How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman in WIRED:

This is timely advice.

"If you're going to join any protests, as is your right under the First Amendment, you need to think beyond your physical well-being to your digital security, too. The same surveillance apparatus that’s enabling the Trump administration’s raids of undocumented people and targeting of left-leaning activists will no doubt be out in full force on the streets."

This isn't just great information to use if you're attending a protest - it may become the right information for many sensitive activities as time goes on.

This is an interesting idea:

"Instead of a burner phone, Holmes argues that it may be far more practical to simply own a secondary phone that you’ve set up to be less sensitive—leaving off accounts and apps that offer your most private information to anyone who seizes it, such as social media, email, and messaging apps. “Choosing a secondary device that limits the amount of personal data that you have on you at all times is probably your best protection,” Holmes says."

At the time of writing, the situation in LA has been accelerating - and the administration has said that "if it works out well in L.A., expect it everywhere". It's going to be a long summer.

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