Underground Tradecraft

 

 

Anarchists, activists, protesters, and dissenters all have their own security culture and employ their own underground tradecraft to protect themselves from surveillance and arrest by the state. There are several guides and manuals that offer advice to these groups. Some of the advice offered is just good general security that may be of interest to anyone regardless of their activities, while other information is specifically aimed at circumventing the law. Whether you are just looking for some security advice for your daily life, or you are trying to understand the tradecraft employed by anarchists, activists, protesters, and dissenters it can be useful to read the security guides and manuals published by and for these groups.

 

The following are just a few of many such guides available on-line:

 

An Activist's Guide to Information Security

How to stay safe online: A cybersecurity guide for political activists

 

Digital Security for Activists (30 pages)

Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists (14 pages)

Security Culture for Activists (16 pages)

 

Security In A Box: Digital Security Tools and Tactics

 

A Practical Security Handbook for Activists and Campaigns (71 pages)

 

Anonymity Security (60 pages)

 

Surveillance Self-Defense: Activist or Protestor

RiseUp - Security Resources

Security & Counter-Surveillance: Information Against the Police State

Digital Security Tips for Protesters | Electronic Frontier Foundation

A 70-Day Web Security Action Plan for Artists and Activists Under Siege

Tech Tools for Activists (33 pages)

So You Want to Protest: A Beginner’s Guide - Seattle Weekly

What Is Security Culture? (CrimethInc)

London Calling: a cellphone and internet security primer for the criminally-minded anarchist

Email security for Black Lives Matter activists

Surveillance Self-Defense Against the Trump Administration

Cybersecurity for the People: How to Protect Your Privacy at a Protest