Technology

1. So how ai generated is wired these days?
2. NEVER trust any guide that is about "protecting yourself from government surveillance". Anyone who has an idea of what risk mitigation is viable will NEVER phrase it that way for obvious reasons

From a quick skimming, it looks like their genius guides boil down to

• SIgnal: Signal is only as secure as every user in the chat. Yes, it is MUCH better than using something like imessage. But if they are beating your buddy with a baseball bat it doesn't really matter if your message expired or not
• FDE: Yes, that is a good idea. But understand that "oh, I forgot my password" doesn't work when you have been declared to have no civil rights because you look foreign.
• Get a NAS: A good idea, in general. But maybe understand that means you have a big ol' box of incriminating info in your house that is available to whoever has a crowbar.
• Use Tor: HA! First, it is only a matter of time until Tor is attacked and likely large numbers of users are brought up on CSAM charges. But also? Understand what a compromised endpoint is and maybe look up what governments tend to be associated with those.
• Get a VPN and turn off your GPS: Yeah. it is a real good thing that our devices don't all connect to cell towers where they can easily be tracked from.
• Get certain crypto but carry a lot of cash: Yeah... how AI generated was this article?

If you actually care about your vulnerability, look what ACTUAL journalists on the run from a government or megacorporation do (dedicated hardware that can't even power up within a few city blocks of your other devices, for one). And understand that most of those boil down to "They know it is me and they are hunting me but I can live off the grid long enough to get this story out and then maybe they won't kill me afterward".