Digital Security

Using 2FA (two-factor authentication) increases digital security by adding a second verification step when logging into an account. Authenticator apps like Proton Authenticator can help manage 2FA codes.

Email & Documents

Messaging & Online Meetings

Learn more about end-to-end encryption (website)

by Surveillance Self-Defense

Proton Mail (website)

End-to-end encrypted email

(Privacy Decrypted #2: How to use Proton Mail more anonymously - website)

Proton Drive (website)

End-to-end encrypted file storage

CryptPad (website)

Open-source for end-to-end encrypted collaboration

Tuta (website)

Encrypted email, calendar and contacts

Riseup Pad

https://pad.riseup.net

For groups collaborating on text documents

Messaging & Online Meetings

Signal (website)

End-to-end encrypted messaging

(read more about Signal security by Activist Checklist)

"here’s how you can turn off notifications or at least make it so Signal message content isn’t visible in your push notifications on your iPhone" (IG)

by 404Mediaco

Zoom

Adding an image watermark

("this feature secures the information that you share during a meeting and ensures that shared or confidential content belongs to you")

Large/unvetted Zoom calls are vulnerable to infiltration, recording (with or without consent), and can be a source of names, personal images, and any information shared in the chat.

Jitsi Meet (website)

Open-source video conferencing

Offers end-to-end encryption

BigBlueButton (website)

Open-source virtual classroom

Zoombombing (website)

Technical guide to avoid zoombombing by Palante Technology Cooperative