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evacideYou don't need superspy-level OPSEC in order to protest fascism. But protest does involve risk. My goal when I teach people about digital privacy/security is to make sure that people understand what risks they're taking so they can make appropriate mitigations while still accomplishing their goals.
evacideDo not store your Bitlocker encryption keys on Microsoft's servers if your threat model includes governments or law enforcement. As this article points out, this is the result of a design choice Microsoft made. It didn't have to be this way.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
evacideTrying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: https://ssd.eff.org/module/your-security-plan
evacideTen years ago, if someone had told me that tech policy bloggers would be calling for ICE to be abolished, I would have thought it very unlikely.
"Abolish ICE" is an increasingly mainstream and extremely correct position.
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/abolish-ice-before-they-kill-again-impeach-trump-noem-before-they-incite-more-murder/
evacideIf you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
https://consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov/
evacideI still have a Facebook account because I occasionally need to buy secondhand furniture or see which of the people that I used to know is dead now.
evacideWhen it is time to do the year-end wrap up, inside you there are two wolves:
One says "HOW DARE YOU?" and recites your achievements like Daenerys Targaryen about to burn a city.
One says "Oh, nevermind. I have no memory of anything I have accomplished. Truly, I have achieved nothing this year."
evacideI'm not going to get into online arguments about why the Online Safety Act is bad and online age verification laws are bad in general. I'm sure you think you have some kind of novel and convincing argument because you thought about this for five minutes, but I have been thinking about this for the better part of two decades and I'm very tired.
evacideIt appears that PACER has been compromised by a Russian threat actor for some time. This is a very big deal for people who have submitted sealed documents in federal court whose threat model includes RU.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/russia-hack-federal-court-system.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.qjQL.BwB7OUw3ewJ8&smid=url-share
evacideI have injured my shoulder and instead of treating it like a moral failing and working through the pain, I have taken it easy, iced it a lot, and worked on my splits. Please clap.