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Friend,
It’s that time of year again! At S.T.O.P., back to school means going back to the surveillance resistance basics. How is our data collected and who has access to it? How do we avoid tracking, hacking, and phishing? Last week, S.T.O.P. answered these questions and more during “Back to School? Back to the Surveillance Basics,” a virtual training on digital self-defense.
Couldn’t make it to the webinar? Our privacy toolkits have you covered! Some key personal cybersecurity tips we shared include:
- Only use encrypted messaging platforms like Signal and enable auto-deleting messages, especially for organizing protests, discussing private health information, and other sensitive conversations
- To minimize the threat of geofences, limit the number of apps that can access your location data
- On the subway, buy an OMNY card in cash to limit MTA and law enforcement’s ability to track your movements
- On social media, set your accounts to private, do not accept friend requests from strangers, ask permission to tag friends, and do not take photos at protests
- Browse more safely on the internet by using a VPN, The Onion Router, or these tools from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Instead of remembering your passwords, use Diceware or password managers like Bitwarden—and always add 2 factor authentication
- Disable biometric recognition on all of your devices
- Conduct regular audits of the settings and services on your phone, and only enable data collection for services you need when you need them
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