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Digital security guide for human rights defenders

Practical steps that hold up under real pressure — device seizure, account compromise, and communicating when networks are monitored.

A laptop and notebook on a wooden desk
Photo: Alejandro Escamilla

Most digital security advice assumes a threat model that does not apply here. This guide starts from the situations defenders actually face: a device taken at a checkpoint, an account compromised, a network that is monitored, and a phone that must be usable by someone who is not technical.