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*[2FA]: 2-Factor Authentication
*[AOSP]: Android Open Source Project
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*[attack surface]: The attack surface of software or hardware is the sum of the different places an unauthorized user (the "attacker") can try to enter data to or extract data from.
*[AVB]: Android Verified Boot
*[CLI]: Command Line Interface
*[CSV]: Comma-Separated Values
*[DNSSEC]: Domain Name System Security Extensions
*[DNS]: Domain Name System
*[DoH]: DNS over HTTPS
*[DoT]: DNS over TLS
*[E2EE]: End-to-End Encryption/Encrypted
*[ECS]: EDNS Client Subnet
*[Exif]: Exchangeable image file format
*[FDE]: Full Disk Encryption
*[FIDO]: Fast IDentity Online
*[fork]: In software development, a fork is created when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software.
*[GPG]: GNU Privacy Guard (PGP implementation)
*[GPS]: Global Positioning System
*[GUI]: Graphical User Interface
*[GnuPG]: GNU Privacy Guard (PGP implementation)
*[HOTP]: HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) based One-Time Password
*[HTTPS]: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
*[HTTP]: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
*[I2P]: Invisible Internet Project
*[IMAP]: Internet Message Access Protocol
*[IP]: Internet Protocol
*[IPv4]: Internet Protocol version 4
*[IPv6]: Internet Protocol version 6
*[ISP]: Internet Service Provider
*[ISPs]: Internet Service Providers
*[LUKS]: Linux Unified Key Setup (Full-Disk Encryption)
*[MAC]: Media Access Control
*[MFA]: Multi-Factor Authentication
*[OCSP]: Online Certificate Status Protocol
*[OEM]: Original Equipment Manufacturer
*[OEMs]: Original Equipment Manufacturers
*[OS]: Operating System
*[OTP]: One-Time Password
*[OTPs]: One-Time Passwords
*[OpenPGP]: Open-source implementation of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
*[P2P]: Peer-to-Peer
*[PGP]: Pretty Good Privacy (see OpenPGP)
*[QNAME]: Qualified Name
*[rolling release]: An update release cycle in which updates are released very frequently, instead of at set intervals.
*[RSS]: Really Simple Syndication
*[SELinux]: Security-Enhanced Linux
*[SMS]: Short Message Service (standard text messaging)
*[SMTP]: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
*[SNI]: Server Name Indication
*[SSH]: Secure Shell
*[SaaS]: Software as a Service (cloud software)
*[TCP]: Transmission Control Protocol
*[TEE]: Trusted Execution Environment
*[TLS]: Transport Layer Security
*[TOTP]: Time-based One-Time Password
*[TPM]: Trusted Platform Module
*[U2F]: Universal 2nd Factor
*[UDP]: User Datagram Protocol
*[VPN]: Virtual Private Network
*[VoIP]: Voice over IP (Internet Protocol)
*[W3C]: World Wide Web Consortium
*[XMPP]: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
*[cgroups]: Control Groups