Which of the Following Is an Example of an Online

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an online privacy violation?

• A) your e-mail being read by a hacker
• B) your online purchasing history being sold to other merchants without your consent
• C) your computer being used as part of a botnet
• D) your e-mail being altered by a hacker

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Definitions:

Gratification Delay

The ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later reward.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, a part of the personality that mediates between external reality, the id, and superego, and is responsible for realistic and socially appropriate behavior.

Amoral

Lacking moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something.

Ego And Id

Fundamental components in Freudian psychoanalytic theory where the id is the primal desires and drives, and the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the morals of the superego.