Thread by @halcyonpalace, i am going to make a thread on how to communicate securely [...]

i am going to make a thread on how to communicate securely as an organizer or journalist in an at-risk area

first step read this article carefully and thoroughly https://www.wired.com/story/encrypt-all-of-the-things/

How to Encrypt Your Texts, Calls, Emails, and Data

Want to keep outsiders from listening in on your chats, phone calls, and more? Encrypt them. All of them.

https://www.wired.com/story/encrypt-all-of-the-things/

now we can start with encrypting your entire disk ideally on a computer you use only for work and never personal stuff

Mac: apple has a built in tool: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837

PC and third party software: https://windowsreport.com/laptop-encryption-software/

Best laptop encryption software [2020 Guide]

If you want to encrypt your laptop in order to protect sensitive data, here are 11 laptop encryption software to use in 2019.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837

its important that your disk is encrypted because Signal does not encrypt data at rest on your device.

if you're on android: https://www.howtogeek.com/141953/how-to-encrypt-your-android-phone-and-why-you-might-want-to/

iphone is encrypted by default to a pretty decent degree.

How to Encrypt Your Android Phone (and Why You Might Want to)

Google introduced full-device encryption back in Android Gingerbread (2.3.x), but it has undergone some dramatic changes since then. On some higher-end handsets running Lollipop (5.x) and higher,...

https://www.howtogeek.com/141953/how-to-encrypt-your-android-phone-and-why-you-might-want-to/

you should also have a VPN and dummy email now i recommend Private Internet Access VPN and Protonmail. Once you have that, download the signal app on desktop and on your phone.

If you're on android make sure you set a passphrase!!! https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/signal-101-password-protect-your-calls-texts-notification-previews-0179365/

Signal 101: How to Password-Protect Your Calls, Texts & Notification Previews

One thing that makes Signal Private Messenger better on Android over iOS is that you can better secure the app with a password or passphrase. Best of all, you don't need to install an app locker to...

https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/signal-101-password-protect-your-calls-texts-notification-previews-0179365/

read this article carefully and thoroughly to make sure you're using signal to the best of your abilities https://theintercept.com/2016/07/02/security-tips-every-signal-user-should-know/

Security Tips Every Signal User Should Know

Here’s how to maximize the security of your most sensitive conversations — the ones that could be misinterpreted by an employer; be of interest to snooping governments; or allow a hacker to steal...

https://theintercept.com/2016/07/02/security-tips-every-signal-user-should-know/

you could then use Signal to then share a guerillamail address with the person you want to talk to that way your initial contact is encrypted and then your actual conversation is further secured. you can use anonfile to share files
http://uerrillamail.com/
http://anonfile.com

alternatively you could use Ricochet which communicates via Tor and if interested and if you already have experience using Tor feel free to read up on it tho idk what the streets have said ab it

https://ricochet.im/

https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/ricochet-im.html https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet

ricochet-im/ricochet

Anonymous peer-to-peer instant messaging. Contribute to ricochet-im/ricochet development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://ricochet.im/

tap in and let me know if there is a better way or if i fucked up otherwise refer to this thread for other stuff https://twitter.com/halcyonpalace/status/1247927454972489730?s=20

https://twitter.com/halcyonpalace/status/1247927454972489730?s=20

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