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Has Your Password Been Stolen?

https://kidscodecs.com/password-details-stolen/

What Web Browsers Know About You

https://kidscodecs.com/what-web-browsers-know/

What Every Web Browser Knows About You

http://webkay.robinlinus.com/

HowTo: Privacy & Security Conscious Browsing

https://gist.github.com/atcuno/3425484ac5cce5298932

The creepy website that tracks your every move: ClickClickClick reveals how much browsers know about you

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3957716/The-creepy-website-tracks-ClickClickClick-reveals-browsers-know-you.html
https://clickclickclick.click/

Google Chrome

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/54068
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/

Mozilla Firefox

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/desktop/trust/
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/privacy-and-security

Apple Safari

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21447?locale=en_US

Microsoft Edge

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy

Set Your Web Browser for Security & Privacy

https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/protect-yourself/be-safe-online/web-browser-security-and-privacy

DuckDuckGo

Search engine that doesn’t track your queries.
https://duckduckgo.com/

Your Digital Footprint

https://kidscodecs.com/digital-footprints/

Blown to Bits

http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf
http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter3.pdf

RFID Tags

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification
http://www.forbes.com/sites/haniyarae/2016/08/11/rfid-brands-theft/#7011ba52788a
https://www.wired.com/2006/05/rfid-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEQJxNDSKAE
http://www.adetexs.com/

Satellites

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/idealab/satellites-earth-orbit
https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/05/new-air-force-satellites-launched-to-improve-gps/

Trilateration

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-gps-devices-work/
http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=55

9 Ways You’re Being Spied On Every Day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/government-surveillance_n_5084623.html

Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org/

PRNG

https://kidscodecs.com/prng/

Planet Calc

http://planetcalc.com/search/?tag=1462
http://planetcalc.com/2468/

Pseudorandom Number Generator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_random_number_generators

Random Number Generation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation

A Short History of Random Numbers, and Why You Need to Care

https://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/28777
http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/oscon_random_2013.odp

Introduction to Randomness and Random Numbers

https://www.random.org/randomness/

Public Key Cryptography

https://kidscodecs.com/public-key-cryptography/

Public Key Cryptography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

“Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange” in plain English

http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/45963/diffie-hellman-key-exchange-in-plain-english

Whitfield Diffie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitfield_Diffie

Martin Hellman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Hellman

What is Modular Arithmetic?

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/cryptography/modarithmetic/a/what-is-modular-arithmetic

History of Codes

http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter5.pdf

2FA (Two-Factor Authentication)

https://kidscodecs.com/two-factor-authentication/

Multi-Factor Authentication

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication

Google’s Two-Step Authentication Process

https://www.google.ca/landing/2step

Create Safe Passwords (Public Safety Canada)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEmF3Iylvr4

Choosing a Secure Password

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/choosing_secure_1.html

2FA FAQ

https://www.cnet.com/news/two-factor-authentication-what-you-need-to-know-faq/

@Deray’s Twitter Hack Reminds Us Even Two-Factor Isn’t Enough

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/deray-twitter-hack-2-factor-isnt-enough/

Your cell phone number could be hijacked unless you add a PIN to your carrier account

http://www.macworld.com/article/3082626/security/your-cell-phone-number-could-be-hijacked-unless-you-add-a-pin-to-your-carrier-account.html

Hackers are using this nasty text-message trick to break into people’s accounts

http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-are-spoofing-text-messages-to-steal-two-factor-authentication-codes-2016-6

Google is making two-factor authentication a lot easier to use

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/21/11986822/google-two-factor-authentication-improvements-features

How to Erase Your Hard Drive

https://kidscodecs.com/how-to-erase-hard-drives/

How a Hard Drive Works

https://cs.stanford.edu/people/nick/how-hard-drive-works/

How is data physically written, read and stored inside hard drives?

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/66914/how-is-data-physically-written-read-and-stored-inside-hard-drives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_storage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory

How to securely wipe sensitive files–or your entire hard drive

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2039796/how-to-securely-wipe-sensitive-files-or-your-entire-hard-drive.html

How to securely erase hard drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs)

http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-securely-erase-hard-drives-hdds-and-solid-state-drives-ssds/

Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN)

http://dban.org/
https://www.blancco.com/

CCleaner

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Eraser

https://eraser.heidi.ie/

Create Colors and Shapes with Racket

https://kidscodecs.com/shapes-colors-racket/

WeScheme.org

http://www.wescheme.org/

Racket Language

https://racket-lang.org/

RGB Color Calculator

http://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_rgb.asp

RGB, CMYK, and Color Systems Comparison

http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/color-systems-rgb-and-cmyk

RGB Color Model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model

Common Problems Programmers Face

https://kidscodecs.com/programmer-problems-solutions/

5 Common Developer problems and how to overcome them

http://www.codeshare.co.uk/blog/5-common-developer-problems-and-how-to-overcome-them/

5 Common Developer problems and how to overcome them

http://www.codeshare.co.uk/blog/5-common-developer-problems-and-how-to-overcome-them/

The 5 Most Common Problems New Programmers Face–And How You Can Solve Them

http://www.cprogramming.com/beginner_programming_mistakes.html

The Problem with Programming

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/406923/the-problem-with-programming/

10 problems that every programmer has to face in his life

https://codingsec.net/2016/04/10-problems-every-programmer-face/

What are the main problems faced by programmers?

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-main-problems-faced-by-programmers

The most difficult problems you will ever face as a programmer

http://www.jasonmorrison.net/content/2008/the-most-difficult-problems-you-will-ever-face-as-a-programmer/

8 barriers to overcome when learning to code

https://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/06/11/8-barriers-to-overcome-when-learning-to-code/

6 common problems you may have with other programmers

https://blog.lelonek.me/6-common-problems-you-may-have-with-other-programmers-61cea4bd907b#.fws82o5q9

What are the most common programming tasks?

http://ask.metafilter.com/132516/What-are-the-most-common-programming-tasks

The 10 Most Common Beginner Programming Mistakes

http://www.dummies.com/programming/cpp/the-10-most-common-beginner-programming-mistakes/

Scratch Coding Cards

https://kidscodecs.com/scratch-coding-cards//a>

Creative Coding Activities for Kids

by Natalie Rusk / ISBN: 978-1-59327-774-1 / $24.95
https://www.nostarch.com/scratchcards

Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=home
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/
https://scratch.mit.edu/parents/
https://scratch.mit.edu/educators/
https://scratch.mit.edu/help/

ScratchJr

http://www.scratchjr.org/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?ls=1&mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scratchjr.android

ScratchEd

http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/
http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/resources
http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/discussions

9 Important Questions Parents Forget to Ask When Choosing a Tech Camp

https://kidscodecs.com/summer-tech-camp-questions/

Software Libraries

https://kidscodecs.com/software-libraries/

Software Libraries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)

What does “library” mean in the case of programming languages?

https://www.quora.com/What-does-library-mean-in-the-case-of-programming-languages

What is the Difference Between a Software Framework and a Library?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/148747/what-is-the-difference-between-a-framework-and-a-library

How to Build Your Own C Library

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~campbell/cs50/buildlib.html

An Introduction to Software History

https://www.thocp.net/software/software_reference/introduction_to_software_history.htm

How to Pick a Programming Language

https://kidscodecs.com/how-to-pick-programming-language/

Popular Programming Languages

Index is updated annually is generally impartial.
http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

State of the Octoverse 2016 (Github)

Popular languages based on use within their vast community.
https://octoverse.github.com/

Which programming languages are most popular (and what does that even mean)?

http://www.zdnet.com/article/which-programming-languages-are-most-popular-and-what-does-that-even-mean/

List of programming languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages

Comparison of programming languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages

Choosing a Programming Language Systematically

http://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/258479/choosing-a-programming-language-systematically

How to Choose Your First Programming Language

https://kidscodecs.com/how-to-pick-a-programming-language/

Hidden Figures

https://kidscodecs.com/hidden-figures-vaughan-johnson-jackson/

Cracking the Code with Scratch

https://kidscodecs.com/scratch-crack-the-code/

Project Code

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/134373952/

Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=home
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/
https://scratch.mit.edu/parents/
https://scratch.mit.edu/educators/
https://scratch.mit.edu/help/

ScratchJr

http://www.scratchjr.org/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?ls=1&mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scratchjr.android

ScratchEd

http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/
http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/resources
http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/discussions

What is a Network?

https://kidscodecs.com/what-is-a-network/

Introducing Basic Network Concepts

https://www3.nd.edu/~cpoellab/teaching/cse40814_fall14/networks.pdf

What is a Network?

http://pluto.ksi.edu/~cyh/cis370/ebook/ch01b.htm

Computer Networks

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ate10.sci.engin.design.networks/computer-networks/

Computer Network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network