5AA Segment For 24th July

Discussion Points

• The text message where people were threatened yesterday – stop believing all this , the false emails etc
• Stay Smart On Line cost taxpayers over $1,000,000 but have lost 8000 names of subscribers 

Tech Euphemisms

Nybbles and Bytes

These are information storage units 

A nybble is 4 bits

1 byte is 8 bits

Male and Female Ports

A male port has pins, onto which a unit, which has holes, fits. A female port is more common, where there holes into which pins are inserted, like the video port, keyboard port or mouse port on the back of your PC

Packet Sniffing

Is where you can see or capture network traffic 

Dongles

A dongle is a piece of hardware that attaches to a computer and allows a piece of secured software to run.

With the dongle can come your dongle attachment

Joysticks

A device used to control a video game 

Back Door

Is a means of access to a computer system that bypasses security mechanisms.

Root

If you root your phone it allows you to gain privileged control ( root access ) running the android operating system , the apple equivalent is to jailbreak it 

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