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To avoid "cracked" software risks, experts recommend only downloading this type of verified source
What is "Official" or "Trusted" source
11 digit-ish string of numbers is your computers unique "digital return address" assigned every time you go online
What is an IP address
What is the fourth Pokemon from the original Pokedex
What is Charmander?
Adding a 2FA to your accounts stand for this, requiring a second code form your phone to log in
What is Two-Factor-Authentification?
This app started off named after a bird noise, now it sounds like a rapper is "gone give it to ya"
What is Twitter/X
This alliterative term describes software that, once downloaded, floods your browser with unwanted pop-ups and advertisements
What is Adware?
While your IP address won't show your home address, it can reveal this general information to a stranger
What is your geographic location (City/County, State)
This new age slang term means the ability to swoon a potential mate or partner?
What is Rizz
Using a multi-word sequence that is easy to remember but difficult for bots to crack is called this
Passphrase
This app originally made for photographers has become a platform for influencers, ragebaiters, trolls, celebrities and every day users
what is instagram
This "Equine" type of malware disguises itself as a legitimate file or helpful program to trick you into downloading it
What is a "Trojan" (or Trojan Horse)?
This "3 Letter Word" creates a secure tunnel (SECRET TUNNEL!!) for your data, hiding your real IP address from websites and hackers
What is a VPN (Virtual Private Network)
This Coming to Age TV Series followed a child struggling with intellectual superiority in a community that struggled to satisfy his thirst for knowledge
What is Young Sheldon?
You should check these setting on every app to ensure you are not accidentally sharing your live location
What is Privacy Settings
This type of app allows you to play a game on the presumption of no charges but later requires payment to access
What are Freemium games
Often Found in emails, this clickable link take the user to an external website while simultaneously extracting your private and personal information
What is phishing?
Gamers sometimes face this type of "denial" attack where a rival uses your IP address to flood your network and kick you offline
What is DDoS attack?
This group was the first Rap group to win an Academy Award (Oscar) for best original song for a movie
Who is Three Six Mafia
The term for an online stranger who created a false profile to trick someone into a relationship
catfish
This App was used heavily during the Pandemic to assist people gain access to food and supplies while allowing them to avoid going into the public
DoorDash/Postmates/UberEats
This is specific malware that encrypts your personal files after a download and demands payment to unlock them (takes your files and info, lock them, makes you pay to get it back)
What is a ransomware?
This is the specific type of IP address that is visible to the entire internet, as opposed to the "private" one inside your home.
What is "Public IP Address"
525,600 minutes measures what length of time?
This 4 letter term refers to "data about data" (like GPS coordinates and time) embedded in your digital photos that can reveal where you live
What is MetaData (or EXIF data)
This App is Alex's favorite
Pokemon Go