Reminder: be safe with your digital devices. Especially at protests.

[usonian]

I'll repost in Activist Headquarters

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.


https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/


See also:
Surveillance Self-Defense.
Special info for protesters. (With links to EFF)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10114351

[ancianita]

1. Best thing is to leave all devices at home, along with all ID. It's enough that facial recog is everywhere these days.

Protest has to be planned, and protester safety isn't guaranteed.

Leaving a car at home (since cameras are at most traffic lights) and traveling by public trans is better, since ICE cannot then use its ALPR -- Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to track vehicles and gather data on names, addresses, phone #'s of people, and where they work, or their usual driving routes.

People should also wear clothing designed to confuse all AI pattern recognition. Try this site to get a look at such clothing. A lot of young people wear this stuff, and not as some fashion fad.

https://www.capable.design

The reason no protests are violated by the state is because of all the state surveillance gathering data on protesters. State enforcement leaves protesters alone because they have enough data on them to come for them later.

[Skittles]

2. fat chance

people cannot part with their devices any more than they can stop activity on FB

[ancianita]

3. Then they'll be vulnerable to state surveillance because of their attachments. Or political hit lists. Or harassment.

I quit (as in had META download ten years of all my FB activity including all document files) a year ago by inauguration day. I'd been on FB since 2005, and haven't missed it for one second.

Protesters need to see reality and act accordingly, not just "protest" what's obvious.

They should know...

Political and advocacy groups
use geofencing and other location-tracking tactics to harvest data from protesters' cellphones. This information is used to target individuals with messages about registering to vote or taking further action. This data is typically gathered via location services from various apps on participants' phones.

Social Media Monitoring:
Some entities, including potentially college police departments using services like Social Sentinel, monitor social media to track protest organization and sentiment, though the scope of this in relation to Indivisible specifically is not detailed.

Government and Law Enforcement Agencies Surveillance:
While not specific solely to Indivisible, general protests have been subject to various forms of surveillance by law enforcement agencies (e.g., FBI, local police), including
-- text message interception,
-- license plate scanners,
-- body-worn and security cameras,
-- drones, and
-- facial recognition technology.

Law enforcement has also used "geofence" search warrants to obtain location information for individuals in specific areas during protests. The ultimate use and retention of this data remain unannounced and unclear to the public.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. seasoned protestors routinely do their work without cell phones. It's not hard.

[Skittles]

6. "seasoned"

yeah OK

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Meaning people who have been to many actions, or who have some experience being detained, or know people who have.

[hlthe2b]

4. Interesting clothing technology...