Resources

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.
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Resources found: 189
Highlighted resource for topic Physical surveillance.
by Aden C. Magee
"Surveillance Countermeasures is a 2019 book on physical surveillance and the mitigations one can take to protect against it, written by former U.S. spy Aden C. Magee. It extensively covers topics such as the principles and tactics of surveillance operations, surveillance detection, and anti-surveillance."
Origin
Independent researchers
Topic
Physical surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
May 20, 2024
by Caisse de solidarité de Lyon
"Ce texte recense soixante fichiers actifs d'identification administrative, fichiers de police, fichiers de justice et fichiers de renseignement, en somme tous les outils dont l'État s'est doté pour le contrôle des populations. On y trouve la manière dont ils fonctionnent mais aussi comment savoir ce que l'État sait de nous et finalement comment lui demander de nous oublier. Le but n'est pas d'alimenter la paranoïa sur la police ou le sentiment de toute-puissance de l'État : oui, l'État a des moyens pour se protéger, mais visibiliser ces moyens et les connaître permet d'abord de mieux les combattre et y faire face."
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Version 4, format page par page: PDF
Version 4, format brochure: PDF
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Borders, DNA, Fingerprints, Police files
Type
Text
Last updated
May 10, 2024
Highlighted resource for topics Digital surveillance, Mobile phones.
"AnarSec is a resource designed to help anarchists navigate the hostile terrain of technology — defensive guides for digital security and anonymity, as well as offensive guides for hacking. All guides are available in booklet format for printing and will be kept up to date."
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Homepage: anarsec.guide
Tails for Anarchists: anarsec.guide
Tails Best Practices: anarsec.guide
Qubes OS for Anarchists: anarsec.guide
Kill the Cop in Your Pocket: anarsec.guide
GrapheneOS for Anarchists: anarsec.guide
Linux Essentials: anarsec.guide
Remove Identifying Metadata From Files: anarsec.guide
Encrypted Messaging for Anarchists: anarsec.guide
Make Your Electronics Tamper-Evident: anarsec.guide
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Digital surveillance, Mobile phones
Type
Text
Last updated
April 29, 2024
Highlighted resource for topic DNA.
"This is a practical zine, but we'll take (brief) detours through theory. First, we'll talk about how cops work with DNA. Then we'll offer ideas for how to make their job as difficult as possible, both by giving tips to develop your own security protocols and by proposing a protocol that we consider appropriate. At the end, we've added more theoretical appendices on the biology of DNA and on some technical aspects of its use by scientists."
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(fr) blablADN. Tout cramer pour brûler + longtemps : un guide pour ne pas laisser de traces
"C'est une brochure à vocation pratique, mais on va faire des détours (pas trop longs) par des trucs théoriques. On va d'abord parler de comment les keufs travaillent avec l'ADN. Ensuite on va donner des pistes sur comment rendre leur taf le plus difficile possible, aussi bien en donnant des clefs pour se faire ses propres protocoles de sécurité qu'en proposant un protocole qui nous parait pertinent. À la fin, on a rajouté des annexes plus théoriques sur la biologie de l'ADN et sur certains aspects techniques de son utilisation par les keufs scientifiques."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
DNA
Type
Text
Last updated
March 27, 2024
Highlighted resource for topic Video surveillance.
"Knowing where the cameras are, how they work, how the footage is transmitted and viewed, and how these technologies are evolving is a way of concretely giving ourselves the means to go after video surveillance and the interests they protect."
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(fr) Pas vue pas prise: contre la vidéo-surveillance
"Savoir où sont placées les caméras, comment elles fonctionnent, comment leurs images sont transmises et consultées et comment les technologies évoluent, c'est [...] se donner des moyens concrets de pouvoir, avec plus de confiance, s'en prendre à la vidéosurveillance et aux intérêts qu'elle protège."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Direct action, Video surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
March 20, 2024
"A communiqué, also sometimes called a reportback or hit report, is a report on (typically) illegal direct actions that is shared online via counter-info sites or in print publications. Mainstream media may suppress reporting about certain tactics or the reason for choosing a target may be unclear, so submitting a communiqué is a way to share news, tactics, and political motivations directly. This guide describes how to securely submit an anonymous communiqué online."
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For reading: PDF
For printing: PDF
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Digital surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
March 14, 2024
Highlighted resource for topic Direct action.
"What exactly does it take to not get caught carrying out heavy actions like arson? […] For anyone who wants to carry out actions like this, but isn’t doing so yet, I’ve sketched an outline of the steps I think are necessary to sustain hard-hitting attacks on domination."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Direct action
Type
Text
Last updated
February 23, 2024
"John Jacob Towery […] infiltrated the [U.S. cities] Tacoma and Olympia anarchist and anti-war scene from the spring of 2007 until being outed in the summer of 2009. The following is a rough narrative of the experiences of a few Tacoma anarchists who were acquainted with [him]."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Infiltrators and informants
Type
Text
Last updated
January 2, 2024
This resource is partly outdated, but can still be useful. Please read it with caution.
"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
"We ask our comrades “is it okay to use mobile phones?” and they respond “it depends on your threat model” before listing off scenarios that might endanger us. From these interactions, we have some idea of how a threat model is used, but how they're created is usually less clear. […] This zine covers the methods you can use to threat model on your own and how these explicit steps can make you and those around you more safe."
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For reading: PDF
For printing: PDF
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Security culture
Type
Text
Last updated
January 1, 2024
Highlighted resource for topic Borders.
"The information contained in this zine is meant for people trying to cross at legitimate border crossings. We are proposing a standard of practice where we do not “inform” on our friends and community when crossing the border. […] [W]e hope to inspire conversations on “best practices at the border,” so that we can keep each other, and our networks, safer."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topic
Borders
Type
Text
Last updated
December 26, 2023
Highlighted resource for topic Physical surveillance.
by Luchs / Michael Schmidt and Andrea Müller
"Surveillance and surveillance countermeasures: this text deals with options, risks and countermeasures. It is based on research, personal accounts and inside information, as well as a few publications on this subject."
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PDF: read | A4 booklet part 1, part 2 | letter booklet part 1, part 2TEXT
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(de) Maßnahmen gegen Observation
"Observation und Gegenobservation: Dieser Text behandelt ihre Möglichkeiten, Risiken und Gegenmaßnahmen; er basiert auf Recherchen, Erfahrungsberichten und Insiderinformationen sowie einigen wenigen Veröffentlichungen zu diesem Thema."
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
Automated license plate readers, Hidden devices, IMSI catchers, Mobile phones, Physical surveillance, Video surveillance
Type
Text
Last updated
December 20, 2023
by Some humble anarchist
"This is a small and incomplete outline of what questions you should ask yourself, and what obstacles you may encounter when you are trying to have a fun night to forget. Most importantly — how will you emerge from the shadows and disappear back into them without a trace?"
Origin
Friends & other activists
Topics
DNA, Digital surveillance, Video surveillance
Type