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Computer insecurity
Many current computer
systems have only limited
security precautions in
place. Serious financial
damage has been caused by
computer security breaches,
but reliably estimating
costs is quite difficult.
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Cryptography
Cryptography is the field
concerned with linguistic
and mathematical techniques
for securing information,
particularly in
communications. The study of
how to circumvent the use of
cryptography is called
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Computer security
Computer security is a field
of computer science
concerned with the control
of risks related to computer
use.
The means traditionally
taken to realize this
objective is to attempt to
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Identity theft
Identity theft (or identity
fraud) is the deliberate
assumption of another
person's identity, usually
to gain access to their
finances or frame them for a
crime. ... > full story
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Quantum computer
A quantum computer is any device for computation that makes direct use of distinctively quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. In a ... > more -
IEEE 802.11
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HTTP cookie
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