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Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest (san.com)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

In some countries, like Greece, you can't use an unregistered phone number.

Since phone numbers are tied to people's identities, does it really matter whether you use a burner or your main?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Then don't take a phone. If you're an organizer who needs to communicate, get a wifi/bt only tablet, look up mesh networks that use bluetooth and wifi, learn encryption and learn code words.

    It's trivial to jam any wireless network. All jamming is it to flood the rf range with loud static. But you can still take measures to keep from being spied on.

    Edit: also look into if MAC address spoofing. Not entirely sure which models of phones support that, officially or otherwise though.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I used to watch The Hated One, who has also made similar recommendations for strikes. He has suggested the use of Briar, as it can fallback to Bluetooth connectivity.

    However, I mostly wanted to point out that burner phones is not the answer for everyone. People need to be familiar with their local laws to stay safe.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    We got some Meshtastic radios that we use for protests (as well as for protests). They solve most of the problems quite neatly.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    As long as it’s a self contained communication version and doesn’t require using the meshtadtic phone app

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I'm getting a T-Deck, but I don't feel too bad about using Bluetooth on a phone, as long as everything else is disabled. It isn't hard to track, but it will be a distant third after cell and Wifi in terms of what the authorities will be tracking. Not ideal, but an acceptable compromise for now.

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