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Going to a Protest? Don't Bring Your Phone Without Doing This First (www.pcmag.com)
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The right to assemble and protest is enshrined in American law, but it can still be dangerous to hit the streets to make your voice heard. Your devices are a treasure trove of information about you, and you may not always know who's collecting that data. Take a few minutes before you go to assess your digital and physical safety. Even if you have nothing to hide, you don't want to accidentally give law enforcement officials any information you didn't intend to share. Follow these tips to lock down your phone before a protest or other peaceful assembly.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Lol, lmao even. That's some careful word play for the sake of unneccesary hyperbole.

They have shot innocent white American citizens. In some other places they have gone door to door. Those are independent actions, not a combined reality. We can all agree they're god awful as a massive understatement without lying about door to door murder squads.

Inb4 "if you have to make that kind of distinction you're already fucked" yeah, we are, but accurate information about the ground situation is vital for any forward movement.

[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man, that's a Reddit-pedantic "you forgot PEDMAS" -like response to someone worrying about getting their home raided and asking a simple question.

You're not fucked. You're a dick. And being one isn't "vital" to anything.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't seriously be suggesting that lying to people about the sitaution is in any way helpful.

Fuck off and sow FUD elsewhere.

[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

You can't be so dense as to think that simple minded hair splitting is actually useful when people are being dragged from their homes at gunpoint by the US Gestapo right now?

Holy shit.

You might as well be a Fed.