"If an agency wants to cosplay as a military force, it deserves to be evaluated as one," WIRED asked an active military officer to evaluate ICE's actions. Their analysis is not good... www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

To find out what kind of surveillance tech you may be facing at a protest, check out EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance: www.atlasofsurveillance.org/.

Join EFF's online town hall to discuss ways to stay safer and how the digital rights community can help address ICE and CBP's brutality against immigrants, observers, and those seeking to hold them accountable. Livestream on Thursday at 10 AM PT eff.org/livestream-ice

🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...

I wonder if there’s good resources for protest beginners about how to tell the difference between higher and lower risk protests. If you’ve been doing it for a long time you can just kinda feel it out, but for those who haven’t….

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...

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

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.

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. truthout.org/articles/mig...

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

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.

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

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

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. shop.faradaydefense.com/product/mini...

Community Guide for Opposing Hate Groups. Highly recommend. bcsh.bard.edu/files/2022/0...

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.

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

This article feels a hundred years old right now. (It is from two weeks ago.) www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

On defending immigrant communities. defendandrecruit.org

Some of these are older so be mindful that technology advances. mediajustice.org/focus/moveme...

Critical reading.

Abandoning Amazon services? Great. Here is a Reddit thread about options for your audible books. www.reddit.com/r/audiobooks...

Tyrants have access to our data. Here to help. If you haven’t already, contact all three credit bureaus to freeze your credit at all of them. It’s free. If you suspect that your identity has been stolen, you can report it to the FTC at identitytheft.gov, which will hopefully continue to function.