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Also, don't take your phone to protests. ACAB.
Wear clothing that can't identify you. Hide tattoos and anything that might make you stand out. Get clothes from a free giveaway place, without cameras. Walk a bit differently if you need to.
Cover your face and cover surveillance cameras, or break them, or hack them (do the latter two only if you know what you're doing).
Wear a body cam. Get bear and pepper spray.
so what do i do with my prosthetic limbs?
If you remove them police won't know you have them
you accidentally a word there
Fixed!
Bicycles don't have license plates if you need a faster way.
I've been debating buying a burner phone for protests, leaving my main phone elsewhere, and only powering on the burner when it's needed. Probably the only way to bring a phone to a protest.
Buy an older pixel and install Graphene
Keep it off/in a faraday bag at all times, never turn it on at home. Go to elsewhere to set it up.
If they REALLY want you, you will get got.
But there's no reason to make it easy.
100% it's always a question of your resources vs theirs, but you're dead on to make it harder.
I'll just add to also turn it off, pull the SIM, and show in a Faraday bag on your way back too. If the recent reporting about ICE buying location data from ad networks shows anything, it's that they are interested in a capability of following people to and from protests. Graphene should obviate this by disabling Google Play services by default anyway.
You should leave your regular phone at home, go to another place, power on your other device, speak your part in public, then travel another location and power off. This provides no consistent start or end location to work with for a particular device.
You can also buy faraday bags, if you want a phone available but not online. But it's still there physically so burner would still be a good choice.
Just test it first. I got a faraday bag of Amazon and it didn't work.
100%. I tested mine with calls and making sure the wifi and Bluetooth didn't go through.
For the clothing thing, it should be enough to buy from a thrift store. Just pay with cash to be safe. Although if you're planning to do something that'll make you of particular interest this may not be enough. Thrift stores do have cameras, and the police could theoretically look for a particular set of clothing being purchased. Its incredibly unlikely and would take a ridiculous amount of effort, but it is possible.