How much time do I have? In very little:

-Fedora KDE/Linux Mint

-Immich

-Firefox

-Only Office

-Blender and Krita

-Proton/Wine

Something I often see missing from discussion on privacy is that it’s not always about you, the listener. Sometimes it’s about protecting the most vulnerable people around you. For example, someone escaping from domestic violence might have a different view on how their information is protected. People struggle to see the value in privacy because it’s not been a big problem for them personally or because they think it’s hopeless. An introduction to privacy in my view is all about teaching empathy, hope, and advocating for others.

Once they have that goal in mind, you can tie in how open source helps empower people to take back their privacy

“First of all what does FOSS mean ? Obviously it’s not to clean your teeth. Although a bunch of you might need it. No, FOSS means Fear Of Sudden Success, of which none of you in this auditorium will ever be subjected to.”

“Hi my name is Dr D. Znuts, and I’m a Master Baiter.”

Theoretical explanation of various types of encryption and cryptographic signing, as well as practice with some command line tools to carry out simple tasks.

vi, gcc, and LaTeX

Let them learn the hard way.