Operational Security for Activists
If you are reading this, you are probably organizing something. A protest. A mutual aid network. A documentation project. An underground publication.
You are doing this in an environment that is, at minimum, indifferent to your work. At maximum, actively hostile.
You need operational security. Not paranoia. Not recklessness disguised as courage. Operational security.
This is how you build a network that survives.
First Principle: Trust is Earned in Increments
You do not trust someone because they are passionate. You do not trust someone because they showed up to a meeting. You do not trust someone because they say the right things.