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Learn how to be scam-savvy online and put your pretend passwords to the test.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/go-phish/

Resources

Device with access to the internet

Instructions

Activity summary
This activity explores what it means to stay safe online. While we can’t fall over and hurt ourselves on the internet, it’s important to know how to stay away from scams (and people trying to scam or hurt others) so that you can protect yourself and others. This activity is designed to be started before you get stuck into your main session or activity, then finished at the end.

Safety checklist

Use the Safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Additional coronavirus-related controls to think about may include:
Set up a hand washing station that you can use throughout the session.
Stay socially distanced when moving around the space and when talking to other people.

Step 1: Staying safe online
Everyone should chat about the devices they use to access the internet. What do they use and where do they use it? Who owns the devices?
These could be phones, tablets, or computers. They may use the devices at someone’s house, at school, or at the library. The devices could belong to the school or library, family, or friends.
The person leading the activity should introduce the ten top tips for staying safe online.
We’ve made a list for you to use below.
Everyone should chat about the tips and help each other to understand them all. Does anyone already follow some of them? Has anyone learned something they should start to do (or stop doing)?

Step 2: Keep it secret, keep it safe
Split the group in half.
The person leading the activity should ask one half of the group to think of a strong password. They should ask the other half of the group to make a simple password.
Make sure no one uses any of their real passwords in this activity.
Everyone should come up with a brand-new password to an imaginary account. They should make it as strong or as simple as possible, depending on the instruction the person leading the activity gave them.
Everyone should try to remember their new passwords until the end of the session without writing them down.

Step 3: Codebreakers
At the end of the session, everyone should try to remember their passwords.
Which pairs remembered theirs? Were the simpler passwords easier to remember than the complicated ones?
Someone should visit My1login.com and help the group members to check their passwords. Which ones were strongest, and which were the weakest? Who had the strongest password? Make sure not to share any of the passwords with anyone else, just think about what makes it stronger or weaker.
My1login is a tool that shows how long it would take a computer to guess your password. Only put the new, pretend passwords in – no one should put any of their real passwords into the tool.
Everyone should chat about how to find a balance between having a password that’s easy to remember and having a password that’s strong.
Why are both important? Is there a middle ground where passwords are strong as well as easy to remember?
Everyone should chat about how they might feel if someone got hold of one of their real passwords.
Our passwords can act like a key that unlocks lots of our lives and personal information. If someone else gets hold of them, it can be horrible. It’s important to understand how much we have locked away behind our passwords and how important it is to keep them safe.

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