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Digital Security Resource Center

Welcome to the Digital Security Resource Center! Here you will find articles, tools and links to interactive learning platforms to learn about digital security concepts and inform yourself of the various risks and threats that exist as you interact with digital technologies online. Take the time to go through the resources and learn to better protect yourself, the people you interact with and the communities you support.

For mental health resources, please visit the Mental Health Resource Center.

The Digital First Aid Kit (DFAK) provides some preliminary self-diagnostic support for people facing the most common types of digital threats.

Internet Basics

We use the internet everyday, yet how much do you actually know about how it works?

Overview

• The internet, explained by on Vox
• How the internet works by EDRi

Interactive Learning

• How the internet works by Totem Project

Assessing Your Risk

Improving your digital security means figuring out what your risks are and making decisions about what tools and techniques you might need and are willing to learn to use to protect yourself and those around you.

Overview

• A short video on what threat modeling is by Vice
• Security Plan by the Electronic Freedom Foundation
• Personas by USEABLE, an initiative of Internews, provides a list of fictional personas and potential risk they may face.
• This booklet by AccessNow includes more personas to help you think about the kind of threats you may face online.

Safer Browsing

As Wikimedians, web browsing is part of our core activities. How do we keep on doing that while staying safe online?

Overview

• An Overview of Web Browsing Security by EFF
• An in-depth guide to choosing a VPN by FPF
• An in-depth guide to choosing a web browser by FPF
• The Human Rights Team's Internet outages guidelists tools and software recommended by civil society organizations to help you stay connected in anticipation of an internet outage

Tools

• Test your browser to see how well you are protected from tracking and fingerprinting by using this tool by EFF
• HTTPS Everywhere, by EFF and the The Tor Project, is a browser extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure.
• Privacy Badger, by EFF, is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

Interactive Learning

• How to bypass internet censorship by Totem Project
• Learn not to get fooled by confusing designs with this guide by the Tactical Tech Collective.
• Don't fall for tricky URLs by the Tactical Tech Collective.
• Clickclickclick.click reveals the browser events used to monitor our online behaviour

Secure Accounts and Communication

Were you aware that sending an email is like sending a postcard, i.e. that anyone having access can read it? As almost all of our communications move online and become digital, lets ensure it does not come at a cost to our privacy and safety.

Overview

• Communicating with others by EFF
• Two-factor authentication for beginners by FPF.
• Phishing prevention and email hygiene by FPF.
• Why Metadata Matters by EFF
• What is encryption and why is it key to human rights? by APC
• Guide to Secure Group Chat and Conferencing Tools by Front Line Defenders.
• Surveillance Self Defense Guide by EFF
• Find a list of privacy software and services on privacyguides.org

Tools

• Attachments can be malicious! Dangerzone, by FPF, lets you take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF.

Interactive Learning

• Can you spot when you’re being phished? by Jigsaw.
• Secure Messaging Apps by Totem Project

Safer Devices

As our devices increasingly become extensions of ourselves, it is perhaps time to think about how to keep them safe to keep ourselves safe.

Overview

• Your smartphone and you: A handbook to modern mobile maintenance by FPF

Interactive Learning

• Secure your devices by Totem Project
• Learn about the pros and cons of the various screen-lock options by the Tactical Tech Collective

Your Online Identity

"On the internet nobody knows you are a dog" is a popular axiom that emerged in the early years of the internet. Is that still accurate today?

Overview

• Read the Human Rights Team's diff posts on doxing and self-doxing
• Doxxing: Tips To Protect Yourself Online & How to Minimize Harm by EFF
• Learn about dorking for a more comprehensive self-doxing, by the Tactical Tech Collective.
• Remove personal data from the internet by CPJ
• Cut down on data collection and protect your personal data with Security Planner by Consumer Reports
• Read on how a user name can keepyou safe
• Find a crowdsourced database of website terms of service, with ratings and gradings on "Terms of Service, Didn't Read"

Interactive Learning

• How to protect your identity online by Totem Project
• A guide to doxxing and training material by The New York Time's Digital Security Education Hub.
• Check if your email address is in a data breach on haveibeenpwned.com

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