Security Resources

Security resources for activists¶

This site contains a quick overview of email security. For more in-depth information, check out these websites:

• security.resist.ca Helping activists stay safe in our oppressive world.
• APC Security Docs A series of briefings on information security and online safety for civil society organizations.
• Guide to Email Security Using Encryption and Digital Signatures
• Computer Security for the Average Activist A downloadable PDF.
• An introduction to activism on the internet

Related links¶

Electronic Privacy Information Center:

• Information on Carnivore
• statistics on pen register wiretaps

Electronic Frontier Foundation:

• Surveillance & Wiretapping Archive -

American Civil Liberties Union:

• EchelonWatch

Center for Democracy and Technology:

• Amending the Pen Register and Trap and Trace Statute
• CDT Testimony before congress

Wikipedia:

• Mass surveillance around the world
• NSA call database

News Articles¶

• FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool