of severe violations of privacy invaded by the National Security Agency (NSA) which was shed light upon by one of the agency's contractors Edward Snowden. The revelation that the NSA had vastly superior hacking methods and technologies absolutely threw the world, and I mean the entire world, into chaos. Even now, upon further review of the secrets Snowden revealed through over the 200,000 documents that he leaked is still causing uproar.
Hacking is a dangerous tool if one is capable of it.
http://hacking-computers.com/what-is-computer-hacking/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/nsa-snowden-documents_n_4276708.html
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ReplyDeleteNice post that helps us learn about various methods by which we can become secure online and mask our activities that we do not want the world to know.Thus, privacy has become something very important to people using Internet these days. The more we do online, the more trails we leave behind. There are lots of private companies tracking every movement, keystrokes, websites we visit and the people we communicate with online. These companies often sell this information to law enforcement agencies or the government for legal affairs. Day by day more sophisticated tools and methods are being discovered to track our activities and the entire scenario has become very sophisticated. So it is very important for one to keep his privacy and stop third-parties from intruding into their activities.
ReplyDeleteCool article on the dangers of hacking. It can be very invasive and violate your privacy. As more and more parts of life become digital, our digital footprint increases. It is important to safeguard our privacy. Knowledge is power, so when others hack into our accounts they can commit identity theft or other harmful crimes. Knowing how to protect ourselves from these invasions are important. Since the internet is so new, many don’t realize the danger.
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