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CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question 11 of 177

Societal Impacts — Question 11

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Question 11

Assertion. Spyware are not harmful as they do not damage data.

Reason. Spyware track data about user and sell it to others hampering your data privacy.

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true but R is false.
  4. A is false but R is true.
Answer

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation
Spyware are the software that stealthily attach with computer software such as a web browser and stealthily collect information about user's activities such as passwords, pins, banking information etc. Hence, spyware may not directly damage data, but they track data about user and sell it to others hampering user's data privacy.