Discuss the prompt with your group for five minutes
Choose someone to share your group's thoughts with the rest of the class
Prompt 1: Review the Readings
What stood out to you in the readings?
What did you particularly agree or disagree with?
What remaining questions do you have?
Do you think you’re following security best-practices?
Prompt 2: Encryption
Strong encryption keeps digital information from being accessed by others – encryption hides information from both criminals and law enforcement
What are the pros and cons of strong encryption for society?
Law enforcement has suggested that encryption should be weakened, or backdoors created, so that they can access encrypted data as part of their investigations (e.g., to access the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone)
Do you agree that encryption should be weakened, or do you think encryption’s benefits to society outweigh the downsides?
Prompt 3: Hacking Tools
Companies like NSO Group Technologies sell hacking tools that can bypass security protections to access data on iPhones and other devices
Do you think it should be legal to sell hacking tools and security vulnerabilities? If so, under what conditions?
Form Small Groups for Discussion Form a small group of 3-5 people For each prompt: Discuss the prompt with your group for five minutes Choose someone to share your group's thoughts with the rest of the class