PSA: if you're talking about doing actual political violence on social media in public, you are a dangerously ignorant twerp who lacks the situational awareness required to do anything useful for anyone.
well, speaking as someone who used to report in a dictatorship on how activists were using the internet and has talked to a lot of people who were jailed for online speech, i can assure you that even fascist regimes usually pick and choose targets, and it's good to avoid being one.
Ppl need to remember that even totalitarian regimes have limited prosecutorial resources. China spends a gargantuan amount of money on internal security and it was only able to arrest a small portion of the COVID lockdown protesters who challenged its authority a little while ago.
I guess I just don't find the argument of "don't be the unlucky bunny who gets shot by the totalitarian regime" to be particularly useful advice right now.
Again, speaking from my experience with a lot of people who've actually been in this situation, the goal is not "make sure they get the other guy," it is "greatly reducing the risk of any guys being got at all."
It will certainly keep your comms safe, but if the softest, most orderly thing you can organize thru secure opsec is going to be met by riot cops -- with the robust support of the gov't and press -- we still have a problem.
At least it's easy to remember sound cannons can't penetrate umbrellas.
IIRC it was illustrated in Hong Kong. Sort of similar to the reasons why heat lasers make bad weapons -- the more intense the frequency of a signal, the thinner the barrier needed to disrupt it. It's why all 4k VR headsets are wired; a sufficient wireless frequency would have 0 penetration
If you post any dissent and it goes viral, you may want to consider deleting it. No matter what it is. Even if it is not advocating “direct action.”
Right now there is a big difference between “I’m going to…”, “someone should…” and “Biden should…” but if Trump gets re-elected there may not be.
There are 330M people in America, and at most tens of thousands actively participating in the fascist regime project.
They don’t need an excuse, but their attention is extremely limited.
So, if you’re planning to be a malcontent, don’t advertise that fact
They usually do, actually. Or at least, I'm not sure they *need* one but given how often they *have* them it looks like they often *think* they need it. They can manufacture one to be sure but how much work it is for them probably matters at the margin.
Yes, of course they don’t *need* one.
This does not mean that it’s therefore pointless to try to cover your tracks and to avoid being seen, and it’s fascinatingly weird to me that some people are interpreting what I’m saying this way.
And I started my career reporting in a dictatorship on how activists were using the internet, and I’ve spoken with a number of people who have done hard time for blogging and online activities. They all are pretty big on comms security!
I took great pleasure when the threat hunting team at work admitted that they couldn't find my online presence. Not that I have anything to hide if course... 😬
I think we're in agreement. Like I said, fly low and stay cool, but that's no guarantee.
Shouting from a bullhorn in the square pretty much guarantees a short career, though.
