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Protecting your data from cops and robbers: A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Dissent

From Ed Hasbrouck of  Papers, Please! and The Practical Nomad

A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists

  1. Threats
    1. Introduction to threat modeling
    2. Threats to travellers’ digital devices and data
  2. Data at risk
    1. Backups
    2. Data minimization and curation
    3. Apps to watch out for
    4. Leave fewer traces.
  3. Passwords
    1. Overview and summary
    2. Device encryption
    3. Passwords
    4. Password managers
    5. Two-Factor Authentication
  4. Special protection for sensitive apps and data (coming soon)
  5. In Extremis (coming soon)
    1. Alternate operating systems
    2. Wiped phone, burner phone, or no phone
    3. Legal rights and legal protection

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