After successful completion of the course, students are able to…

• Name basic privacy enhancing technologies.
• Apply theoretical knowledge about privacy enhancing technologies to practical assignments.
• Understand the pros and cons of different privacy enhancing methods.
• Analyze current internet services regarding privacy and suggest effective technical protection measures.

• Introduction and motivation for PET
• Systems for online anonymity (remailer, darknets, P2P)
• Tor (onion routing, functionality, onion services, attacks, usage)
• Internet censorship (technologies, measurements, circumvention, Great Firewall of China, Examples)
• Transport Layer Security (TLS, PKI, Implementations, Crypto, HTTPS, attacks, incidents, HSTS, CT, DNS over TLS/HTTPS) 
• Secure Messaging (models, PGP, OTR, ZRTP, mobile messaging, Signal)
• Web Privacy (tracking, fingerprinting, browser Add-Ons)

The foundations are taught in blocked lectures. These foundations are discussed in the light of real-world examples during the lectures. We additionally foster discussion by using TUWEL as an online learning platform for our course. Theoretical foundations are finally applied to practical assignments (challenges).

ECTS Breakdown (3 ECTS = 75 hours):

• Lectures (18h)
• Self-studies & Learning for Exams (18h)
• 5 Assignments (36h)
• Exam (3h)

Assessment consists of a theoretical part as well as a practical part. Both parts need to be passed in order to pass the course, whereas each part counts 50% of the final grade. The theoretical part is based on one final exam, the practical part consists of five assignments that need to be solved individually.

Foundations of networks, security, and programming.