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How to secure your phone before attending a protest
Submitted 5 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
This so much!
Leave all Bluetooth devices at home as well as they have unique IDs that can be tied back to you as well.
And if you’re worried about your stereo you can always pull the fuse so it gets no power then put the fuse back when you get home.
Need directions? Print them and DO NOT LOSE THE PAPER!
thejml@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I wouldn’t bring paper directions unless they lead to and from a place that ISN’T related to you. Somewhere you know you can get to and from by heart but is a public place, for instance. Don’t give away a beautiful map from your home address To the protest.
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Don’t take your phone to a protest
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 5 weeks ago
Bring an old point and shoot digital camera though. Pics and video might keep you from getting locked up.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What a boring dystopian article. It’s sad, but necessary.
purchase and use a burner phone instead, and only turn it on when you’re at the site of the demonstration
This should be the de facto response. In addition, I’d suggest not using your personal phone for any protest related communications and stick with burners no matter how much you may trust the organizers.
catloaf@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The EFF also has an article: ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest
ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Back when I had Amazon smile, the donations went to the EFF. This makes me happy it went to a worthy cause.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Smile only existed to bleed referral revenues away from search engines. Once enough people started using their app directly they no longer needed smile to make them skip referrers.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Buy a burner, keep the battery out until you arrive at the protest, remove the battery when you leave the protest. Don’t store any phone numbers in that phone.
Not that protesting will do anything anymore, that time has come and gone
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
remove the battery
Don’t forget a portable heat gun, suction cup and prying tools. /j
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I disagree about saving numbers, you should add your emergency contacts and anyone you went with in case you get separated or shit goes down
misk@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Write down your name and ICE information with a sharpie on your body. Use a rugged phone case.
Don’t bother going to peaceful protests, they don’t work against post-truth authoritarian governments.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Going to peaceful protests are useful because it can help you meet some more like-minded folks.
Not to mention sometimes a protest starts peaceful and then goes to shit.
sirico@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Burners
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The Hated One is another good resource on these topics. The guy is a paranoid and has an extreme threat model, but the information is still on point. Worth watching and sharing.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Got a specific video you could suggest from them?
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
How To be Anonymous In A Protest | Burner Phone Tutorial
I think this one is pretty good. Pretty good explanation of how a protester might leave digital information and what to do about it.
sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
That’s it! There’s the answer!
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Its a balancing act. You shouldn’t be recording tiktoks and doing the carlton.
But there is a lot of value in organizers being able to communicate. If you see a fat white kid with an assault rifle, you let people know. Same with when the paddy wagons roll in.
And there is a LOT of value in being able to make it clear to the cops that you are recording before they decide to “teach some people a lesson”.
I chat about this with my activist buddies a lot. And one thing we are increasingly realizing is that there is a LOT of value in convincing even a mid-tier IRL streamer to come out. Yeah, they are fucking obnoxious when they are trying to yell to chat. But it is someone who is high enough profile that they won’t immediately have their gear destroyed AND privileged enough that they won’t even realize that is an option until it is too late. At which point the decision as to how to handle the escalation is already happening.
gnome@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Hmm if it’s a smartphone, their location can still be tracked even if they’re not recording videos for social media. I’ve never attended a protest, but one of my younger siblings has. I agree with the author here: don’t take a smartphone with you. If you need to go to a protest, and it’s a charged topic (i.e. people have been fired or detained for it), take a dumb phone and make calls once you’re considerably away from the protest’s meeting site. Or, buy a burner phone for use only at the meeting site. If video footage is that big of a deal, take an old-fashioned video camera to record.
sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The guide seems to be aimed at attendees, rather than organizers and media. If someone is showing up to add their voice to the protest, then leaving their phone at home is an ideal way to minimize their footprint.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Then why even GO to a protest??? To stand up for our freedoms? Pssshhhh!!!
does the carlton
18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just an aside that Paddy wagons is pretty racist.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you aren’t communicating that a protest happened, then it didn’t happen.
It’s quite literally the entire point.
stoy@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
“But how will I livestream my protest against Elon on X with out my phone?”
ryan213@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Of course! It’s so obvious!
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Ideally also leave your car at home and take public transit while paying with cash or walking. CCTV and facial recognition are still issues, but you would be reducing your fingerprint a ton.