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Checklist: Direct actions

Direct action can take the form of protests, strikes, occupations, civil disobedience or other forms of direct political action. They are considered an important means of strengthening democracy because they can generate public attention for important issues. They are an important means of exerting pressure from below and give marginalized groups in particular a voice.

• You have already taken part in a cryptoparty
• You know your most important contacts and logins by heart
• Switch off your phone before sensitive meetings
• You have removed your SIM card number
• You have set up a screen lock
• Notifications on your lock screen are deactivated
• Your smartphones are encrypted
• You can switch off your devices quickly
• Do not use biometric unlocking
• You have deactivated USB debugging
• Your operating system has verified boot
• The bootloader of your device is locked
• Your device does not display red or yellow warning messages at startup
• You have sealed your device
• You have noted the unique numbers of your device
• You make regular backups
• Your backups are encrypted
• Your backups are stored decentrally
• You practise restoring your backups
• You do not store unused appliances in your home
• You do not unlock your smartphone on demand
• Deactivate positioning if you don't need it
• You use a burner phone
• You have not activated your mobile data connection continuously
• You don't use apps like "SnoopSnitch"
• You use anonymous SIM cards
• You use your smartphone exclusively for one SIM card
• You often use other SIM cards and a proxy phone
• Deactivate your sim card when traveling with a group
• Do not use your anonymous SIM card at the same time as a non-anonymous card
• You deactivate your SIM card when traveling in modern cars
• You don't make calls with your anonymous card
• You are using a free operating system
• You are using GrapheneOS on a compatible device
• Are your apps and system up to date?
• You do not share your Google or Apple account with other people
• You waive root rights
• You use secure messengers
• Activate two-step verification in your messengers
• You use disappearing messages
• You know all participants in sensitive chat groups
• You have activated lockdown mode on your iPhone
• You are using an ad blocker
• You use different pseudonyms and email addresses
• You do not use your pseudonyms at the same time
• You use Tor or the Tor browser
• You delete metadata from your images
• You do not publish images with shadows and time
• You encrypt your emails or do without them