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Where Is the Privacy Risk?

Each card is a privacy risk. Is the data at risk on the device, in transit, or with the service?

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About this interactive

The Privacy Considerations lesson asks the same questions of any software that handles personal data, using email as its example. On the device: if a client program keeps data on your computer, is it encrypted? What if the laptop is stolen or the computer is compromised? In transit: is the data protected as it travels across the network? The lesson treats ordinary email and plain text messaging as insecure, which is why apps such as Signal encrypt messages. With the service: what does the company that stores your data, the custodian, do with it? Free services often pay their way by collecting data about you for advertising or to sell, AI tools may keep what you type to train their models, and a shared link can expose a file to anyone. Drag each card into a bin, then check your answers.

What you'll learn

Aligned to

CompTIA Tech+
6.6 Explain common uses of encryption.
6.3 Summarize behavioral security concepts.
CompTIA A+ Core 2
4.6 Explain the importance of prohibited content/activity and privacy, licensing, and policy concepts.

Key terms

Data at Rest
Data that is stored on a device or medium and not actively moving across a network.
Data in Transit
Data that is actively moving across a network or communication channel between two endpoints, as opposed to data sitting on a storage device. Protocols such as TLS are commonly used to encrypt data in transit so it cannot be read if intercepted.
Data Custodian
A company or service that stores and manages user data on behalf of individuals, bearing responsibility for its security and proper use.
Data Monetization
The practice by which free digital services collect and sell or leverage user data to generate revenue, such as through targeted advertising.

Topics

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