WE KEEP US SAFE
Resources for community preparedness & collective safety planning
BEYOND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:
A comprehensive checklist of action items for people who are being targeted
These are community generated suggestions to assist you with risk assessment and safety planning. The process can sound scary, overwhelming and paralyzing but we have all done some form of it.
We recommend that folks doing sanctuary campus work not only disseminate this guide, but also help targeted folks move through it. It can help foster community and build relationships with directly affected folks.
DIGITAL SAFETY
HIGHLIGHTS FROM our
DIGITAL SAFETY WORKSHOP
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Ensure all documents are set to restricted access, not “public” or “anyone with the link”;
If its for public consumption, once you finalize the content, you need to make a copy of all that content and create a brand new file and paste it in because the document you have drafted in has a ton of metadata in it like track changes etc.
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Go through all your privacy settings on all the platforms
Make sure your friend lists, likes, groups, and timeline visits are not visible to the public on FB
Make your work info on LinkedIn private
Everything you post on Bluesky is there forever even if you delete it, bc its on an open protocol
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(e.g., friendster, blogger, myspace, flicker) because they are especially vulnerable to breaching your info)
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DO NOT use campus owned equipment or networks for organizing
If you don’t own it, you’re probably facing surveillance
Don’t organize on Slack or company email; careful of going to websites on a campus computer without a VPN
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Separate your work and personal devices
May need to contact campus IT to get your personal phone off their network
May need to procure a second device
At a minimum, remove personal accounts, apps and messaging tools off institutionally-owned device
A more complete guide to digital safety and online organizing coming soon!