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Security and Personal Privacy Online Course
A Practical Perspective for the Average Joe
Sippo Rossi, Irfan Kanat and Raghava Mukkamala
04/05/2021
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Security and Personal Privacy Online

This course is aimed at providing awareness of personal privacy among the broader public and young students. Therefore it provides knowledge about topics like cyber espionage, cyberbullying, corporate tracking etc. and also provides knowledge about techniques regarding how to protect your digital data, how to surf online without leaving any traces and remain anonymous on the Internet and so on. In addition, the course will cover topics such as vigilance against digital scam, the use of password safes, VPNs and encryption to protect privacy. Therefore, mainly the contents relate to protecting personal privacy online and basic cyber hygiene.

This course contains six modules, as listed below, and each module will integrate classic lectures with hands-on activities to provide some pragmatic experience about these concepts as well.

Each module contains more or less the following standard structure.

The following are the list of individual modules with overview and table of contents.

MODULE 1 - Cyberbullying

Summary

This module focuses on individuals tracking other individuals online. This module is meant to teach the audience about the importance of caution in social media, as well as to consider the ethics, and to realize the potential damage caused by cyberbullying, especially in cases where thousands of people attack one individual. Most importantly, the case also gives an overview of good cybersecurity practices as well as information about different aspects of online privacy.

The module contains the following files.

MODULE 2 - Corporate Tracking

Summary

This module looks into corporate tracking online and gives the students tools and suggestions on how to monitor what is being tracked and how to adjust settings to reduce the tracking of their online behaviour.

The module contains the following files.

MODULE 3 - Case for privacy

Summary

This module discusses government surveillance online and teaches the students about what is happening around the world and in Denmark.

The module contains the following files.

MODULE 4 - Leaving traces

Summary

This module teaches about what kind of traces people leave when using the internet and gives some suggestions for methods that can be used to reduce these footprints that are left from online activities.

The module contains the following files.

MODULE 5 - Threats and solutions

Summary

This module focuses on common threats an average citizen faces online daily and a few ways of improving personal security.

The module contains the following files.

MODULE 6 - Lies online

Summary

The last module focuses on manipulation and lies that are being told online and gives some suggestions on how to spot and avoid being fooled or mislead.

The module contains the following files.

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