1. Working Title: 'Security Culture in An Age of Cyber Repression'
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3. Security Culture In An Age of Cyber Repression
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5. - Dictionary
6. - Briefing on Philosophy & Political Nature of Internet Security
7. - Why You DO Have Something To Hide
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9. - The Basics
10. - Passwords
11. - Encryption
12. - Browser Addons
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14. - Anonymizing Yourself
15. - Basics
16. - Alternate Usernames
17. - Things to avoid/know
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19. - Intro to Free Software
20. - Operating Systems (Linux)
21. - Apps & Software
22. - List of A alternative to B
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24. - End Note/The Future
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26. - Additional Resources
27. - Recommended Reading
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31. SECURITY CULTURE IN AN AGE OF CYBER REPRESSION
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34. YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE
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36. In the past several years, it can be assumed that everyone has heard their relatives, friends, or even themselves, utter the words “I’ve got nothing to hide” or “Unless you’re doing something illegal, you don’t have anything to worry about” when discussing government surveillance. The issue with this response is that whether or not you have something to hide means nothing in the eyes of the government. It is not always about busting you for what you have already done. It’s about finding out what you’re going to do next. The data being mined from our keystrokes and the malicious malware being injected into our operating systems, software, and more are all generating power for someone other than you. For each time you head somewhere with your GPS turned on or live stream on Facebook to all of your friends, there is a government and very likely a corporation, benefiting from your data.
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38. Even the smallest light being shown on a person’s life on the internet can provide enough information to track location, relations, interests, and much more. The government often collects small and “harmless” pieces of information, which only end up being combined together to create a picture of each citizen’s life. The slow accumulation of our personal data and lives being monitored through a government or corporate lens will eventually be the downfall of us all, unless steps are taken to make a change. In an age where we are constantly seeing a battle waged against encryption, net neutrality, personal privacy, and a the exchange of information, we must be on the opposition of all government and corporate powers. While there are many steps that have to be taken, liberation of cyberspace is one of the most important things that we will see in our lifetime. It is up to us to secure the internet, our lives, and our world for a better tomorrow.
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41. --SIDE NOTES
42. Security is a process, and this zine is only going to provide you a place to start. There will be additional  references, links, and suggested readings listed at the end for those interested.
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45. The Four Freedoms to Free Software
46. The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose – fREEDOM 0
47. The freedom to study how the program works through its source code, and change it so it does your computing as you wish – fREEDOM 1
48. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your community – fREEDOM 2
49. The freedom to distribute copies of your own modified versions to others – fREEDOM 3
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53. While there are minor inconveniences that come at the expense of fighting for our freedoms, we must remain focused on the goal of obtaining these freedoms for all users. There are ethical, free, and open source alternatives that exist for the software that we commonly use to communicate with our friends, check our emails, and produce media and content. Using these alternatives is only the first step in the liberation of cyberspace, but it is a mandatory one.
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55. RECOMMENDED OPEN SOURCE ALTERNATIVES TO THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE YOU LIKELY USE
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57. Operating Systems (Alternatives to Microsoft Windows & OSX) – Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux, Linux Mint DEBIAN, FreeBSD, Gentoo, and more.
58. Web Browsers (Alternatives to Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari) – Mozilla Firefox, TOR
59. Search Engines (Alternatives to Bing, Yahoo, Google) – DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Searx.me
60. Email Services (Alternatives to GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) – Protonmail, Riseup, Autistici, Kolab
61. Instant Messaging (Alternatives to FB Messenger, AOL, Skype, Google Hangout) – BitlBee, Tox, Ring, Ricochet, Cryptocat, Autistici, or any open source IRC client with SSL/Encryption enabled
62. Office Suites (Alternatives to Microsoft Office, Google Docs) – LibreOffice, Open Office
63. Password Managers (Personal password storage database, Generate safe passwords) – KeePassX
64. Email Encryption (Ways of securing the information in your emails) – PGP, Enigmail, TORBirdy
65. File Storage & Cloud Sync (Alternatives to Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud) – Kolab Now, Hubzilla
66. Financial Services (Alternatives to PayPal, Venmo, Amazon) – Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, CASH!
67. Productivity (Alternatives to Evernote, iWork, Google Docs) – Cryptpad, Etherpad, Up1, Hubzilla
68. Social Networks (Alternatives to Facebook, Google+, Twitter) – diaspora*, GNU Social, Hubzilla
69. Video & Voice (Alternatives to Facebook, Google+, FaceTime, Skype) – Mumble, Riot, Jitsi, Tox
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72. SUGGESTED READING & OTHER RESOURCES
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74. https://www.torproject.org/ - TOR Project
75. https://www.fsf.org/ - Free Software Foundation
76. https://www.eff.org/ - The Electronic Frontier Foundation
77. https://stallman.org/ - Home of Richard Stallman
78. https://www.gnu.org/ - GNU/Linux Website, more information on the FOSS movement and more
79. https://riseup.net/ - Seattle based anarchist collective with a focus on digital rights and services
80. https://prism-break.org/ - Resources for finding FOSS alternatives to popular apps and software
81. https://www.jacobinmag.com/ - Radical leftist media outlet, frequently covering security culture
82. https://freedom.press/ - Freedom of the Press Foundation, focused on security
83. https://hightechlowlife.eu/ - Internet community focused in security and hacking
84. https://www.cybrary.it/ - Free classes focused in FOSS Cyber Security
85. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/ - Internet library with thousands of archived essays, books, and more
86. https://lainchan.org/ - Because we all love Lain.
87. https://crimethinc.com/2004/11/01/what-is-security-culture - An anarchist group describing security culture