Question

why is it important to limit the amount of personal information you share online? select the best answer. to prevent companies from sending you targeted advertisements to reduce the risk of search engines tracking your search history to prevent your internet service provider from monitoring your activities to make it harder for social engineers to create targeted attacks against you

Explanation:

• The first option: Preventing targeted ads is not the main security - related reason for limiting personal info online.
• The second option: Search engines tracking search history is related to search - specific data, not general personal info sharing.
• The third option: Internet service providers can monitor activities regardless of personal info sharing in most cases.
• The fourth option: Social engineers use personal information to create targeted attacks (like phishing, identity theft - related attacks). Limiting personal info makes it harder for them to get the data needed for such attacks.

Answer:

D. To make it harder for social engineers to create targeted attacks against you