Privacy Settings

Learning Objectives Analyze a privacy setting using IF/THEN/ELSE conditional logic. Model a privacy choice as a binary state (0 for OFF, 1 for ON). Design a loop to apply a single privacy rule to a list of items, like photos or friends. By the end of a this lesson, students will be able to explain how multiple conditions (using AND/OR) create more specific privacy rules. Map real-world privacy options (like 'Friends Only' or 'Public') to computational instructions. Identify the data permissions requested by a third-party application. Have you ever wondered how a game knows exactly which friends to show your high score to, and which to hide it from? 🤔 It's not magic, it's code! In this lesson, we'll explore the advanced computer science be...

TermDefinitionExample Granular ControlThe ability to set very specific and detailed rules for who can see your information. Instead of just 'on' or 'off', you can make rules for individual people or groups.On a photo sharing site, you set a picture of your dog to 'Public', but a picture from your family vacation to a special 'Family' list. That's granular control. Default SettingThe privacy setting that is automatically applied if you don't choose a different one. It's the computer's starting choice for you.When you first install a new app, its default setting for sharing your activity might be 'ON'. You have to go into the settings to change it. Third-Party App PermissionWhen you give an app or website created by one c...

The Complex Conditional Pattern IF (condition_A AND condition_B) THEN [action] Use this to create very specific rules. Both conditions must be true for the action to happen. For example, 'Show this post IF the user is a 'Friend' AND they are in the 'Close Friends' list'. The Bulk Action Loop FOR EACH [item] IN [list] DO [action] Use this to apply one setting to many things at once without having to click on each one. For example, 'FOR EACH photo in my 'Vacation 2024' album, DO set visibility to 'Family Only'. The Binary State Toggle setting_value = 1 (ON) or setting_value = 0 (OFF) This is how computers store simple 'yes' or 'no' choices. It's an efficient way to represent a setting like...