On October 1st, we took part in the all-day cybersecurity festival of the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK), which aims to raise high school students' awareness of the dangers of cyberspace through interactive prevention programmes.

The theme of our stand was password cracking, secure password selection, and the difference between true randomness and computer- (or AI-) generated pseudorandomness. After a short introductory presentation, students could use interactive simulations to get hands-on experience with how password cracking programs work, as well as with physical and algorithmic random number generation. We prepared tasks for them such as OSINT-based password cracking and Diceware-based password generation, and finally they could test their newly acquired knowledge in a thematic quiz.

During the festival we met many interested students, and we trust that the practical experience we shared will help them use the internet more consciously.