Glossary Terms

A system where copies of encryption keys are held by a third party for possible later access.

A shared wireless network in a café, hotel, train, or airport. You do not control who operates it.

Building an application mainly with AI tools and quick prompts, often without deep review of the result.

The ability of an AI system to use external tools, services or functions.

A service that routes your connection through another server and usually encrypts traffic between you and that server.

An international export control regime covering selected technologies, including some security tools.

A cryptographer associated with the birth of modern public-key cryptography.

A hidden or special access path into a system that bypasses normal protection.

A policy term for giving the state access to protected communication or data under certain conditions.

A copy of messages stored outside the active app, for example in the cloud or a file.