Computer and Smartphone Security in Repressive Countries | 电脑和手机安全手册在压迫国家
Links and copies are AGAIN online. I’ll post when I receive an update. Vietnamese has been added 现在可以下载。要是文章要改变，我有最新版的时一会给你下载。 Updated 2018 June 17
- your country can confiscate, investigate and interrogate your devices at will。
- 你国家可以随意没收，调查和询问您的电脑和手机
- your country can force or coerce you to give up your passwords
- 你的国家可以强制或胁迫你放弃你的密码
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- English
- Chinese 中文
- Vietnamese
- Turkish: Coming Soon
Repressive Behaviour in the US, Canada and Europe, under Specific Circumstances
Under certain unique circumstances so called free world countries can also apply here. For example, Canadians who cross the border to the US can and have been forced to provide their passwords to smartphones or computers, or risk being barred entry into the US.
Britain has convicted a suspected terrorist for not revealing his smartphone and computer passwords. These might be unique circumstances, or they might not be. Thus, while repressive brings some stereotypical countries to mind, and they should, this does not by any means mean that the countries of the free world are immune. They are not, and we should be on guard when they step over the legal line.
Canada’s border agency to start tracking the number of cellphone searches
CBSA [Canadian Border Services Agency] has long maintained that it has the right to search electronic devices at the border for evidence of customs-related infractions — without a warrant — as it does suitcases and bags. A 2015 interim policy, still in effect today, says that device searches “should not be conducted as a matter of routine.”…
CBSA’s current policy is that it will not arrest Canadians solely for refusing to provide a password, though the agency believes it has the legal authority to do so — a stance contested by lawyers and civil liberties advocates in Canada.
The Lack of Security Control in Smartphones
Everyone uses Apps on our phones to access accounts and services. Having mobile Apps not only gives the police direct, although limited, access to our accounts, for example emails, but also, even if you protect those Apps with additional passwords, will tell them what services you use. Your phone can literally destroy all your computer security. It has happened many times.
Make sure to specify how you use your phone, and make sure to avoid using Apps that are allowed to identify what services you use online. Usually when downloading or configuring your mobile Apps you will be asked whether to grant it access to location, camera, or contacts, for example. Furthermore, do not use the browser on your phone to access sensitive webmail, as traces are impossible to remove on a phone. Also, proper deletion is likewise much harder on a phone, and you should never use your phone to store any work documents, or download any work documents for later transfer to your computer.
First off, even though phones today are like small computers, they are limited in power, and therefore limited in how much you can do to solve security threats. In short, your phone will never be safe. This is important to remember. If in doubt, or in a situation of heightened security concern, never rely on your phone. Turn it off, when possible remove the battery, and leave it somewhere safe. As long as your battery is in the phone you can be tracked.
Security Guidelines
These documents are important for those of us in repressive countries, where our personal liberty and privacy are at risk. Within this small web site is a summary document as well as a longer, more specific document in a couple of different languages, including English and Chinese, with Vietnamese and Turkish coming soon. While the tactics used have a technology component, the most powerful tools are based on social engineering rather than technology. How you do certain things and how you clean up after yourself is more important than having the best encryption. This is because with torture, you will eventually reveal to authorities your password. The best lock is not the one that uses the strongest steel, but the one that authorities do not know exists.
Please download from practicaldigitalprotection.com, the original source. If they are somehow unavailable then try here:
English
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (EN)
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (EN) Windows and Android
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (EN) OSX and iPhone
Chinese/中文
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (CN) 数字安全实用手册 介绍
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (CN) 数字安全实用手册 手册 微软 安卓
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (CN) 数字安全实用手册 手册 IOS 苹果手机
Vietnamese
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (VN) LỜI GIỚI THIỆU
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (VN) Windows and Android TÀI LIỆU HƯỚNG DẪN
Behaviour Based Cybersecurity (VN) OSX and iPhone TÀI LIỆU HƯỚNG DẪN
Links:
In Search of Better Digital Protection for Human Rights Defenders In China
2019 Feb 27 Limiting Your Digital Footprints in a Surveillance State
2019 Apr 19 China takes aim at Swedish activist as it ramps up ‘foreign infiltration’ propaganda