A thread how to protect your privacy via phone safety at demonstrations—before, during, and after the protest.

https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1267555867840393222

Stay safe out there, everyone!

For more background:

Burner Phones—
http://cwc.im/burnerbestpractices

Anonymize your online footprint—
https://pastebin.com/TPgtvmVB

If you can, leave your real phone at home. Without using your ID, buy a temporary phone with a new SIM card—or use an old phone, deleting everything and updating it. Your SIM has a number (your “IMSI” number) which is often collected by police automatically, so a new SIM helps.

If you have to bring your phone, back it up and remove personal data that you don’t want police to access. Use a new version of iOS or Android—they automatically encrypt the phone so police can’t just open it up and read your messages. Disable Airdrop on iPhones.

Passcode on!

En route to protest, keep your phone off if possible. Don’t charge it in random places. Keep it in “Flight/Airplane Mode” and “Turn off Location Services.” GPS doesn’t track you—but cell phone towers can get your location within 15-30 feet.

Install Signal to send messages and enable disappearing messages in each conversation. Don’t use ordinary text messages, normal voice calls, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Facetime, or Instagram. These can all be used against you and record your data forever.

Share footage with friends via Bluetooth. Don’t connect to random wifi access points.

If you buy things while you're in the streets, use cash. Your credit card purchases and bank account ATM locations can be used to track you. This also applies to sending money online.

After the protest—don’t publish photos without removing metadata. Download and screenshot the photos, or use a tool like “Image Scrubber” (https://everestpipkin.github.io/image-scrubber/).

Don't brag or speculate about who did what.

Be careful uploading. Your computer IP address reveals your approximate location—it can be tracked to your personal machine. Install Tor Browser https://torproject.org or Brave (https://brave.com) using a “Private Window with Tor” (top right) to post sensitive information.

#crimethinc #security #communications #link #discussion

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Hey friends, I just want to tell you all that I love and respect each and everyone of you for constantly being out and engaged! With the election coming up tomorrow, things may get hairy. With that said let's all abide by the airport rules. Obviously, if you see a comrade doing DA, it is "I don't see shit, I don't know shit." But if you see a sketchy person leave a bag somewhere notify other comrades. We look out after each other and ourselves. The community depends on one another for safety. So, let's be safe and cautious with one another ya?

Much love ❤️

So many things to look forward to
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I'd like to take a moment to address one of my biggest concerns about the coming days and weeks. Please, pleeease verify information you find that claims something crazy is happening or that a result is fact. I feel like any adversary the US has would be dumb to not try to start shit from both sides of the aisles. So please verify your Intel before getting people riled up.

We have enough problems to deal with without responding to misinformation or creating new ones for no reason. Just my two cents. Everyone stay safe out there and in the words of AJJ, Good Luck Everybody

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https://twitter.com/VerminSupreme/status/1323454814404120579?s=20

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