solarpunkcast: gothhabiba: galesdove:more practical additions by @americascomic [ID: a tweet by @EVe
solarpunkcast: gothhabiba: galesdove:more practical additions by @americascomic [ID: a tweet by @EVeracite that reads: “Some protesting tips: - use signal (w/ disappearing messages if things get dicey) - be in contact w/ at least 1 person who will NOT be at the same protest as you - turn off fingerprint/faceid - be smart about when/what you post 1/”. @rehab_kyle quote retweeted this tweet with “don’t bring your phone - seriously, don’t bring your phone - don’t post, and don’t bring your phone - the FBI can just show up to your door if you bring your phone.” @rehab_kyle’s thread continues: “‘what’s the point of going to a protest if i can’t post about it’ brain has gone too far. do not bring your private-sector mandated and government supported tracking device to the protest. full stop. they found all the motherfuckers from the capitol riots and they’ll find you real fast, you can see the heatmap of where these people went and what they did after on the internet somewhere. do not bring your phone! it is a snitch! leave it at home! if you take a photo or a video and have cloud backup turned on, guess what, the powers that be can access the information attached to that, including the time of day, temperature, position on GPS, and more! if they decide being somewhere was a crime after the fact, it’s your ass! if your phone does not have a removable battery or you are lugging around a faraday cage case you cannot, in any way, stop it from pinging towers, which records your device ID and therefore your movements, even if less precise than ‘location on.’ per my DMs: turns out phones work in faraday cages nowadays! damn! guess that’s another reason to leave the fuckers at home!” end of thread. the reblog has two screenshots of comments left on this post by @americascomic that read: “leaving a phone at home isn’t an awful idea, but on a mass scale it would impede important communication networks that happen at protests - we managed to evade kettlings because of clear communication through Signal. This is kind of dangerous half-advice that sounds badass but projects way too much omniscience on the police state. Good infosec is about balancing practicality with safety. If you really wanted to cops never to get you, you can sit your butt at home. It’s not a question of “do this” or “do that” but weighing your risk tolerance. This is why activism needs to be done in-community and in-real life and you shouldn’t get advice on twitter/tumblr.“ end ID] Burner phones still exist in some capacity and would be better than bringing your personal cell -- source link