Pharming Involves

question 7

Multiple Choice

Pharming involves

• A)redirecting users to a fraudulent Web site even when the user has typed in the correct address in the Web browser.
• B)pretending to be a legitimate business's representative in order to garner information about a security system.
• C)setting up fake Web sites to ask users for confidential information.
• D)using e-mails for threats or harassment.
• E)setting up fake Wi-Fi access points that look as if they are legitimate public networks.

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Definitions:

Eliciting Device

A tool or method used to provoke or draw out responses from individuals in a research setting or assessment context.

Informal Interview

In ethnography, a research technique involving an unstructured, open-ended conversation in everyday life.

Dendrochronology

The science of dating and analyzing annual rings in trees to determine the chronological sequence of historical events and environmental changes.

Tree Ring Growth

The formation of concentric rings in the trunks of trees, each representing one year of growth, used to study past climate conditions.