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Searchable database of zines, texts and other media dealing with surveillance and operational security. The goal is to help anarchists and other rebels acquire a practical understanding of the surveillance threats they may face in their struggles and in their lives. Resources that are easy to understand and written by friends are preferred.
Topic - Other physical traces (10)
This resource is partly outdated, but can still be useful. Please read it with caution.
(en) Without a trace
1977
"This book appears at a time in which revolutionary comrades are confronted with the problem of doing actions which could leave traces. As a result, it is important to know how such traces can be found, how they can be used as evidence, how to learn to avoid leaving them."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Other physical traces
Type
Text
Last updated
January 2, 2024
(de) Brandstiftungen an Kraftfahrzeugen (Deutsches Polizeiblatt)
2012
by Deutsches Polizeiblatt
"Eine Diskussion polizeilicher Taktiken im Hinblick auf sich ausbreitende Brandstiftungen an PKW in Hamburg sowie Berlin, mit einem besonderen Fokus auf sowohl Präventionsstrategien, als auch Ermittlungsansätze der Bullen."
Origin
State institution
Topics
Direct action, Other physical traces
Type
Text
Last updated
July 21, 2021
(de) Mantrailing für den Realeinsatz: Hunde als Geruchsdetektive
2006
by Andrea Freiin von Buddenbrock
"Dieses Buch möchte Hundeführern, Interessierten und allen, die Hunde zum Mantrailing einsetzen, einen Überblick darüber verschaffen, was Mantrailing ist und was die gut ausgebildete Hundenase zu leisten vermag."
Origin
Independent researchers
Topic
Other physical traces
Type
Text
Last updated
July 21, 2021
(de) Kriminaltechnik: Expertise
2009
by Robert Weihmann
"Publikation von Robert Weihmann (Bullenschwein und u.a. Mitglied in RAF-Sonderkommissionen) aus dem Jahr 2009. Es beinhaltet sämtliche Themenbereiche der Kriminaltechnik und gibt einen sehr konkreten Blick in die Polizeiarbeit."
Origin
State institution
Topics
DNA, Fingerprints, Other physical traces
Type
Text
Last updated
July 9, 2021
Highlighted resource for topics Direct action, Fingerprints, Other physical traces.
(de) Prisma
2010
by lunatics for system change
"Für eine Welt ohne Schlösser und Schranken und ein besseres Leben für alle!"
Kapitel "Unsere eigene Sicherheit" in Prisma: ntpfiles.noblogs.org
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Direct action, Fingerprints, Hidden devices, IMSI catchers, Mobile phones, Other physical traces, Video surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
July 9, 2021
(de) Vorsicht Spuren!
2012
"Es gibt praktische keine “Umweltveränderung” (Bürgerinnen nennen es Straftat), die keine Spuren hinterlässt. Und die können inzwischen von Kriminaltechnikerinnen bzw. Wissenschaftler*innen in der Regel zum “Sprechen” gebracht werden. Am Ort des Geschehens wie auf dem Rückweg."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Other physical traces
Type
Text
Last updated
July 9, 2021
(el) Οδηγός αυτοπροστασίας : Ίχνη
2009
by Théorie du contexte (theorieducontexte.wordpress.com)
"Γεννιόμαστε με τα δακτυλικά μας αποτυπώματα και δεν μπορούμε ποτέ να απαλλαγούμε απ' αυτά. Όποτε αγγίζουμε κάτι με τα ακροδάχτυλά μας, αφήνουμε πίσω τα “επισκεπτήρια” μας. Η αστυνομία δυσκολεύεται να “σηκώσει” τα αποτυπώματά μας, ανάλογα με την επιφάνεια στην οποία βρίσκονται."
Στις σελίδες 7-11 του πρώτου τεύχους του περιοδικού "Théorie du contexte": PDF
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Digital surveillance, Fingerprints, Other physical traces, Video surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
May 7, 2021
(en) Printer Tracking: Is Your Printer Spying On You?
2007-2017
by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
"Imagine that every time you printed a document it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer — and potentially the person who used it. Sounds like something from an episode of “Alias” right? Unfortunately the scenario isn't fictional. In a purported effort to identify counterfeiters the US government has succeeded in persuading some color laser printer manufacturers to encode each page with identifying information."
Origin
Independent researchers
Topic
Other physical traces
Type
Text
Last updated
May 7, 2021
This resource is partly outdated, but can still be useful. Please read it with caution.
(en) Without a trace
Unknown date
by Moriarty
"We are born with our fingerprints, and we'll never be able to change them or get rid of them. Whenever you touch something with your fingertips you leave behind your calling card. The police will have a varying degree of difficulty in reproducing your prints depending on the surface upon which it lies."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Fingerprints, Other physical traces, Physical surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
May 7, 2021
(en) Without a trace: A Commonsense Guide to Forensics
Unknown date
"About: shoeprints, glove and clothing prints, tool marks, trace evidence, DNA evidence, soil and plant traces, video surveillance, communiques, gathering information & communications, disposing of/destroying clothing and tools."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Other physical traces, Video surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
May 7, 2021