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🔹 Use Secure Messaging Apps – Signal, Session, Briar (Avoid WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger).
🔹 Encrypt Emails & Documents – ProtonMail, TutaMail, PGP encryption.
🔹 Use VPNs & TOR – Avoid government tracking & geo-blocking.
🔹 Secure Your Devices – Always use strong passwords, biometric locks, and disk encryption.

📖 Training Guides:
* 🔗 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Surveillance Self-Defense Guide – Digital security tips for activists.
* 🔗 Tactical Tech Digital Security Toolkit – Protects activists from government tracking.

===== ✅ Protest Safety Checklist: =====
* Wear unmarked clothing (avoid identifiable symbols).
* Use shatterproof goggles & face masks (for tear gas & facial recognition).
* Carry burner phones instead of personal devices.
* Designate a legal observer & emergency contacts.

📖 Training Guides:
* 🔗 National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer Handbook – Guides protesters on legal protections.
* 🔗 Street Medic Training Guide – First aid for protests & civil disobedience actions.

===== ✅ Avoiding Infiltration: =====
* Vet new members carefully in high-risk groups (check past activism history).
* Use in-person verification for trusted organizers.
* Limit information sharing to a need-to-know basis.

📖 Surveillance Countermeasures:
* 🔗 “Countering Infiltration” Guide – Identifying police & right-wing infiltrators.
* 🔗 “How to Build Secure Affinity Groups” – Protects activists from internal sabotage.