Smartphone, don't spy!
Smartphone checklist: Protests and demonstrations
We see time and again that protests and demonstrations for democracy, human rights and civil liberties are suppressed or crushed in many countries around the world. Technical devices are increasingly being used in the process. The range of threats at demonstrations is wide. It ranges from the simple confiscation of smartphones to radio cell searches that can automatically record all participants in a demonstration. These tasks are therefore aimed at protecting your device during or even after confiscation.
- Your smartphones are encrypted
- You use different pseudonyms and email addresses
- You take photos and videos without unlocking your smartphone
- You know important logins by heart
- Do not unlock your smartphone on demand
- You use strong passwords for unlocking
- Deactivate positioning if you don't need it
- You have not activated your mobile data connection at all times
- Refrain from taking photos and videos at demonstrations
- You use secure messengers
- You know your most important contacts by heart
- You use disappearing messages
- You have deactivated USB debugging
- Encrypt your emails or do without them
- You have written down the unique numbers of your device
- You do without apps like "SnoopSnitch"
- Activate two-step verification in your messengers
- You can switch off your devices quickly
- Weigh up the risks before you take your smartphone to a demo
- You have sealed your device
- Check whether your messengers also work without a SIM card inserted
- You use anonymous sim cards
- Deactivate your SIM card if you are traveling with a group
- You use a burner phone
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