Preparing for house raids is the process of taking precautionary measures to minimize the impact of a potential house raid or covert house search.
An important precautionary measure is to minimize the presence of materials that you wouldn't want an adversary to find during a raid. In particular:
- You should encrypt all digital devices with Full Disk Encryption, and turn them off overnight or when you are away for the encryption to be effective.
- You should store materials used for actions that can appear to have a “legitimate” purpose where they belong and not together (gloves with cleaning supplies, etc.)
- You should store materials used in actions that have no “legitimate” purpose in a stash spot or safe house, or at worst, let them pass through your home for a very limited time. In most contexts, we do not think it makes sense to avoid keeping anarchist literature at home, but you should avoid keeping specific guides to sketchy things.
In addition, to detect if an adversary has physically accessed an electronic device during a covert house search, you can use tamper-evident preparation.
Techniques addressed by this mitigation
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Covert house search | You can prepare for a covert house search by minimizing the presence of materials that could be harmful in the event of a search. |
| House raid | You can prepare for a house raid by minimizing the presence of materials that could be harmful in the event of a raid. |