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I live in an authoritarian country. I have a group of friends & acquaintances from a political organization who have asked me to deliver a presentation on security & privacy (specifically for activists). Although I'm somewhat well-wersed in tech, I'm not so confident and there may be things that I might miss. What are some of the things that are often overlooked and I must mention? Thank you.

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 17 points 3 months ago

https://ssd.eff.org/playlist/journalist-move

The EFF has some very good literature on what journalists should be doing as best practices, reviewing that material would be a good starting point

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's important to be libre and open source.

If someone claims somefhing without source, you cant trust it.

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago
[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago
[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 3 months ago

You made me smile and laugh! Well done.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Glad at least one person got it!

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] virgilthejolly@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago
[-] virgilthejolly@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I am, but my fellows aren't. My internet connection for the past 3 years have not been without Tor or VPN.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Two factor auth should be a whole section, and tell people not to use SMS. Mention SIM swap attacks and stingray devices

Tell people setting up 2FA with SMS usually makes their accounts less secure, and only to use TOTP or hardware tokens.

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

My most important issue is that phone number is a deanon - your main phone number has to be tied to your ID, so the only option would be a longtime rental, which would get expensive, especially if it is one number per each service.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

When I do these trainings I tell them never to enter a phone number into an account because its a huge risk

Ideally just don't have a phone number at all

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Monero for private secure transactions

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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