security in-a-box

digital security tools and tactics

  • Tactics
    • Protect your device from malware and phishing attacks
    • Protect your information from physical threats
    • Create and maintain strong passwords
    • Protect the sensitive files on your computer
    • Recover from information loss
    • Destroy sensitive information
    • Keep your digital communication private
    • Remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the Internet
    • [Unmaintained] Protect yourself and your data when using social networking sites
    • Use your smartphone as securely as possible
  • Linux
    • Basic security for Linux
    • KeePassXC for Linux - Secure password manager
    • VeraCrypt for Linux - Secure file storage
    • Firefox and Security Add-Ons for Linux - Secure Web Browser
    • [Out-of-date] Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP for Linux - Secure Email
    • Tor Browser for Linux - Online anonymity and circumvention
  • Windows
    • Basic security for Windows
    • KeePassXC - Secure Password Manager
    • VeraCrypt for Windows - Secure File Storage
    • Firefox and Security Add-Ons for Windows - Secure Web Browser
    • [Out-of-date] Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP for Windows - Secure Email
    • Tor Browser for Windows - Online anonymity and censorship circumvention
    • [Out-of-date] CCleaner for Windows - secure file deletion and session cleanup
  • Mac
    • KeePassXC for Mac OS X - Secure password manager
    • VeraCrypt for Mac OS X - secure file storage
    • Firefox and Security Add-Ons for Mac OS X - Secure Web Browser
    • [Out-of-date] Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP for macOS - Secure Email
    • Tor Browser for Mac OS X - Online anonymity and circumvention
  • Android
    • Signal for Android
    • [Out-of-date] Basic Android security setup guide
    • [Out-of-date] KeePassDroid for Android
  • Web
    • Mailvelope - OpenPGP encryption for webmail
    • [Out-of-date] Riseup - secure email service
    • [Out-of-date] Social networking platforms
  • Community
    • Digital security tools and tactics for everyone
    • [Unmaintained] For the LGBTI community in the Middle-East and North Africa
    • [Unmaintained] For the LGBTI community in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • [Unmaintained] For environmental rights defenders in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • [Unmaintained] For women human rights defenders
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    • Bahasa
    • English
    • Español
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    • Français
    • Português
    • Русский
    • ภาษาไทย
    • Türkçe
    • Tiếng Việt
    • 简体中文
    • [Unmaintained] አማርኛ
    • [Unmaintained] Burmese
    • [Unmaintained] ភាសាខ្មែរ
    • [Unmaintained] Македонски
    • [Unmaintained] Tibetan

All Tactics guides

Security in-a-Box is a guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders throughout the world.

These Tactics Guides cover basic digital security principles related to the following topics.

Tactics

  • Protect your device from malware and phishing attacks
  • Protect your information from physical threats
  • Create and maintain strong passwords
  • Protect the sensitive files on your computer
  • Recover from information loss
  • Destroy sensitive information
  • Keep your digital communication private
  • Remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the Internet
  • [Unmaintained] Protect yourself and your data when using social networking sites
  • Use your smartphone as securely as possible

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