How to Set Up a Secure Phone
A How-To Guide for Whistleblowers, Journalists, And Privacy Advocates
The Highest Stakes…
This post’s been brewing for a while now. It combines almost every approach I’ve researched in regards to security, privacy, and maintaining anonymity in our world of corporate and government oversight. It dawned on me as I was writing my Firewall series on Medium that the most vulnerable among us needed a simple how-to guide on setting up a safe and secure communication device. This post is the culmination of that idea.
Some of you, who are NOT the most vulnerable will think some of the recommendations on this list are extreme. You’re right: they are. Please keep in mind, that while many of the items on this list are smart for any digitally aware citizen, the list is — truly — designed for whistleblowers, journalists, dissident citizens living in oppressive countries, and the strongest of privacy advocates.
First, it’s worth reminding ourselves why this guide is 100% necessary:
There are those among us whose desire for free and unmonitored communications results in arrest or imprisonment. There are those among us who are imprisoned simply for speaking out against their government. Hundreds of journalists who attempt to share vital information…
