Smartphone security
This lesson provides an opportunity to investigate security measures, including those powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that are used to protect users from unauthorised (unapproved, unwanted) access to their digital devices.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
AC9TDI6P09
Access multiple personal accounts using unique passphrases and explain the risks of password re-use |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Artificial Intelligence |
| Keywords | Artificial Intelligence, AI, artificial, intelligence, teachable machine, smart phone, algorithms, problem solving, digital systems, Scratch, Lesson idea, Lesson plan, Digital Technologies Institute |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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