Quiz: Risk Check for New Tech

Based on the steps you learned in Take a Stand, how should you approach conversations with people who might have different opinions?

• ​​​​​​​Debate with each other. Eventually you'll find an answer everyone agrees with.

• Share your perspective, listen to other people's perspectives, and be open to changing your own

• Convince others that your perspective is right.

Which of the following are privacy risks that could result from facial recognition technology?

• ​​​​​​​People's faces could be misidentified in a crime.

• Companies could use information about where people go and what they do to target advertising.

• Governments could use it to target people who participate in protests or demonstrations.

• All of the above.

Alan's parents want to get a smart television for their living room. While helping them research different options, Alan comes across an article rating the model his parents are most interested in. The article gives it a high rating for price and image quality, but a lower rating for data privacy protection. What should Alan ask himself before recommending it to his parents?

• Are more expensive televisions better?

• What private data does the television collect, and what are the privacy risks?

• Can we turn on the television with facial recognition?

Amber wants to get a smart speaker for her room. She wants to be able to stream music and use voice commands to do things like control other devices and send searches to her phone. What advice would you give her before she decides to get a smart speaker?

• Wait for the latest model to come out.

• Research what privacy concerns she might have about the device.

• Wait for the speakers to go on sale.

• Download the app you can use with the speaker.

How confident do you feel in your ability to weigh the privacy risks and benefits of new technologies?

• ​​​​​​​I feel very confident.

• I feel somewhat confident.

• I don't feel confident.