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Can your personal information be obtained on the internet if you do not own a computer?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Yes, your personal information can be obtained from many web sites. Even if you do not own a computer, your personal information is out there in cyberspace.
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What is antivirus software used for?
To protect your computer from viruses. Viruses may harm your computer or/and take your personal information over the internet!
Define data mining?
Data mining refers to a company soliciting personal information from users. This information can be used for advertising and can be obtained through cookies dropped on a computer.
What is a anonymoizer?
An anonymizer or an anonymous proxy is a tool that attempts to make activity on the Internet untraceable. It accesses the Internet on the user's behalf, protecting personal information by hiding the source computer's identifying information.
Software that installs itself on your computer to spy on you and collects personal information about you that it transmits over the Internet to Webhosting sites that intend to use your personal dat?
Spyware
What information can be obtained from web tracking?
There is much information that can be obtained from web tracking. Cookies can be used to get people's browsing histories and know they sites they visit. Personal information including passwords, credit card numbers and personal details can also be obtained.
What tools that hide identity online?
An anonymizer or an anonymous proxy is a tool that attempts to make activity on the Internet untraceable. It is a proxy server computer that acts as an intermediary and privacy shield between a client computer and the rest of the Internet. It accesses the Internet on the user's behalf, protecting personal information by hiding the client computer's identifying information.
What are some useful internet safety tips?
Beware of unsolicited popups and emails. Be careful not to give out personal information on the internet and that your computer is protected by anti-virus software.
How did the computer age form?
The computer, or information, age formed by capitalizing on the computer micro-miniaturization advances. This spans from the advent of the personal computer in the 1970s, to the internet reaching it's point of critical mass in the 90s.
What invention spread in the 1990s that allowed people easier access to news and information?
The invention of the Personal Computer spread in the 1990s and allowed people easier access to news and information.
Is it illegal if celebrities give out their personal information on the internet?
No
What is computer scam?
An attempt to defraud you by gaining you trust, and you end up giving them your personal information. They sell your information for money, or use it to gain money. Don't always trust people on the internet.
What are the disadvantages to using internet?
Viruses, malware and spyware on your computer. Credit card fraud. Personal information being hacked. And many many many more.
