LFI Course Materials 2020/Week three

Week 3: Threat modeling and privacy basics

• Real time lecture: March 23rd, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern

Overview

This week we'll cover one of the building blocks of privacy advocacy and a major theme for this course: threat modeling. Threat modeling is a method for figuring out a privacy strategy that works for someone based on their unique needs. Alison will teach us how to threat model, and how we can use this methodology in thinking about privacy in the current moment. We'll also talk about some of the 101 level ways that anyone can protect their privacy. We'll close out the lecture with some resources for learning how to do basic privacy education.

Readings

• Read EFF's threat modeling one-pager: https://www.eff.org/files/2015/11/24/3mod_threat-modeling-ssd_9-3-15.pdf
• Browse through Tactical Technology Collective's Data Detox Kit: https://datadetox.myshadow.org/en/home
• Browse through EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense: ssd.eff.org
• Browse through EFF's Security Education Companion: sec.eff.org
• Read about making strong passwords: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/creating-strong-passwords

Guest lecturer

No guest this week; Alison will lead the lecture

Discussion

• How might someone's threat model have changed already given the current pandemic?
• How can threat modeling help us when thinking about privacy practices?

Tasks

• Lecture, readings, discussion forum, and small group work
• Complete one day of the Data Detox Kit https://datadetoxkit.org/en/home
• Download Signal Messenger (for Android or iOS) and then send a message to Alison to be added to the LFI cohort 3 Signal thread (Alison will share her number on the email list)