Digital Hell World

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FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...

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Digital Security Checklists for Activists Plain language steps for digital security, because protecting yourself helps keep your whole community safer. Built by activists, for activists with field-tested, community-verified guides.

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Cybersecurity with Pigeon: Encryption — Digital Defense Fund

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If you’re looking for resources for digital security check out @digitalhellworld.bsky.social where some folks are trying to aggregate useful tools.

Yet more tips, with plenty of recommendations and guides.

Another tool to help you understand your own skill set : www.omkariwilliams.com/activist-arc...

Making A Plan "It is my hope that this tool in process, which benefited from the input of many seasoned activists, helps you to connect the personal to the political. I hope that this offers the beginning of a brid...

A great self-assessment tool for people wanting to help facilitate change:

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Unfortunately, we must know the horrors to defeat them. 🧱

We’ve spent years sharing public health data with each other, because the Biden admin stopped. We have practiced! Let’s keep that energy going.

For newcomers:

My top 3 RIGHT NOW steps: Get rid of biometrics on your phone; move all messaging to Signal; figure out your pod of 5-6 people with whom you have similar risk tolerance and trust.

Bonus points if you also get a faraday bag for your phone.

Queer Liberation Library Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...

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A friend is reporting a problem with cryptpad right now. They are still in testing phases, so back everything up.

We do have a blueprint. You want to learn from undocumented people and sex workers, because they already know how to have a criminalized body and communications. Cannot stress enough that you’re surrounded by people with years of experience surviving this landscape.

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Post-SESTA/FOSTA Self-Censoring for Twitter, Reddit, and other Social Media In the immediate aftermath of SESTA/FOSTA passing, before it’s even been signed into law, we’re already seeing discussion of sex work on the internet hit. Some companies, like Patreon, seem to have…

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Take the time to learn about the thing that set the precedent for all this surveillance. I present: SESTA/FOSTA info. 🧵

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for reporters: using signal is great! but please make sure you're not listing your legit cell number as the best way to contact you there.

turn on the username feature! or sign up for google voice and move your signal to that number — doxxing, harassment, sim-swapping are all real risks.

Proton: Privacy by default Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.

An alternative to Gmail. Remember: Emails are only encrypted if both people are using encryption.

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CryptPad.org End-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite

Many people are looking for alternatives to Google services. Here is one.

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Faraday Defense NX3 Protect your devices from hacking and tracking, and yourself from EMF output with the NX3 bag. These bags are suitable for shielding all types of devices, including: solar panels, laptops, tablets, ra...

The kind of faraday bag you buy DOES matter. They do NOT all work. This one *does* work. (Per direct consult with a materials scientist.) Drop your phone in here for any sensitive meetings.

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Community Guide for Opposing Hate Groups. Highly recommend.

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Obviously blocking people at-will. Don’t fuckin’ come at me. I’m too busy for old men and edgelords screaming about immigrants or whatever.

FYI right now I am just throwing a ton of reference material on here. We will be working on breakdowns soon, because while these guides are great, they are not accessible for some folks. We all have different learning styles and dense text is not everyone’s cup of tea.

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

“Undocumented immigrants, Muslims, pregnant people, journalists, really anyone who doesn't support him” need to reconsider their personal privacy safeguards

Must-Reads, Resources, and Some Thoughts Sustaining Ourselves Let’s develop the practices and build the infrastructure we need to stay in the fight.

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