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Well I heard from the FBI that only criminals encrypt data using these fancy counting machine things. So it seems like Equifax may have actually done the right

Well I heard from the FBI that only criminals encrypt data using these fancy counting machine things. So it seems like Equifax may have actually done the right thing here. /sarcasm> On a serious note, we really need to make encryption a part of high school mathematics. What teenager doesn't want to write secret messages? When I took an intro to security course in college we spent a couple of classes building a very elementary understanding of how encryption works with plenty of hands on examples (using laughably insecure algorithms, but still enough to get the points across). I think most students found it the most interesting part of the course since most everything else was more about security policy (a MBA could've probably easily taken the course successfully).

Balgair 9y ago
Taking a chance of derailing the thread here, sorry: SO taught HS freshmen in physics (close, but still). I'd say we need to make math a part of HS mathematics. ~60% of the kids can't do algebra in any way. Really. Trying to make encryption a part of it is essentially useless. I hear from time to time that a 'basic-adulting' course would be great to have had. HA! You think mortgage interest rates and basic car maintenance would be learned? Most HS students in the US can barely keep from snaping their genitals at each other during class. Find me a cell-phone jammer that the FCC will approve of for under $200 and EVERY teacher in the US will buy five that very same day. You'd make billions.
- tlrobinson 9y ago
  Business idea: Faraday cage classroom kits.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Then some kid has a medical emergency, people take 5m extra to call an ambulance due to having to go outside or find a landline, and the school gets sued.
    - Balgair 9y ago
      Get in line? The schools (in CO at least) are getting sued all the time. Most of them are frivolous (I want my kid to play on varsity, the school lunch smells bad so I need to bring my dog to class, I have ADHD but am allergic to plastic(?) so give me an A) . Some are legitimate and mostly about classroom sizes and racism/sexism. Some kids bring guns and knives to school, attempt/commit murder and then snapchat themselves doing it. Most of the district's caseload is made of 'slam-dunk' cases, but they do add up and funding for the legal department here is not going up. Classes are now about 37 students/room. They aren't teachers, they are wardens. Faraday Cages may not be a bad idea though. Copper is fairly cheap. It's making new windows and certifying that the door to the classroom is closed and that no signals can get in. Heck, with the way battery life is going, maybe just take away electrical outlets and power-strips. Only 1st period would be effected with a bit of kids after lunch.

Balgair 9y ago

Taking a chance of derailing the thread here, sorry: SO taught HS freshmen in physics (close, but still). I'd say we need to make math a part of HS mathematics. ~60% of the kids can't do algebra in any way. Really. Trying to make encryption a part of it is essentially useless. I hear from time to time that a 'basic-adulting' course would be great to have had. HA! You think mortgage interest rates and basic car maintenance would be learned? Most HS students in the US can barely keep from snaping their genitals at each other during class. Find me a cell-phone jammer that the FCC will approve of for under $200 and EVERY teacher in the US will buy five that very same day. You'd make billions.

tlrobinson 9y ago
Business idea: Faraday cage classroom kits.
- icebraining 9y ago
  Then some kid has a medical emergency, people take 5m extra to call an ambulance due to having to go outside or find a landline, and the school gets sued.
  - Balgair 9y ago
    Get in line? The schools (in CO at least) are getting sued all the time. Most of them are frivolous (I want my kid to play on varsity, the school lunch smells bad so I need to bring my dog to class, I have ADHD but am allergic to plastic(?) so give me an A) . Some are legitimate and mostly about classroom sizes and racism/sexism. Some kids bring guns and knives to school, attempt/commit murder and then snapchat themselves doing it. Most of the district's caseload is made of 'slam-dunk' cases, but they do add up and funding for the legal department here is not going up. Classes are now about 37 students/room. They aren't teachers, they are wardens. Faraday Cages may not be a bad idea though. Copper is fairly cheap. It's making new windows and certifying that the door to the classroom is closed and that no signals can get in. Heck, with the way battery life is going, maybe just take away electrical outlets and power-strips. Only 1st period would be effected with a bit of kids after lunch.