Online Privacy for Kids

A large percentage of kid's lives revolve around the digital products they use each day. In this course, we look at the ways youth are uniquely vulnerable to invasions of privacy- from government surveillance to parental monitoring software- and discuss ways to keep safe without being a bore.

Last updated on 31 March 2017.

LEGAL AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS GUIDES
National Lawyers’ Guide Know Your Rights guides (translated): https://www.nlg.org/category/publications/kyr/

EFF’s Know Your Rights guide: https://www.eff.org/issues/know-your-rights

Student Immigrant Movement: http://www.simforus.com/home

FIERCE NYC: http://fiercenyc.org/

SAFER COMMUNICATIONS
Download Tails (The Amnesiac Incognito Live System): https://tails.boum.org

Download Tor Browser for desktop: https://www.torproject.org/

Tor Browser manual for desktop: https://tb-manual.torproject.org/

Download Tor Browser for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android

Download Signal for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669

Download Signal for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms

Security Tips Every Signal User Should Know: https://theintercept.com/2016/07/02/security-tips-every-signal-user-should-know/

EFF Wordlist for Master Passwords: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases

Download LastPass: https://www.lastpass.com/

Download 1Password: https://1password.com/https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

Download Mullvad: https://www.mullvad.net/

Download Bitmask: https://bitmask.net/

MORE HELP
Surveillance Self-Defense from EFF: https://ssd.eff.org/

Cryptoparty: https://www.cryptoparty.in/