The EFF's Guide to Attending a Protest
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What valuable criticism.
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If you are detained and questioned by police, you have a right to remain silent, and to speak with an attorney before and during any questioning. It is best to say “I want my attorney and I choose to remain silent” and then refuse to answer questions until you have a chance to talk to a lawyer.
It should be noted that failure to identify does not fall within your right to remain silent. You will be arrested if you don't ID yourself with name and DOB. They have to be able to figure out if you're wanted to conduct their investigation. But that's the most that is required and you should probably shut up after that.
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Some of this is good advice but I recommend evaluating every protest, having a real plan for transportation and a buddy system, and trying to be as secure as possible by default and only making exceptions when necessary.
Most of the guide is about phones and how they can leak information. The only surefire way to prevent your phone from leaking location information to show you were at a protest is to leave it at home. That should be your default. The next option is to use a burner, but you must be very careful about when you charge your burner and turn it on, as you never want it to be on near where you live or work. Cell signals can be triangulated to a few block radius. The next option is put your phone in airplane mode and turn it off. Your phone is now an emergency device, you won't turn it in at the protest unless a safety critical situation develops, such as being separated from your group by police or other right wing violence. Under no circumstances should you use your main phone to coordinate day-of at any event. If you are an organizer, use a burner to do this. This is also a reason to not use Signal for day-of coordination, as it will pressure you to either turn your burner on at home so that you can coordinate or associate your signal account with other devices traceable to your home or work. Walky talkies are best but Signal alternatives like davel suggested are also better.
Also, cover your face and wear sunglasses.
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Don’t bring anything with a modem and you’re good to go.
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There is a lot of valuable info in TFA beyond that: how to dress, interact with others, etc. Would be good to read the whole thing if interested.
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I bought my transit ticket with a credit card, and they picked me up. Can I give them your number, will you be my lawyer now?
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A lot of people are still coordinating their protest activities through Facebook. Recommending signal or matrix is a step up, full stop.
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holy shit, what court cases?
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I'm not sure of the specific case numbers but searching brings up many sources, e.g. https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/fbi-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdropping-tool/ (2006)
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lemm.ml is “a community of privacy […] enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers,” and, after over a century of US state propaganda, repressions, purges, and assassinations upon us, communists might know a thing or two about militancy against US state power, including protests.
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The EFF might know a thing or two about OPSEC as pertains to activities against US state power. They know more than you do.
You don't automatically absorb all the knowledge of "communists" and a century of real-world experience simply because you're on lemmy.ml. Again: EFF knows more than you do, on this topic. If that kind of thing is a confusing concept, you need to get out more, and stop looking at lemmy.ml as conferring a special type of power that the EFF isn't privy to.
