Phone or No Phone?
Securing Your Phone
Leaving a phone at home or bringing a well-secured burner phone isn’t always an option. If you bring a smartphone to an event, there are ways you can increase your privacy (although there are no guarantees).
It's easy to forget all the steps to secure your phone!
These printable wallet cards or larger print cards (scroll to page 4) contain steps to help secure your smartphone.
(Disclaimer: these steps cannot guarantee digital privacy)
Smartphone Security
Secondary Phones
Law Enforcement & Phones
General Security/Privacy
How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone (website)
by Wired
Secondary Phone Checklist (website)
by Neighborhood Anarchist Collective
"Burner Phone" vs "Secondary Phone" (website)
General Security/Privacy
Law Enforcement & Phones
General Security/Privacy
How to Block My Phone From Being Tracked in 2026: Untap iPhone and Android Devices (website)
by Cloudwards
Control Your Smartphone Data (website)
Data Detox Kit by Tactical Tec
How do I get secure phone backups? (website)
by Freedom of the Press Foundation
How to Reduce Your Phone's Eavesdropping (Instagram) by soulmindhub
How to Block My Phone From Being Tracked in 2026: Untap iPhone and Android Devices (website)
by Cloudwards
Control Your Smartphone Data (website)
Data Detox Kit by Tactical Tec
How do I get secure phone backups? (website)
by Freedom of the Press Foundation
How to Reduce Your Phone's Eavesdropping (Instagram) by soulmindhub
"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
Phones at Protests
Law Enforcement & Phones
Law Enforcement & Phones
How to prepare your phone for a protest (website)
by Cal Matters
Protest Security Checklist (Instagram)
by Cyberlixir
How to limit exposing your location (website)
Law Enforcement & Phones
Law Enforcement & Phones
Law Enforcement & Phones
Phones, Travel, and Borders
Secure Your Smartphone Prior to Traveling
Border digital security checklist - preparing for travel (website)
Device Search At Border (Instagram)
- by Cyberlixir
Preparing devices for travel through a US border (website)
Securing your passwords when traveling (website)
Travel & Flight Security (website)
