Privacy Is an Increasing Concern to Internet Users

question 101

True/False

Privacy is an increasing concern to Internet users. One privacy concern is related to a practice called digital stalking, where a user's Web history
e.g. sites visited) is stored in files called "track bots" and used to monitor individuals' movements on the Internet.

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Definitions:

Fixation

An obsessive interest or feeling that may interfere with an individual's ability to attend to new information or life experiences.

Excessive Gratification

The overindulgence in activities or substances that provide pleasure, potentially leading to negative consequences or dependency.

Phallic

Pertains to the third stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory where the child's libido (sexual energy) is focused on the genital area.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian theory highlighting the series of childhood stages where the libido (sexual energy) focuses on distinct erogenous zones.