[liberationtech] Pro-democracy activist living under authoritarian regime seeks communication solutions

[Yosem Companys]

This recently popped up in my RSS feeds, although it's at least 6 months
old:

https://digiwonk.gadgethacks.com/how-to/your-one-stop-guide-secure-encrypted-messaging-0170470/

On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 4:49 PM Gary Belvin <gdb at google.com> wrote:

> securityplanner.org may also be useful.
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 11:48 PM ITechGeek <ITG at itechgeek.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is a good starter guide:  https://ssd.eff.org/en
>>
>> VPNs and other activities can sometimes be blocked.
>>
>> To get around being blocked (like by say China), the Tor folks have
>> bridges which they can provide people
>> (https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges).
>>
>> And remember while it might slow things down, these options aren't
>> exclusive, for example using Tor to hide where you on the Internet and
>> then use Signal or OTR to communicate securely w/ friends/allies.
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 2:18 PM Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
>> <alps6085 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Yeah I finally started using signal it’s cool
>> >
>> > Regards / Saludos / Grato
>> >
>> > Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
>> >
>> > On Dec 28, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey All,
>> >
>> > A pro-democracy activist living in a country with an authoritarian
>> regime sends the following questions anonymously to our list:
>> >
>> > Our country's communication system is under constant surveillance.
>> What's the best way to circumvent this system?
>> > What do you think of Hotspot Shield VPN (and all other VPNs for that
>> matter)?
>> > The activist also asks about the security and privacy of Signal,
>> Wicker, Riot, Tor, and so on, and whether these solutions can be used in
>> any country or whether they're country-specific.
>> >
>> > We have discussed these questions extensively over the years, but
>> regimes and activists are constantly adapting and new solutions are
>> continuously being developed. So an updated discussion is likely warranted.
>> >
>> > Looking to the future, I'm wondering whether we should set up a wiki
>> (should it not exist already) with the answers to the aforementioned
>> questions and update it regularly so that the information is readily
>> available to anyone without having to go through hoops to ask us.
>> >
>> > In the meantime, please feel free to answer the questions publicly
>> (with the list as a whole) or privately (with me).
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Yosem
>> >
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