Digital Security Checklists for Activists
Plain language steps for digital security. Because protecting yourself helps keep your whole community safer.
Digital Security & Physical Safety Checklists
Simple guides
to keep us more safe
We built this because digital security shouldn't be overwhelming. We take a harm reduction approach: start where you are and do what you can.
Common Misconceptions
When we start talking about digital security, we often hear these concerns. We think there's more to the story.
The more engaged you are in any social movement work, the more your data can be used to map networks of activists. The best time to start protecting yourself is before you're as deeply involved.
While data collection is widespread, you can significantly reduce your digital footprint and protect future activities.
Mass surveillance affects everyone. Your data can be used to profile communities, predict protests, or target those you care about. Protecting your communications helps protect all of us.
Latest Surveillance News
View all newsHomeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon• The Washington Post
“It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of the ACLU attorneys. “That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions — the visits — are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.”
DHS AI Surveillance Arsenal Grows as Agency Defies Courts• Tech Policy Press
StopICE Hacked: Names And Locations of Over 100k Users Were Sent to the FBI, ICE and HSI
