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Every time I log into Fedi, I see another post with a guide called something like "Activist's Guide to Smartphones" or "Phone Security Guide for Protesters," and every single one of these assumes that the threat model is the kind of police force that exists under liberal democracy where the law will afford significant protections to protesters. The world is changing, and these guides not only fail to address the threat of an actively hostile fascistic anti-democratic occupying force (I refer here to the police), but such guides generally are limited to "what" and "how" but miss the more critical "why."

If you believe that you are facing fascism (or even something close to it), can I please please please convince you to read something written by anarchists who have faced serious repression and are trying to convey just how much phones can lead to the imprisonment of you and your friends for even things that are allegedly "legal."

opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloa

@hakan_geijer

Nothing said on surveilled social media is meaningful. The more bold and defying, the more subject to corruption and coopting.

The revolution will not be televised. Or elevated by the status quo. Or given the win by the referee.

And the pundits will bicker with the winners. Because that's their bread and butter.

@_chris_real

> Nothing said on surveilled social media is meaningful.

Social media is real life. We're real people talking to each other. We might both right now understand the limits to what we can say without attracting attention, but that doesn't mean that we can't exchange ideas.

> The revolution will not be televised.

That phrase doesn't mean what most people think it does.

youtube.com/watch?v=kZvWt29OG0

Chris Real

@hakan_geijer

"Real life" means actions that have consequences.

Opinions on social media are the result of moderators, who monetize the drama of conflict.

Nahhh . . . it's play-acting without consequences. "Social media is reality" is a selling-point for advertisers. Actions have consequences, not content in a medium controlled by algorithms.

@_chris_real @hakan_geijer posts can definitely have consequences (mostly ones we don’t want), which is why people should be careful about what they post