Digital Safety & Ethics

6 interactive Computer Science simulations on digital safety & ethics.

Digital footprint and privacy – app permissions, cookies and privacy settings Computer Science · Digital Safety & Ethics Try Zibbo, a fictional photo-sharing app: grant location, contacts, camera and microphone permissions, accept or... Ages 14–15
Malware spreading in a network – testing cyber defences Computer Science · Digital Safety & Ethics A school computer network has several rooms and a file server. Malware gets in through e-mail attachments, USB... Ages 15–16
Encryption and code-breaking – from the Caesar cipher to 128-bit keys Computer Science · Digital Safety & Ethics Turn a Caesar cipher wheel to encrypt and decrypt with a shift k, then break secret messages with frequency analysis... Ages 15–16
Password strength and phishing messages Computer Science · Digital Safety & Ethics Type a password and the program counts the character sets used (lowercase, uppercase, digits, symbols), then... Ages 11–12
Spotting fake news and how fast it spreads Computer Science · Digital Safety & Ethics A news post appears on screen the way it would on social media. Students click through verification steps (source,... Ages 14–15
Firewalls and access control – packet-filter rules and least privilege Computer Science · Digital Safety & Ethics Write rules for a packet-filter firewall (allow or deny by direction, protocol, source IP address and destination... Ages 15–16