What is phishing and what is the proper way of pronounce?

also is this a word used much in uk speechWhat is phishing and what is the proper way of pronounce?
its pronounced fishing like the sport.

Its when people try to get your personal information from you online
its pronounced fishing, and its when people send you fake things online trying to get personal information from youWhat is phishing and what is the proper way of pronounce?
phishing is pronounced fishing and it usually refers to fraudulent or bogus emails, i.e the ones with fake bank sites hoping you log in with your details
Phishing (fishing) is when there is a bogus website or email designed to retrieve information such as passwords, bank pins and credit card numbers, by disguising itself as a known website. eg if i wanted to phish (which i don't), I could make a site titled Yahoo! that said you need to enter email and pass. I could then hack into your account and look at all your emails which may contain sensitive info eg bank infoWhat is phishing and what is the proper way of pronounce?
"Phishing" is pronounced "fishing" and it is a term used for fake websites that try and trick you out of your personal/security details i.e. bank, ebay, paypal usernames and passwords etc.
sounds like fishing. The fake forms you get in your spam mail. They are fishing for information.
i think its pronounced as fishing. And if i'm not mistaken, its hacking and stealing passwords.
Fishing for personal details
actually, it is when a fraudster sets up a program that pretends to be a website in order to cheat you out of you money, eg your bank homeage. yes, its pronounced fishing.
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