Competence Didn't Stop Us, So Why Would Incompetence?
Word on the street is that the FBI is gathering info on mutual aid groups and individuals that just don’t support that thin-skinned orange manbaby currently occupying that poorly designed white building in the fascist capital of the world.
Alexa, take me to Prison!
From Muntjac
We are under assault by an apparatus of technological counterinsurgency – it feels like the space in which we aren’t subject to an array of surveillance technology is shrinking out of existence. But you didn’t need me to tell you that. Especially since, outside state surveillance infrastructure, it’s the personal devices we deploy ourselves which are driving the expansion forward. We don’t even crack jokes about our phones listening any more, for the observation has become trite.
Cybersecurity as community care
Issue #142: Spring, 2025
When I advise mutual aid groups and activists on their cybersecurity, their first question is often “What messaging app should we use?”
The answer is Signal. But, while encrypted messaging is important, just “using the right app” really isn’t enough.
Anti-Repression Talks #1: Preparing for Physical Surveillance
From No Trace Project
The No Trace Project is launching a new initiative, the Anti-Repression Talks, to encourage discussion of surveillance and security issues within and between informal anarchist networks, on an international level. We believe that many anti-repression practices are more powerful when they are carried out across a network, rather than only by specific affinity groups.
TOTW: Fake news
How do we tell truth from falsehood, and how do we do so without compromising ourselves and others?
Confidence Courage Connection Trust
When we talk about security culture, people tend to have one of two kinds of experiences. The first is of building walls and keeping people out, the second is of being excluded or mistrusted. Both of these come with negative feelings – fear and suspicion for the former and alienation and resentment for the latter. I would say that they are two sides of the same coin, two experiences of a security culture that isn’t working well.
Torchlight Editorial on Michael Kenney
From Torchlight
Let’s start by acknowledging one thing – Michael Kenney is the world’s worst infiltrator. He’s been hanging around the fringes of the Pittsburgh anarchist scene, being awkward, asking intrusive questions, and contributing nearly nothing for well over a year. He has never concealed his name, his affiliation with Pitt, or the fact that he’s doing research, although he doesn’t necessarily volunteer that information. Any anarchist in Pittsburgh could have outed him at any time just by looking at his faculty page on the Pitt web site, but until this week no one bothered.