Schedule | Intro to Usable Sec. and Priv. (Fall 2025)

Course Schedule of Topics and Due Dates

Meeting Date Topic Reading Assignment
1 Mon, Aug 25 Intro to Security and Usable Encryption Reading 1 HW1
- Due Fri, Sep 12
Mon, Sep 1 No Class -- Labor Day
2 Mon, Sep 8 Research Methods in USEC 1 HW2
- Due Fri, Sep 26
Mon, Sep 15 Research Methods in USEC 2
3 Mon, Sept 22 Intro to Privacy Reading 2 HW3
- Due Fri, Oct 17
4 Mon, Sep 29 Security Warnings and Permissions Reading 3 Deep Dive
- Topics Due Wed, Oct 8
- Presentations Oct 20 - Nov 3
5 Mon, Oct 6 Passwords and Password Managers Reading 4
6 Mon, Oct 13 Phishing, Spam and Ethics Reading 5 Project Proposal
- Due Wed, Oct 22
7 Mon, Oct 20 Deep Dive Presentations 1
- 2: Censorship
- 9: Anonymous Communication
- 17: Social Media and Dark Patterns
- 16: Voting
- 7: Privacy Policies
- 8: Secure Messaging and Communication
Reading 6
8 Mon, Oct 27 Deep Dive Presentations 2
- 10: Trust, safety, privacy of LLM models/AI usage
- 5: Children and Teens
- 15: Deepfakes
- 12: Rideshare Privacy
- 18: Phishing: Understanding User Behavior and Countermeasures
- 3: Cryptocurrency Usability and Security
Reading 7 Project Protocol and Ethics Report
- Due Wed, Nov 5
9 Mon, Nov 3 Deep Dive Presentations 3
- 1: Scams and scam prevention
- 19: Data Breaches and Compliance
- 6: Developers
- 13: Accessibility
- 11: IoT
Reading 8
10 Mon, Nov 10 Yoshi Kohno (Georgetown) - Compute Security Trolly Problems Reading 9
Mon, Nov 17 Project Update Meetings 1
Mon, Nov 24 No Class – Thanksgiving Break
11 Mon, Dec 1 Guest Lecture - TBD Reading 10
Mon, Dec 8 Project Update Meetings 2 Project Reports and Posters
- Due Dec 15
Mon, Dec 15 Project Report Poster Show Case
12:40pm - 2:40pm
Location: TBD
Must submit posters by Dec 10th for printing