Safe Digital Practices
A measure of how quickly a wave cycles past a given point.
Frequency
A video that has been digitally altered to misrepresent a person's appearance, words, and/or actions.
deepfake
Communications that are recorded in ways that computers can process.
Digital Media
An assault on a computer or network of computers.
Cyber Attack
The sum of the digital information that exists about you.
Digital Footprint
Strong passwords use this concept to seem disorderly and unpredictable.
Entropy
Complex digital "recipes" that social media platforms use to propagate newsfeeds with content.
algorithm
A false identity in an online environment.
Sockpuppet
A cyber attack that sends emails that look real to try to get the recipient to reveal personal information.
Phishing
A small file that collects pieces of data as a user visits websites.
Cookie
The device that provides Wi-Fi connectivity and sends packets back and forth across the Internet.
Router
The true customers of social media companies.
Advertisers.
The number to call immediately if you notice online that a person's physical safety is threatened or endangered.
911
A type of cyber attack that prevents authorized users from accessing a computer or network.
Denial-of-Service
The two ways that a digital footprint can be perceived.
Positive or Negative
The prefix meaning 109.
Giga-
Information that has been collected and compiled into reports without personal identifiers.
Aggregate Data
A professional who can help when digital media leads to depression.
Counselor or therapist
The phase of a cyber attack in which attackers increase their privileges within a breached system to gain more access and power.
Escalate Access (or Phase 4)
The formal name for website cookies.
HTTP Cookies
A software that reduces the need to memorize or write down passwords by saving and recalling them for a user.
Password Manager
A function within electronic devices that transmits information about the user's geographical position.
Location Sharing
The word that describes the sum of the events conditions that relate to - and allow for a full interpretation of - a digital post.
context
A type of malware which, unlike a virus, does not need to be activated to self-replicate and attack a computer system.
Worm
The law that gives minors in California the right to remove content online.
The Eraser Bill (formally the Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World Act)