Behind the Screens: The Security & Privacy Advice Landscape of Children in Grades 5 & 6
Alexander Löbel, Frederic Salmen, Ulrike Meyer, Ulrik Schroeder · 2023
Human-centered security research often aims to improve online security of end users through education, but work in the field rarely considers children as end users. Despite the inevitable need to empower children against online threats, the space of what children know about security and privacy is insufficiently explored. This is of interest not only to security researchers, but also to educators. As a first step in exploring the space of children’s knowledge about security and privacy, we set out to collect security and privacy advice of children in grades 5 & 6, as well as from their parents and teachers. We collect the advice through a survey for each of the aforementioned groups. We consider pieces of advice collected to uncover gaps in the security knowledge of children and their support network enabling further insights and research in this area.