I cannot get over how fucked the internet is becoming because of LLMs and how absolutely critical it is to create meaningful 1-on-1 relationships rather than going for "reach" or "virality."
https://hallofdreams.org/posts/physicsforums/
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Overwhelmingly these guides seem to come from InfoSec or civil liberties focused individuals, groups, or NGOs, but bloody hell, the danger they face tends to pale in comparison to what radicals face, and the level of concern they have is likely far lower than it should be. Watching across the pond at this advice circulating, all I can think is that such liberal notions of rights are security are going to get activists killed or imprisoned for life.
(not that my advice is perfect. always get a second source. compare what we/i have written to these liberal guides, and diligently study where and how they diverge.)
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Every time I log into Fedi, I see another post with a guide called something like "Activist's Guide to Smartphones" or "Phone Security Guide for Protesters," and every single one of these assumes that the threat model is the kind of police force that exists under liberal democracy where the law will afford significant protections to protesters. The world is changing, and these guides not only fail to address the threat of an actively hostile fascistic anti-democratic occupying force (I refer here to the police), but such guides generally are limited to "what" and "how" but miss the more critical "why."
If you believe that you are facing fascism (or even something close to it), can I please please please convince you to read something written by anarchists who have faced serious repression and are trying to convey just how much phones can lead to the imprisonment of you and your friends for even things that are allegedly "legal."
https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloads#mobile-phone-security
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With all emergency protocols, it should be tested. The worst time to find out it's volume is too low or that the opening is difficult to piss into. Do you remember where it is? Have you tested it? Does every bedroom have one or is it the shared on in the hallway?
Know the answers before you need it! It could save you one day.
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I talk a lot about risk assessment and threat modeling. These things give us specific things we can do to be prepared and mitigate expected threats to our well-being.
One thing we who lived in shared flats often overlook is the importance of having a piss jar in case a flatmate is taking too long in the bathroom.
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So you suddenly feel the need to "do something" about the fascism?
Step 1: Shut the fuck up. Don't get specific or even "vaguepost-y" / overly suggestive about your intention to do anything.
Step 2: Learn about security culture because you're more effective if you don't go to prison, and you need to not get caught before you do your thing.
An ordered reading list:
"What is Security Culture? A Guide to Staying Safe"
A short basic introduction to the topics of security culture. This is a good primer for all subsequent discussions.
https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/what-is-security-culture-a-guide-to-staying-safe/
"Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust."
The best current text on security culture, one that takes an approach that tries to balance openness against much of security's paranoia.
https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/confidence-courage/
"Mobile Phone Security."
One of the fastest ways to get caught is with the snitch in your pocket. Learn how to be safe with your phone and why these steps are important.
https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloads#mobile-phone-security
"Why Misogynists Make Great Informants"
Like the title says, people's shitty behavior is indicative that you shouldn't organize with them. A large number of snitches, informants, and infiltrators are misogynistic or otherwise problematic. Don't ignore it!
https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/misogynists-make-great-informants/
"Threat Modeling Fundamentals"
You need to be able to reason about threats you face and do more than just wear a mask. How/what you do requires concert though, and this is a guide on how to do that reasoning.
https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloads#threat-modeling-fundamentals
"PRISMA: Primer on Radical Information for Secure Militant Actions"
You want to do some shit? You want a specific guide on how you might do that shit? Read no further.
https://ntpfiles.noblogs.org/prisma-primer-on-radical-information-for-secure-militant-actions/
Want to read even more? Download (yes download) PDFs and get ready to get spicy.
https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/
https://www.notrace.how/resources/
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Lot of seemingly newly radicalized people posting questionable things immediately after joining fedi. Time to yeet security texts at them and pray.
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the world burns, and i'm 110k words into an entirely self-indulgent writing endeavour.
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Shout out to @notrace for the grammar and content corrections in my last zine before adding it to their site
https://kolektiva.social/@notrace/113816892389600499
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This whole article is good, but this line stuck out.
The American health care workers know their audience. They announce that their testimony will focus on women and children. To a bomb, a body is a body; sex and age make little difference against the weight of a collapsing home. To the West, the Arab man and male teenager are killable; the doctors’ reticence to mention them reflects an accommodation of this narrowing of the human. The right to life of Palestinian women and children is less contestable in words—though it is denied every day by deeds.
Not the main point, but one that continuously bothers me.
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/doctors-without-politics-turfah
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I have been informed Mein Kampf was on his reading list
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Can we please get Bonanno in the wee chidrenses hands instead of this rubbish
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pretty fukken auspicious day to publish a zine about how some people (fictitiously) do a big ol' crime
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CEOs getting shot will always be funny
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Sometimes I feel that by publishing essays on security in the west where very little "happens," I'm contributing to a stifling effect. "Be suuuuuper careful, so careful even that you do nothing!!!" Or some such shite.
But then I'll be in a meeting where somehow multiple snitches are present and everyone will boo and hiss when I point this out thus reminding me that actually yes we desperately need to have these discussions.
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Something like 2 years after it came out, I watched How to Blow Up a Pipeline. I gnashed my teeth and tore my hair while watching all the OpSec fails, and thusly I wrote about. Can we learn something from the film? Is there risk of activists mirroring the bad behavior they see on screen? Or maybe it's just fun to read something less dense than theory.
PopSec: How Not To Blow Up A Pipeline
As always, free of copyright and charge, available here:
https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloads/
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Hive mind: I once saw an article about the Three Body Problem book written by a (maybe) chinese person explaining why the online chinese right loved that book/trilogy for it's anti-feminist and militarist views. Does anyone have a link on hand?
Found: https://madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/the-three-body-problem-the-imperative-of-survival-and-the-misogyny-of-reactionary-rhetoric/
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"I don't think I could enact violence."
Just say that. Don't moralize about weapon ownership or downplay very real threats.
"I'm not mentally well enough to have one."
A some point the threat of violence from fascists will exceed the threat of self-harm. Only you know when that will be, but it may be sooner than you expect.
"Guns are scary."
The future is scary. It doesn't mean we won't have to face it.
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Perhaps it's who I'm following (and what does that say), but there are far far far more people talking about why you don't need a gun or other form of self-defense than there are who are advocating for it.
Times are changing. We need to adapt with them.
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A lot of progressives and radicals in the US are making the mistake now of downplaying the utility of owning a firearm, many of which are saying it's better to learn first aid.
"I've never used a gun to take or protect a life, but I have used first aid."
Learn first aid, by all means please. Don't get a firearm (or knife or pepper spray or baton) if you can't learn to use it or doing so would be too risky to you. But looking at the past 20+ years of society and thinking those rules will apply under a rabid fascist regime if pure folly.
First aid can only be rendered if someone is there to drive the attackers away. If fascists jump you or start shooting at you, knowing how to bandage a grievous wound means very little if said fascists are still actively attacking.
"Not everyone needs to learn self-defense. That's what community self-defense means."
Not everyone can, but everyone who is able should learn the means of defending themselves and others. You are part of the community, and you too need to defend it. Deferring it to some nebulous third party (even if it's "antifa") is how you get warlords or are left with no one to protect you.
You (yes you personally) have some responsibility to learn to take care of yourself, be it disaster prep or self-defense, because if you aren't prepared, you become a burden on those who are. You become a drain on critical and limited resources. Yes, mutual aid exists, but we can stretch that much further and take better care of those who can't fully care for themselves if everyone who is able first takes care of themselves.
Don't get caught in a dangerous situation. Don't do so unarmed. Don't get injured. You have to learn all these skills. If you don't, it's okay. People will still be there for you. But please try.
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