the US propaganda machine hides all evidence that other countries help us, while whining all the time about how America “saves” everyone else and gets “nothing” in return. They hide it to be the poor put-upon world hero. We’re not. We’re just assholes with a god complex
A security culture is a set of customs shared by a community whose
members may be targeted by the government, designed to minimize risk.
Having a security culture in place saves everyone the trouble of having
to work out safety measures over and over from scratch, and can help
offset paranoia and panic in stressful situations—hell, it might keep
you out of prison, too. The difference between protocol and culture is
that culture becomes unconscious, instinctive, and thus effortless; once
the safest possible behavior has become habitual for everyone in the
circles in which you travel, you can spend less time and energy
emphasizing the need for it, or suffering the consequences of not having
it, or worrying about how much danger you’re in, as you’ll know you’re
already doing everything you can to be careful. If you’re in the habit
of not giving away anything sensitive about yourself, you can
collaborate with strangers without having to agonize about whether or
not they are informers; if everyone knows what not to talk about over
the telephone, your enemies can tap the line all they want and it won’t
get them anywhere.
As governments around the world become more and more repressive, as cops with the full arsenal of high-tech surveillance tools collude with fascists on a daily basis, and as the alt-right grows its’ army of basement-dwelling incel internet trolls, it has become immensely important for activists to practice good security culture. Here are a bunch of articles and resources to help you get started.
Between Red Alarms and Good Intentions: On ANTIFAIntel - a very interesting article discussing a suspicious account that claims to be antifascist. Discusses many aspects of security culture for antifascist activists; how to spot suspicious accounts, how to avoid phishing, how to safely engage in intel-gathering, and more
Signal fails - Good article about the use of Signal, the pitfalls that come with it, and best security culture practices for communication between activists
