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WIRED Goodness and Locking Down Your Phone

Security News for Activists 25 February 2026 This newsletter is a free publication by the Institute for Secure Activism (ISA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting personal security for civil rights, human rights, and social justice activists. We believe

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License Plate Readers

Security News for Activists 22 Dec 2025 This newsletter is a free publication by the Institute for Secure Activism (ISA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting personal security for civil rights, human rights, and social justice activists. We believe

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Secure File Sharing

Security News for Activists 1 Dec 2025 This newsletter is a free publication by the Institute for Secure Activism (ISA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting personal security for activists, advocates, and the organizations that support them. ISA provides training,

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FBI Reading Signal Chats? Security News for Activists 21 Nov 2025

This newsletter is a free publication by the Institute for Secure Activism (ISA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting personal security for activists, advocates, and the organizations that support them. ISA provides training, workshops, education materials, technical solutions, and technical

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Not Just Digital Safety: Security News for Activists, 28 Oct 2025

This newsletter is a free publication by the Institute for Secure Activism (ISA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting personal security for activists, advocates, and the organizations that support them. ISA provides training, workshops, education materials, technical solutions, and technical

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Should I Take My Phone To No Kings

A consortium of groups brought together under the umbrella of the 50501 movement are organizing the second in a series of simultaneous mass protests across the United States on Saturday 18 October. Reader Question: Should I take my phone to

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Security News for Activists 8 Oct 2025

Recent security items for activists: Texas police and commercial surveillance company caught in a lie, courts block Meta from selling out their users to ICE, Wired continues their on-the-nose anti-surveillance recommendations, and some tips for legal support and self care.

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