I have bad opsec so i'm relying on you. I expect to get arrested for old Facebook posts so it'll be really embarrassing if it's hexbear that gets me, just saying

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[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

are there steps to at least have somewhat good opsec? Like, precautionary stuff that isn't high threat level but baseline?

[–] dead@hexbear.net 13 points 11 hours ago

I would recommend to never put anything on the internet that you wouldn't want to read to a court room. If the US government wants to find you, they will find you.

There's an infinite number of things that you could do for "opsec", most of it would waste your time. In order to do opsec, you have to know who is threatening the thing you are doing.

An example of opsec is the song Biggie Smalls - Ten Crack Commandments. In the song, Biggie explains the opsec necessary to sell crack cocaine.

https://genius.com/2022

Rule 1 Never tell anyone how much money you have.
Rule 2 Never tell anyone your plans.
Rule 3 Never trust anyone, not even your own mother.
Rule 4 Never get high on your own drugs.
Rule 5 Never sell drugs from your own house.
Rule 6 Never give loans because people won't pay you back.
Rule 7 Never sell drugs to your family because they will manipulate you.
Rule 8 Never carry a large amount of drugs, have someone else carry it for you.
Rule 9 Never talk to police under any circumstance.
Rule 10 Never order more drugs than you can handle from your supplier.

I'm describing the lyrics of the song. I am not suggesting that anyone should sell drugs.

This website has some guides. They even have a guide for opsec while atttending a protest. EFF is a good organization for computer security.

https://ssd.eff.org/

https://ssd.eff.org/module/your-security-plan