Online Security Issues Overview

Secrecy is the prevention of unauthorized information disclosure, while privacy is the protection of individual rights to nondisclosure.

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Encryption encodes messages into an unintelligible form to prevent unauthorized access, ensuring only the proper recipient can decode it.

<p>Secrecy is a technical issue requiring sophisticated mechanisms, while privacy protection is a legal matter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A company can protect its email messages by using encryption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Companies may face e-mail privacy issues related to whether company supervisors should be allowed to read employees' messages randomly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Theft of sensitive or personal information, including credit card numbers, names, addresses, and personal preferences, is a significant threat to electronic commerce.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main focus is on secrecy, preventing unauthorized access to information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Disputes center around whether the company or the employees who sent them own the e-mail messages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sensitive or personal information such as credit card numbers, names, addresses, and personal preferences are at risk in electronic commerce.</p> Signup and view all the answers