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How to protect your phone and privacy while attending protests in 2025

Learn how to secure your device, prevent tracking, and keep your personal data safe from surveillance.

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 27, 2025
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'Labor Against Monopoly' by Paul Krafft, from Capital and Labor (1907), Public Domain Image Archive

[See update about Faraday pouches for blocking phones.]

"For most protesters, activists, and journalists, your smartphone is an essential tool you depend on for organizing with your peers, accessing and distributing information, and helping others. It also …

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