Security glossary
Plain-English definitions of important security and privacy terms.
Administrative authority and one purchase approval are not the same.
Sending an item away for inspection is still a transfer of ownership.
One removes remembered devices; the other changes the secret.
The second screen is the last chance to inspect a transfer.
A chat story cannot impose a Steam ban.
Verification of an account does not verify the deal it proposes.
Profile visibility and conversation visibility are different controls.
Recovery stock and rotating sign-in code have different risks.
One is a session record; the other asks whether to allow a new sign-in.
An in-app communication record is stronger evidence than a sender name.
Choose the smallest history change that matches the problem.
Public place content remains public even when discovery narrows.
A private label can become a forwarded audience when linked.
Looking up a place and physically visiting it are separate records.
The phone record and optional recovery copy are distinct.
Account access and a copied identity require different fixes.
One privacy toggle addresses only part of the audience.
Deleting a reusable file cannot retract a submitted copy.
An available bank balance is not a cleared employer payment.
The badge is a poster signal, not a promise about every request.