people on the internet love to talk about all these great security smart things that they will definitely never do.

leave valuables at home, wear unremarkable clothes, and write your lawyers number on your arm with a sharpie.

personally i bring my phone and a leica. ive been to jail for protesting before and in my current situation i just don't care.

Ideally, that burner phone never goes anywhere near your home or any place you frequent from the time it is acquired until the time it is destroyed.

Briar is a good messaging app for you and your group. It will work (to some degree or another) over bluetooth even after they shut down the cell towers. Keep posting information about law enforcement deployment numbers and locations.

Airplanes.live provides unfiltered ADS-B data, useful for identifying and locating law enforcement aircraft, including drones.

For uploading media, choose overseas fediverse instances for your account, which are not subject to US law, and won't get shut down or raided by US law enforcement if you upload something they don't like.

I've been suggesting this everywhere: pick a dozen different protest locations, and share your list with everyone you meet. If and when law enforcement deploys in force at your current location, leave for another. Force them to constantly redeploy to multiple locations.

Do not use Smartphones.
For the scarf use an unmarked tubescarf, its easely hidden in any collar. Cary bandages and lightsalt solution, like you use for contacts, to treat teargas and light wounds.
If they get you you want nothing outside oft your memory that has any link to others. Depending in the effect of carrying your passport with you in your country decide wether to take it along.

• EFF Guide.

Shared here for public benefit.

Before going to a protest, demonstrators or observers should note that their cellphones may subject them to surveillance tactics by law enforcement. If your cellphone is on and unsecured, your location can be tracked and your unencrypted communications, such as SMS, may be intercepted. Additionally, police may retrieve your messages and the content of your phone if they take custody of your phone, or later by warrant or subpoena.

Leave it on at home.

"Your honor, as you can see from my mobile device location history, I never even left my house that day."

Not that that'll actually work or that they'll care, but still...

They likely have the data to show it didn't move at all. Eg it wasn't on your person.

Regardless of the law, you can be detained by law enforcement if you cannot prove who you say you are until you can prove it.

Leave it at home.

Leave it at home for a protest if you care about being tracked.

Pretty much all cell phones can be tracked even when turned off.

Why do you need an ID? Leave it in your car if you're driving.

I don't think there's a single state that requires you to actually carry documentation.

Stop and identify statutes - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

These are the states that require you to at least verbally state your name, and only if the officer has reasonable suspicion that you have or will commit a crime.

They can ask your name. You may not have to answer.

Research your state's law on this before you go. It's in the link.

Most modern devices track the phone even when it's turned off. If you can't remove the battery, leave it at home.

I’m in one of the bluest. Our police and FBI are not “blue.” American spy forces and “committee on anti-American activities”-ass motherfuckers are not kind or just, no matter the voting tendencies of the populace.

How many decades have we seen far right terror groups overlooked for anti-capitalist leftists? The left threatens the status quo, the right fortifies it. The blue and red dichotomy is the status quo. The democrats support the genocide in Palestine. Going against that status quo makes you not safe from government crackdowns, the party in power is completely irrelevant.

Faraday bags do not work with modern phones anymore, specifically 5G

people on the internet love to talk about all these great security smart things that they will definitely never do.

leave valuables at home, wear unremarkable clothes, and write your lawyers number on your arm with a sharpie.

personally i bring my phone and a leica. ive been to jail for protesting before and in my current situation i just don't care.

Leave it at home.

I can understand the wish to film things; I recommend buying a cheap camera, maybe one to strap on your forehead (starting at $20) or an old compact digital camera. Something without any sort of connectivity. Something you can leave behind if the going gets rough.

Or get a burner

Why do you need an ID? Leave it in your car if you're driving.

I don't think there's a single state that requires you to actually carry documentation.

Stop and identify statutes - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

These are the states that require you to at least verbally state your name, and only if the officer has reasonable suspicion that you have or will commit a crime.

They can ask your name. You may not have to answer.

Research your state's law on this before you go. It's in the link.

They’re detaining people with Real IDs for hours at a time. It likely makes no difference.

And get a burner.