To Purchase an Item from an Internet Site, You Will

question 71

Multiple Choice

To purchase an item from an internet site, you will be asked to provide a credit card number. Because of ________, a computer hacker who intercepts this number as it is being sent to the seller would likely see £D¥$&0PDJLJL, or something equally as meaningless.

• A) decoding
• B) spyware
• C) encryption
• D) the firewall
• E) malware

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Definitions:

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