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What is Phising

Chapter 29
Handbook of Research on Digital Information Technologies: Innovations, Methods, and Ethical Issues
The use of misinformation and deception to lure an individual to give private or privileged information. The most common application of this phrase is to pretend to be a bank or other trusted organization and seek to obtain financial details.
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Ethical Issues in Digital Information Technology
Konrad Morgan (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada) and Madeleine Morgan (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-970-0.ch029
Abstract
Since the inception of the Internet in the late 1960´s, technological advances in the field of Information Communications Technology (ICT) have created an ever-expanding digital arena for the development of human innovation, education, expression, communication and interaction. However, the creation and use of this vast network of knowledge, whether it is for educational, commercial, entertainment or creative purposes, has also produced its own set of ethical challenges. This paper discusses the ethical implications associated with the topics of veracity, identity and ownership and the impact of these fundamental ethical issues on human behaviour in emerging digital technologies.
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