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2019-04-02T19:50:46Z

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Goldbolt: Created page with "Personal Defense, or "fucko", threads are dedicated to personal defense against LEA (Law Enforcement Agencies) kicking your door in and storming into your bedroom before you r..."

2019-04-02T19:49:38Z

Created page with "Personal Defense, or "fucko", threads are dedicated to personal defense against LEA (Law Enforcement Agencies) kicking your door in and storming into your bedroom before you r..."

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Personal Defense, or "fucko", threads are dedicated to personal defense against LEA (Law Enforcement Agencies) kicking your door in and storming into your bedroom before you read the period on the end of this sentence. They talk about data encryption, OPSEC, and how to not get fucked if (we all know when) LEA kicks that door.

On /g/ and /tech/, fucko threads are created pretty much weekly. On /tech/ they are up constantly. If there isn't an existing fucko thread on either board, please start a new one with [https://spit.mixtape.moe/view/5561b378#xxeP0Dm9NySwzuf5cWHreFV0piRZu7sC this template].

=Preparedness=

As Snowden said, [https://wiki.tbpchan.cz/index.php?title=Encryption encryption] works. Full disk encryption is your first stop for anti-fucko. With GNU/Linux dm-crypt, running a shutdown script will unmount encrypted drives and overwrite the encryption keys in memory. Be aware that in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law many countries] failing to disclose your encryption keys is a criminal offence. Whether the punishment for failing to give up your key is worse than your charges is another question.

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31753934 UK Police] don't kick your door in;
* The Dread Pirate Roberts bust happened [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/how-the-feds-took-down-the-dread-pirate-roberts/ with his laptop open];
* [http://www.wired.com/2012/09/barret-brown-raid/ Hiding your laptop in a dishrack] doesn't work.

=Reaction=

* Press the power button on your computer to shut it down.

If there is anything else you can think of, you will not have time to react to it.

Do not say a word to the police. For example, acknowledging that there are files of interest on your electronic devices [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/tale-two-encryption-cases supersedes your Fifth Amendment rights] in the United States under the "foregone conclusion" principle; you would be legally compelled to decrypt your encrypted storage.

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On destroying your hard drive/SSD:

* Microwaves
* Thermite
* Power drills

This is all bullshit. At best it's destroying evidence. At worst (power drills) you keep 1% of your data away from forensics experts, and you won't have time for any of it in a raid. Most power drills aren't strong enough anyway to cut through a hard drive and into the platter without first removing the case.

=See Also=

* [https://wiki.tbpchan.cz/index.php?title=Encryption Encryption]
* [https://wiki.tbpchan.cz/index.php?title=Data_Destruction Data Destruction]

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 Do not say a word to the police. For example, acknowledging that there are files of interest on your electronic devices [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/tale-two-encryption-cases supersedes your Fifth Amendment rights] in the United States under the "foregone conclusion" principle; you would be legally compelled to decrypt your encrypted storage.
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 * Power drills
-This is all bullshit. At best it's destroying evidence. At worst (power drills) you keep 1% of your data away from forensics experts, and you won't have time for any of it in a raid. Most power drills aren't strong enough anyway to cut through a hard drive and into the platter without first removing the case.
+This is all stupid. At best it's destroying evidence. At worst (power drills) you keep 1% of your data away from forensics experts, and you won't have time for any of it in a raid. Most power drills aren't strong enough anyway to cut through a hard drive and into the platter without first removing the case.
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