Girl ScoutsCadetteGrades 6-8

Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards

Your data, your rules

Guard your identity, see how a profile of your interests gets built, find the hidden data inside a photo, shop for apps by what they ask for, and take stock of everything online about you. Covers all five steps of the Cadette Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards badge.

Time
About 90 minutes, in one or two sittings
Steps
5 badge steps
You need
A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.
Unlock the kit, $5 I have a code

$5 for one scout: every step, the CryptoLab activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the scout's own work.

An interests profile run through a hash: the words turn into a scramble of colored squares that cannot be read back.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

  1. 1Guard your identityRead and quizYour identity online is every piece of information that says who you are. Guarding it means deciding who gets which pieces.
  2. 2Create a profile based on your interestsBuild and checkApps and advertisers build a profile of you from what you like, watch and search. Build one yourself and see what it gives away.
  3. 3Learn about metadataRead and investigateMetadata is data about data. A photo, a message or a document can carry facts you never see on screen.
  4. 4Shop for apps in a life-sized app storeShop smartBefore you install an app, read what it asks for. Each permission is a key to part of your phone.
  5. 5Inventory your digital presenceTake stockYour digital presence is everything online about you: accounts, posts, photos others posted, and old profiles you forgot.

Work on a computer. The apps need a keyboard and a bigger screen than a phone: a laptop, desktop or Chromebook. You can pay here and open the emailed link on the computer.

One scout

Unlock the kit, $5

  • All 5 steps, worked on screen, with a lesson you can print if you like paper
  • CryptoLab activities that check the work as it is done
  • A numbered certificate with a page of the scout's own work: your profile check, your app choices and your digital presence inventory

We email a link that opens the kit on any computer. No account needed. We keep the email only to send the kit and certificate links: privacy.

Have a discount code?
Leaders: unlock it for the whole troop

One payment and one code. Each scout types the code to unlock the kit on their own computer, and gets their own certificate at the end. Your pack page shows who has started and finished.

See a sample certificate (PDF) · Already paid? Find your link

Questions

What are the requirements for the Girl Scout Cadette Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Guard your identity; 2. Create a profile based on your interests; 3. Learn about metadata; 4. Shop for apps in a life-sized app store; 5. Inventory your digital presence. This kit covers all 5, with activities that check the work as it is done.

Is there a printable version?

Yes. Once unlocked, the whole lesson prints, one step at a time, for a meeting or a table. Printing is optional: every step also works on screen, and a sample certificate PDF is on this page.

What does a scout need?

A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed. About 90 minutes, in one or two sittings.

Can a troop leader get it for the whole troop?

Yes. A troop pack is one payment and one code: up to 12 scouts for $20, or up to 30 scouts for $35. Each scout types the code on their own computer and gets their own certificate, and the leader's pack page shows who has started and finished.

Is this an official Girl Scouts product?

No. MYTEK Lab makes the kit, and Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. The troop leader awards the badge; the certificate shows the scout did the work, with a number the leader can check.

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