Practice Safe Cyber - The Miseducation of American Students on Internet Safety

Explore the critical issue of internet safety education for American students in this thought-provoking conference talk from BSidesLV 2015. Delve into the importance of internet access as a human right and examine the problematic levels of current safety instruction. Analyze the shortcomings of existing curricula, including data-driven instruction and restrictive acceptable use policies. Discover what's missing from these approaches and understand their implications. Learn about positive developments in the field and gain actionable insights on how to get involved in improving internet safety education. Conclude with a Q&A session to further discuss this crucial topic.

Intro
What this talk is
Why Care
Internet as a Human Right
What are problematic levels
The big problem
What kids are being taught
Datadriven instruction
Acceptable use policies
AUPs
Everything is forbidden
All students are bad
If a student finds an inappropriate image
What is absent in an AUP
What this means
Whats going right
How to get involved
Action Items
Questions and Drinks