Carson

= = =Encryption= ==Encryption was stared as a way of protecting information that was only for certain people to see. To decrypt an encryption you must use a key. This key be anything, a letter,word, sentence anything. The exact DOB of encryption and who started it is still unknown today.==

==Before something is encrypted it is called plaintext and then put into ciphertext. When information is encrypted there are things that should be avoided. One is that two different texts shouldn't be encrypted using the same key because it makes it easier to decipher.==

=**Phishing**= ==**Phishing is sending a message asking for your financial information. Phishing first started in 1996 when people stole AOL accounts by getting the passwords from people. In June of 2004 the research company Gartner Inc. lost $2.4 billion due to phishing attacks. some crooks will pretend to a well known company trying to trick people into thinking that there working with a safe company.**==

==**The punishment for phishing is jail time. If you get any message that is asking for your personal information don't ever give it because you don't know if it's real or not. A few ways to avoid this is, not to reply to the email, another is just delete the email. What ever you have to do don't give people your information. [|More on phishing]**==