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For folks who might want greater security around their communications right now, here's a thread with a few free projects to know about. #BlackLivesMatter 
Whonix creates a secure operating system within your computer's existing one that you can access when you want to send messages more securely/anonymously. The manual is also a great guide to securing your communications. https://www.whonix.org/
Tails Linux is a secure operating system you can install on a USB stick. Plug the stick into nearly any computer, reboot, and you can use that machine's hardware and internet connectivity to send messages securely without leaving a record of your activity. https://tails.boum.org/
The Tor Browser encrypts and routes your browsing activity through a network of thousands of relays to disguise your IP address. (The data is decrypted when it leaves the Tor network, though, so it's not bulletproof in that regard.) https://www.torproject.org/
If you use Brave as your internet browser, you can also use Tor by opening a Tor-enabled incognito window with ⌥⌘N (or the Windows/Linux hotkey equivalent). https://brave.com/
You can also use a VPN service to further conceal your IP address and encrypt your communications. Most VPN services are subscription-based, but there are some good free/freemium options out there, like WindScribe. https://windscribe.com/
Also, if you've ever thought about encrypting your email, look into PGP. You can set up the encryption keys you'll need using the tools available from https://gnupg.org/
Once you have your encryption keys, Enigmail is a Thunderbird plugin that makes it very straightforward to use them with your existing email account. https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/
If you're worried your phone is spying on you, look into the /e/ mobile OS. It's Android with Google's tracking code stripped out. /e/ makes it possible to install any Android app, including Google's, but warns you about the privacy tradeoffs in each case. https://e.foundation/
And of course, there are secure messaging apps for any phone, like Signal and Telegram. https://signal.org/en/ https://telegram.org/
Finally, if you're a developer, there are some great privacy tools that could use a refresh. I'm thinking here of the Ricochet messaging app, which is broken and—as I understand it—needs an update to work with the latest version of Tor. https://ricochet.im/
Addendum: Try reading @doctorow's "Little Brother." It's a fun book, but just as importantly contains helpful and beginner-friendly plain-language descriptions of infosec concepts. Its vision of an American police state also feels quite prescient now. https://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
Bumping this thread because, you know… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/george-floyd-protests-surveillance.html?referringSource=articleShare
