Surveillance Self-Defense Reviews

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Surveillance Self-Defense mentions (34)

• I need advice - Project 2025

  Https://ssd.eff.org/ and https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ which say in summary use open source and encrypted solutions. Also replace your current services with privacy respecting services when you can. Source: 9 months ago

• Need help ensuring safe communication

  I'd start here: https://ssd.eff.org/ and https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/security/how-to-protect-your-privacy/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Fat means of dealing with an obsessed stalker?

  In terms of privacy: start by setting your accounts to private. Change your voicemail password. Add a PIN to your phone and bank when transacting on the phone. Pull your credit and look for suspicious pulls. Use a service to erase your online footprint. Follow the "Surveillance Self Defense" guide the EFF puts out (https://ssd.eff.org/). Source: about 1 year ago

• Confused about the starting point in the privacy focused digital life

  One thing that helps is to first conduct an honest threat profile on yourself. Few of us require extreme measures, some of us can get by with several tweaks while making mindful choices going forward. Sometimes, people fall into the rabbit hole of thinking they need to go from 0 to 10 when a 3 or 5 is better for their situation. One situation might warrant your briefly using a 7 setting, then setting your privacy... Source: about 1 year ago

• How can I best prime a team of volunteers to prepare to counter advanced threats at home?

  Https://ssd.eff.org/ might be one good place to start. More generally, if you are being attacked by adversaries for journalistic work, the EFF may be able to help or refer you to experts. Source: about 1 year ago

Signal mentions (180)

• WhatsApp forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code

  Just so you know: https://grapheneos.org/ and https://signal.org/ do exist! - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• What are you shocked people are still doing nowadays?

  Signal works the same but without the user tracking from Meta/Facebook. Many people use it as well but I'm surprised that a majority sticks to WhatsApp. Source: 6 months ago

• A Practical Guide For Safety And Reporting Crimes For Our Community

  A question I often get is "Well are my text messages safe" The short answer is... Maybe? Depends on what type of phone you use, your carrier, and a bunch of other factors. One way to avoid this is to use an end-to-end encrypted text service like Signal if that is a concern of yours. VERY IMPORTANT NOTES: Telegram and WhatsApp are not secure. The way to think of this security is that if is retained by a server... Source: 7 months ago

• Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)

  The linked page is on signalusers.org, but Signal's regular home site is https://signal.org/. I'm looking all over signal.org for some link from there to signalusers.org, as that would make me more relaxed about the authenticity of the latter -- i.e., that it really is run by the same people who run signal.org. Yes, maybe I'm being paranoid. But we're talking about an app whose whole purpose is secure... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Breaking Global Communication Barriers

  WhatsApp and Signal: Of course I’m going to conclude with the point to point encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp. Most of our clients around the world communicate in these apps more than they make phone calls or send emails. Set up an account in each app and start leveraging the text, photo, phone and video features to have easy and fast conversations with your global contacts. See https://signal.org... Source: about 1 year ago