A Guide for Activism on Social Media

 

Tactical Tech has published "A Curated Guide for Activism on Social Media". Although the guide is written for "grassroots groups, activists and politically-active individuals", it contains good information for anyone who wants to have greater privacy and security in their on-line presence.

In addition to reading the Tactical Tech guide, I recommend that you also read Micah Lee's 2015 article "Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched".  As the Tactical Tech guide points out: "Even if you trust the people you are sharing [information] with, if you are using social media that creates user-accessible records (like when you can see past activity or message history), if someone else gains access to that person's device or account, the unauthorized person may look at messages and images that you thought would stay private."

If you maintain an on-line presence, you must assume that someday you will be targeted. This may be by some Internet troll who doesn't like a comment that you made, by cyber-criminals seeking to steal your identity or scam you out of your hard-earned cash, or even by some out-of-control government employee keeping files about hidden away on a government computer network.