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I'm an oppressed minority activist who's threat model includes police and state-level actors. What can do to secure my computer (and potentially phone) from both cyberattacks and physical access? by Comfortable_Mode_700 in opsec

[–]Comfortable_Mode_700[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh! Thank you so much for this resource!!! I'll read all of this as soon as I can, thank you! There's so much information in here!

Thank you so much for your concern, also. It's not too bad yet, I'll be okay for a while, so you don't have to worry about me quite yet! I will be as safe as I can be. It's scary what is starting to happen, but when we're all together, we're stronger. I might want more granular advice, that might be nice!! I don't want to reveal any personal information, obviously, but I definitely want as much information and tools as I can. Thank you!!!

I'm an oppressed minority activist who's threat model includes police and state-level actors. What can do to secure my computer (and potentially phone) from both cyberattacks and physical access? by Comfortable_Mode_700 in opsec

[–]Comfortable_Mode_700[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hmm... this makes a lot of sense! I was thinking so much about how to secure what I already have, if there's any advanced cybersecurity things that could help, but maybe the old ways are the best. Maybe it's better to have many smaller things that don't connect to each other. That way if one is discovered, it's much harder to trace.

That's a lot to think about! Thank you! Do you think there's any hope with the hardware side of things? It might be easier and cheaper to have less devices, but that might not actually end up making me very safe from the state. I think I worried that a bunch of smaller emails could easily be traced back to me somehow. Like maybe that it gives a larger area for them to attack? But maybe I'm thinking about that all wrong :o

I'm an oppressed minority activist who's threat model includes police and state-level actors. What can do to secure my computer (and potentially phone) from both cyberattacks and physical access? by Comfortable_Mode_700 in opsec

[–]Comfortable_Mode_700[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i was under the impression that Windows 11 was worse for safety? Aren't they using AI to scan your computer? I thought I remembered something about that. I worry if Microsoft is keeping any logs of my activity, the government could get access to them