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The CSRC provides a searchable database of resources on the topic of counter-surveillance, with a focus on targeted surveillance against people who have things to hide. We want to help anarchists and other rebels acquire a practical understanding of the surveillance threats they may face in their struggles and in their lives. We prefer resources written by friends and understandable without prior technical knowledge.
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Contact us at csrc@riseup.net (PGP)
Contact us at csrc@riseup.net (PGP)
Language
Topic
Digital surveillance
(63)
Mobile phones
(49)
Video surveillance
(35)
DNA
(29)
Security culture
(28)
Police files
(18)
Hidden devices
(14)
IMSI catchers
(13)
Fingerprints
(10)
Direct action
(10)
Clandestinity
(8)
Targeted malware
(5)
Borders
(5)
Type
Origin
Friends in jail
(4)
Type - Website (27)
Advice from CSRC: if you're interested in this resource, you might also be interested in Sous-Surveillance.
2020
"Software that provides an online map that can be collaboratively annotated in real-time. Annotations can be used to indicate police activity, among other things."
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Software - github.com/frnsys/scanmap
Website using the software - scanmap.mobi
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Video surveillance
Types
Software, Website
Date added
16 February 2022
"Enttarnung der ehemaligen verdeckten Ermittlerin Maria "Block" / Böhmichen in der linken Szene Hamburgs."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Infiltrators and informants
Type
Website
Date added
5 August 2021
"Hier findest du: Informationen zur Nutzung von digitalen Kommunikationsmitteln, Umgang mit Daten und deinem Computer ; Programmempfehlungen ; Texte zum Verständnis von Informationstechnologie und Programmen."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
4 August 2021
"On 27.02.2020, two friends are intercepted by the BKA ("Bundeskriminalamt", Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany), one at the airport and the other at work, in order to take their DNA on the spot. They are accused by court order of arson against cars belonging to Deutsche Bahn some ten years ago. Thereafter, the two people are sent tens of thousands of pages of files. These include criminal investigations from more than 15 years, some of which have been discontinued. The contents described here are based exclusively on the files available to us."
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(de) Gefährliche Freundschaften"Am 27.02.2020 werden zwei Freundinnen am Flughafen und auf der Arbeit vom BKA abgefangen, um ihnen an Ort und Stelle DNA abzunehmen. Der richterliche Beschluss beschuldigt sie der Brandstiftung an Autos der Deutschen Bahn vor etwa zehn Jahren. Danach werden den zwei Betroffenen zehntausende Seiten Akten zugesandt. Diese umfassen Ermittlungsverfahren aus über 15 Jahren, davon sind einige eingestellt. Die hier geschilderten Inhalte beruhen ausschließlich auf den uns vorliegenden Akten."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Police files
Type
Website
Date added
21 July 2021
2018
"This guide is an incomplete, evolving project collecting some of the many guides and instructions available on how to handle digital security threats and general practices."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
21 July 2021
2021
"Defend Dissent is an introduction to cryptography paired with the social impacts of surveillance and the protective potential of encryption, with a focus on US social movements. Each chapter ends with a story that brings social context to the material - from surveillance used against contemporary US protests to the African National Congress’s use of partially manual encryption in fighting apartheid in South Africa in the 80s."
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For reading - PDF - 5.0 MB - 131 pages
For printing - PDF - 5.2 MB - 131 pages
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topic
Digital surveillance
Types
Book, Website
Date added
12 July 2021
"Diese Website ist eine gemeinsame Plattform des Leipziger Ermittlungsausschusses (EA) und der Roten Hilfe Leipzig. Wir befassen uns mit staatlicher Repression gegen linke Politik, unterstützen Betroffene und informieren über Gegenstrategien."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Digital surveillance, Security culture
Type
Website
Date added
20 May 2021
by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
"Law enforcement surveillance isn’t always secret. These technologies can be discovered in news articles and government meeting agendas, in company press releases and social media posts. It just hasn’t been aggregated before. Through a combination of crowdsourcing and data journalism, we are creating the largest-ever repository of information on which law enforcement agencies are using what surveillance technologies."
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topics
Aerial surveillance, Automated license plate readers, Facial recognition, IMSI catchers, Mobile phones, Video surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
2001-?
"A/I (Autistici/Inventati, pronounced [au’tistiʧi]-[iŋ’vɛntati], or [iŋvɛn’tati]) was born in 2001 from an encounter of individuals and collectives of the autonomous anticapitalist movement interested in technology and active in the digital rights struggle. We believe that this world is far from being the best world possible. We react by providing a platform and tools for digital self-defense addressing the need of secure, free communication and privacy for activists and other individuals."
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(it) Autistici/Inventati"A/I (che sta per autistici.org / inventati.org) nasce nel 2001 dall’incontro di individualità e collettivi provenienti dal mondo antagonista e anticapitalista, impegnati a lavorare con le tecnologie e attivi nella lotta per i diritti digitali. Crediamo che questo non sia affatto il migliore dei mondi possibili. La nostra risposta è offrire ad attivisti, gruppi e collettivi piattaforme per una comunicazione più libera e strumenti digitali per l’autodifesa della privacy."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
by Centro de Estudos, Resposta e Tratamento de Incidentes de Segurança no Brasil (cert.br)
"A Cartilha de Segurança para Internet é um documento com recomendações e dicas sobre como o usuário de Internet deve se comportar para aumentar a sua segurança e se proteger de possı́veis ameaças. O documento apresenta o significado de diversos termos e conceitos utilizados na Internet, aborda os riscos de uso desta tecnologia e fornece uma série de dicas e cuidados a serem tomados pelos usuários para se protegerem destas ameaças."
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Origin
State institution
Topic
Digital surveillance
Types
Website, Zine
Date added
7 May 2021
by Ears and Eyes
"These devices take different forms : microphones, cameras, geolocation devices. Targeted spaces can be all the spaces we go through : buildings, vehicles, public space. We noticed the lack of informations available around us concerning this kind of surveillance. What is the real use of these devices by intelligence agencies? Which kind of devices are used? In which contexts? How efficiently? What can we do to oppose this kind of surveillance?"
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(fr) Ears and eyes: à propos des dispositifs de surveillance cachés par les flics dans nos espaces de vie"Les dispositifs en question sont variés : microphones, caméras, balises de localisation. Les espaces visés peuvent être tous les espaces qu’on traverse : bâtiments, véhicules, espace public. On a constaté le manque d’informations disponibles autour de nous sur ce type de surveillance. Quelle est l’utilisation réelle de ces dispositifs par les services de renseignement ? Quels types de dispositifs sont utilisés ? Dans quels contextes ? Avec quelle efficacité ? Quels moyens mettre en place pour contrer ce type de surveillance ?"
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Hidden devices, Video surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
by South Lighthouse (southlighthouse.org)
"We are a project involved in detecting and understanding cell phone surveillance in risk contexts within Latin America."
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topics
IMSI catchers, Mobile phones
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
"Hacking//Hustling is a collective of sex workers, survivors, and accomplices working at the intersection of tech and social justice to interrupt state surveillance and violence facilitated by technology."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
"To je smyslem Černorudé příručky - podpořit v nás sebevědomí, zmenšit náš strach a zároveň přiložit další kámen do pevnosti s názvem bezpečnostní kultura. Nejde přitom jen o jednotlivce, důsledný musí být každý jeden z nás. Pokud všichni budeme pevní a důslední, pak se výrazně sníží riziko, že budeme chyceni a nakonec rozbiti jako celek."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Digital surveillance, Direct action, Fingerprints, Hidden devices, Infiltrators and informants, Mobile phones, Physical surveillance, Security culture
Types
Blog post, Website
Date added
7 May 2021
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."
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topic
Hidden devices
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
Warning from CSRC: we consider this resource to be partly outdated, but we think it can still be useful. Please take it with caution.
"Parece que se ha olvidado que hace 10 años no teníamos móviles y que si no nos gustan podemos vivir sin ellos. Si no quieres dejarte asustar por el miedo, quieres seguir movilizándote contra la injusticia, si quieres desarrollar un pensamiento crítico, te invitamos a leer lo que viene a continuación. Bueno, la verdad es que nos encantaría que quemes tu móvil y te vamos a dar buenas razones por hacerlo o por lo menos para pensártelo..."
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(eu) Erre zure mugikorra!"Badirudi ahaztu dugula orain hamar urte mugikorrik ez geneukala, eta gustoko ez baditugu eurak gabe bizi gaitezkeela. Bai, bai. Egi-egia esan: Ikaragarri gustatuko litzaiguke zure mugikorra erreko bazenu, eta oso arrazoi onak emango dizkizugu hala egin dezazun edo, behintzat, zalantza egin dezazun."
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"L'idea di studiare le tematiche di questo opuscolo è nata in un momento femminista tra donne, lesbiche, froci e trans+ di scambio e condivisione sulla lotta contro le frontiere ed i dispositivi repressivi costruiti attorno ed a partire da esse. Nel cercare approfondimenti su cellulari e telefonia ci siamo imbattutx in questo lavoro che per i suoi anni era fatto molto bene. Qualche tempo dopo abbiamo deciso di tradurlo ed aggiornarlo, già che ci stavamo lavorando sopra abbiamo tolto le parti che non ci convincevano del testo. Quindi quanto leggerete non è la traduzione del testo, ma quello che ci sembrava interessante estrapolare con varie parti ampliate o eliminate."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
IMSI catchers, Mobile phones
Types
Website, Zine
Date added
7 May 2021
by Security Without Borders (securitywithoutborders.org)
"This is a somewhat comprehensive list of reports published by a number of organizations and individuals, that expose the use of targeted surveillance against members of civil society."
Origin
Independent researchers
Topics
Digital surveillance, Targeted malware
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
by Right2Know Campaign
"The R2K seeks to create a country and a world where we all have the right to know – that is to be free to access and to share information. This right is fundamental to any democracy that is open, accountable, participatory and responsive; able to deliver the social, economic, gender and environmental justice we need."
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Big Brother exposed (2015)
Stop the surveillance! State surveillance in South Africa (2017)
Spooked: surveillance of journalists in South Africa (2018)
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Digital surveillance, IMSI catchers, Mobile phones, Physical surveillance
Types
Website, Zine
Date added
7 May 2021
"Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change. We are a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling our own secure means of communications."
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Main website - riseup.net
Security guide - riseup.net/en/security
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(de) Riseup"Riseup bietet Online-Kommunikationstools für Menschen und Gruppen, die an befreiendem gesellschaftlichem Wandel arbeiten. Wir sind ein Projekt, das demokratische Alternativen entwickelt und wir üben Selbstbestimmung aus, indem wir unsere eigenen sicheren Kommunikationswege kontrollieren."
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Haupt-Website - riseup.net/de
Sicherheitsleitfaden - riseup.net/de/security
"Η Riseup προσφέρει εργαλεία online επικοινωνίας για ανθρώπους και ομάδες που εργάζονται για την απελευθερωτική αλλαγή της κοινωνίας. Είμαστε ένα project για τη δημιουργία δημοκρατικών εναλλακτικών και την εφαρμογή του αυτο-καθορισμού, έχοντας τον έλεγχο των δικών μας ασφαλών μέσων επικοινωνίας."
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"Riseup proporciona herramientas de comunicación online para gente y grupos que trabajan en un cambio social libertario. Somos un proyecto para crear alternativas democráticas y ejercer la autogestión mediante el control de nuestro propios medios de comunicación."
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"Riseup fournit des outils de communication en ligne pour les personnes et les groupes qui militent en faveur d'un changement social libérateur. Nous sommes un projet pour créer des alternatives démocratiques et pour pratiquer l'auto-détermination en contrôlant nos propres moyens de communication sécurisés."
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Site principal - riseup.net/fr
Guide sur la sécurité - riseup.net/fr/security
"Riseup mette a disposizione strumenti di comunicazione online a gruppi impegnati nel cambiamento sociale libertario. Noi siamo un progetto per creare alternative democratiche e praticare l'autodeterminazione mediante il controllo dei nostri mezzi di comunicazione."
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"O Riseup oferece ferramentas de comunicação on-line para pessoas e grupos trabalhando por mudanças sociais libertadoras. Somos um projeto para a criação de alternativas democráticas e para a prática da autonomia, por meio do controle dos nossos próprios meios de comunicação segura."
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Sítio Web principal - riseup.net/pt
Guia de segurança - riseup.net/pt/security
"Riseup предлагает средства онлайн-коммуникации для групп и лиц, вовлеченных в социально-освободительную деятельность. Мы — проект, занимающийся созданием демократичных альтернатив и осуществляющий право на самоопределение путём контроля за собственными безопасными инструментами связи."
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Главный сайт - riseup.net/ru
Руководство по безопасности - riseup.net/ru/security
"Riseup为那些致力于解放、自由和社会变革的组织或个人提供在线交流工具。本项目旨在提供一个自由、可控、安全的网络交流平台。"
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
"Шифропанки – люди заинтересованные в создании, развитии и распространении сильной криптографии. В мире компьютеров и сети Интернет информация перестала быть эфемерной, люди лишаются возможности контролировать её потоки и иметь приватность. Технологии шифрования и анонимизации позволяют решить эти проблемы."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
by University of Washington
"SeaGlass is a system designed by security researchers at the University of Washington to measure IMSI-catcher use across a city."
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topics
IMSI catchers, Mobile phones
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
Advice from CSRC: if you're interested in this resource, you might also be interested in Scanmap.
2013-?
"Dans les rues, dans les transports en commun, devant les commerces et les écoles... Les caméras se multiplient ! La vidéo-surveillance enregistre nos faits et gestes au quotidien, alors que les dispositifs de contrôle ne cessent de s’intensifier et de se perfectionner. Dans ce contexte, "Sous-surveillance.net" propose un outil de lutte. Ce projet permet à chaque ville de se doter facilement d’un site local de cartographie des caméras, publiques comme privées, qui filment l’espace public."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Video surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
"EFF’s “Street-Level Surveillance” project shines light on the advanced surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy in our communities. These resources are designed for members of the public, advocacy organizations, journalists, defense attorneys, and policymakers who often are not getting the straight story from police representatives or the vendors marketing this equipment."
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topics
Aerial surveillance, Automated license plate readers, Facial recognition, IMSI catchers, Mobile phones, Video surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
"We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for nearly thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense : our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying."
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(am) ጥንቃቄ ለተሞላ የድር ግንኙነት ጠቃሚ ምክሮች፣ መሣሪያዎች እና አጠቃቀሞች"እኛ ኤሌክትሮኒክ ፍሮንታየር ፋውንዴሽን ወደ ሰላሣ ለሚጠጉ ዓመታት የመስመር ላይ ግለኝነትን ለመጠበቅ ስንሰራ የኖርን፣ ገለልተኛ እና ለትርፍ ያልቋቋምን ድርጅት ነን፡፡ ይህ ሰርቪሊያንስ ሰልፍ ዲፌንስ፣ ራስዎን እና ወዳጅዎችዎን ከመስመር ላይ ስለላ የሚጠብቅ የባለሙያ መመሪያ ነው፡፡"
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"نحن منظمة التخوم الإلكترونية وهي منظمة مستقلة غير ربحية تعمل على حماية الخصوصية على الإنترنت منذ ما يقارب الثلاثين عاماً. وهذا هو مشروع الدفاع عن النفس ضد الرقابة: دليلنا الاحترافي لمساعدتك على حماية نفسك وأصدقائك من التجسس عبر الإنترنت."
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"Somos la Electronic Frontier Foundation, una organización independiente sin fines de lucro que trabaja para proteger la privacidad en línea desde hace casi treinta años. Esto es Autoprotección Digital Contra La Vigilancia: nuestra guía avanzada para protegerte a ti y a tus amigos del espionaje en línea."
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"Nous sommes la Fondation Frontière Électronique, un organisme indépendant sans but lucratif qui oeuvre depuis près de 30 ans pour protéger votre vie privée en ligne. Voici Autodéfense contre la surveillance : notre guide spécialisé sur la protection contre l’espionnage en ligne, pour vous et vos amis."
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"Nós somos a Electronic Frontier Foundation, uma organização sem fins lucrativos que há quase 30 anos trabalha para proteger a privacidade. O Guia de Autodefesa contra Vigilância é nossa ferramenta com dicas de especialistas para proteger você e amigos/as da espionagem virtual."
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"Мы, сотрудники независимой некоммерческой организации Electronic Frontier Foundation, работаем на протяжении почти тридцати лет в области обеспечения конфиденциальности в сети Интернет. Пособие «Самозащита от слежки» поможет вам и вашим друзьям избежать слежки в сети."
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"Electronic Frontier Foundation yaklaşık 30 senedir çevrimiçi gizliliği savunan bağımsız ve kâr amacı gütmeyen bir organizasyondur. Gözetim Meşru Müdafaa, çevrimiçi casusluğa karşı sizi ve yakınlarınızı korumak için düzenlenmiş uzman rehberimizdir."
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"Chúng tôi là Electronic Frontier Foundation, một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận, độc lập, hoạt động để bảo vệ quyền riêng tư & bảo mật trên mạng gần ba mươi năm nay. Tài liệu này là Tự Vệ Chống Theo Dõi: cẩm nang hướng dẫn bạn và người quen cách đề phòng bị theo dõi trên mạng."
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Origin
Independent researchers
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
2019-?
"Technopolice est une campagne visant à documenter et à lutter contre le déploiement de nouvelles technologies policières (drones, reconnaissance faciale, vidéosurveillance automatisée, police prédictive...). Nous avons pour cela créé et mis à disposition plusieurs outils (un forum, un site, une base documentaire...) pour permettre à chacune et chacun de se saisir de ces questions."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Aerial surveillance, Automated license plate readers, Facial recognition, Mobile phones, Video surveillance
Type
Website
Date added
7 May 2021
"This is a maintained technical guide that aims to provide introduction to various online tracking techniques, online id verification techniques and guidance to creating and maintaining (truly) anonymous online identities."
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Types
Website, Zine
Date added
7 May 2021
by Undercover Research Group
"The Undercover Research Project aims to create an one-stop resource on political policing and undercover surveillance. This blog discusses the undermining of protest and dissent, to support others holding those responsible to account."
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Was My Friend A Spycop? - PDF - 4.1 MB - 24 pages
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Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Infiltrators and informants
Types
Website, Zine
Date added
7 May 2021