cybersurveillance
Online activity tracking
Cybersurveillance is the monitoring of people's activities through digital means—tracking online communications, browsing habits, social media, or data from connected devices.
Governments conduct cybersurveillance for national security; corporations do it to target advertising.
The term often carries connotations of intrusion or overreach: The leaked documents revealed massive cybersurveillance of ordinary citizens.
Hidden surveillance program
- keyloggerSoftware recording typed input
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
bugging · tracking · backdoor · geolocation
Unknown identity state
- encryptionConverting data into code
- VPNEncrypted network connection
- TorAnonymous routing network
- GDPREU data protection law
consent · opt-out · FISA · warrant · panopticon
Federal cryptologic intelligence agency
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
- SnowdenNSA contractor turned fugitive
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- analystOne who examines systematically
Network access control system
- antivirusMalware detection program
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- zero-dayUnpatched security vulnerability
Descriptive information about content
- communicationsExchange of information
- emailsDigital written messages
- messagesSent pieces of communication
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
keystrokes · contacts · photos · dissidents · journalists
NSA mass surveillance program
- EchelonBrand or title
- COINTELPROCovert federal disruption operations
- PegasusDivine airborne horse
spyware
Hidden surveillance program
- keyloggerSoftware recording typed input
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
interception · bugging · tracking · backdoor · geolocation
anonymity
Unknown identity state
- encryptionConverting data into code
- VPNEncrypted network connection
- TorAnonymous routing network
NSA
Federal cryptologic intelligence agency
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
- SnowdenNSA contractor turned fugitive
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
analyst · contractor · FBI · CIA · Mossad · informant · operative
firewall
Network access control system
- antivirusMalware detection program
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
zero-day · cyberdefense · encryption · countermeasures · OPSEC
metadata
Descriptive information about content
- communicationsExchange of information
- emailsDigital written messages
- messagesSent pieces of communication
biometrics · keystrokes · contacts · photos · dissidents · journalists
PRISM
NSA mass surveillance program
- EchelonBrand or title
- COINTELPROCovert federal disruption operations
- PegasusDivine airborne horse
cybersurveillancedigital privacy
Protection of online information
online privacy · cyber privacy · data protection · privacy rights · anonymity
cybersurveillanceinternet freedom
Unrestricted online access rights
supervise, supervision, cyber, surveillance, cyberspace, surveil, cybercrime, cybernetics, cybersecurity