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  • Digital Security Checklist for activists

    Digital Security Checklist for activists

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    Better to adopt good practices now than regret it later. Here is a non exhaustive list of simple things you can do to protect yourself. Use a private DNS server DNS is an essential service similar to a phone book which tells your device how to access resources (i.e. a website) on another computer (a…

  • Using a Windows PC? Use this simple encryption hack for extra protection.

    Using a Windows PC? Use this simple encryption hack for extra protection.

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    By default, a Windows 10 or earlier PC is aptly named – it’s like a house with an open window. If the first prompt you see when you power your computer on is a Windows login screen, your data is totally insecure. Even if it wasn’t easy to crack the password, the data still remains completely…

  • Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) for online privacy

    Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) for online privacy

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    You can’t have avoided hearing about VPNs lately. Even before the Online Safety Act 2023 put certain online content out of reach without age verification (causing a massive spike in VPN sales), companies were bombarding users with alluring claims and special offers. But what does a VPN actually offer? How do they work? What are their…

  • How can I keep my Signal messages secure?

    How can I keep my Signal messages secure?

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    Over the past decade, Signal has proven itself to be the messaging platform of choice for security concious users, and the one that we recommend. Run by a non-profit organisation, there are no instances of user data vewing leaked, stolen, stored or compromised, and the open source nature of the software means that anybody with…

  • Advice on Livestreaming

    Advice on Livestreaming

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    When live-streaming protests, there is a danger of crossing the line from your sense of undertaking “citizen journalism” to becoming essentially a CCTV cameras – a camera that unlike the ones used by the state, quite often comes with a “director’s commentary”. To avoid inadvertently incriminating demonstrators and livestream carefully and safely, consider the following:…

  • How to set up your phone before a protest

    How to set up your phone before a protest

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    The best way to make sure your smartphone is secure at a protest is to leave it at home. But many people find it difficult to leave their phone at home – so what can you do to make your phone more secure when going on a protest? To prevent the phone being seized during…