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Digital Security for Protests

Before, during, and after a protest. What your phone broadcasts, what cell-site simulators capture, what facial recognition can match, and a step-by-step checklist to protect yourself.

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Border Crossing & Device Searches

What agents can search without a warrant, how to lock your phone before you get to the checkpoint, and what to do if your device is seized.

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Legal Access & Your Rights

Warrants, subpoenas, national security letters, and the FISA court. What each tool can compel and what requires a judge.

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Social Media & Online Identity

What investigators pull from your posts, how metadata works against you, and a step-by-step guide to reducing your exposure.

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Protest Rights by State

State-by-state breakdown of permit requirements, police authority, new 2025–26 legislation, and what to do if you're detained. All 50 states.

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Ad Tech Surveillance

How your location gets sold to government agencies through the advertising system — and exactly how to cut off that feed on any phone.

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Laminated Pocket Cards

Waterproof. Wallet-sized. Designed for the moment you actually need them — not as a reference you look up later.

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ICE Encounter Cards — Set of 3

Wallet card. Door card. Car glove box card. What to say and what not to say in three situations. Plain English. No legal jargon.

If You're Arrested — Wallet Card

The 5 words to say. What not to consent to. Fits in your wallet.

If ICE Comes to Your Door — Door Card

Step by step. Tape it to the inside of your front door.

Phone Lockdown Before a Protest

iPhone and Android. Exact steps. Both sides of a single card.

Immigration Rights — Undocumented

Your constitutional rights regardless of status. What to say. What not to sign.

Immigration Rights — DACA/TPS

Current status, travel rights, what to do if stopped.

Immigration Rights — Green Card Holder

New deportability triggers, what to do at the border, what can actually get your status revoked.

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Lock Down Your iPhone

Step-by-step encryption, tracking opt-outs, and the exact settings that protect you.

Cut Off the Government's Data Feed

How your location gets sold through the ad system — and how to stop it on any phone.

Switch to Signal in 5 Minutes

Free, end-to-end encrypted messaging. Here's how to set it up and why it matters.

What to Delete Before AI Uses It Against You

Data you thought was private. AI de-anonymization. What to do about it now.

When the Internet Goes Dark

What governments can do to connectivity, and how to communicate when they do.

Hold Your Ground

The legal foundation for your rights when someone in authority tells you otherwise.

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