Riot Medicine: OpSec

Activist Checklist is "AI" Slop Fucking Garbage

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Activist Checklist sprang into existence and aggressively pushed themselves on the movement. Their site is AI slop, and their advice is not suitable for radicals, yet radicals keep boosting it. They have dubious ideological alignment in that they are AI advocates and can’t sufficiently critique the dangerous parts of the tech space that activists often end up relying on for infrastructure. Their advice endangers people in subtle ways, and it doesn’t aim to radicalize them. Their website simply should not exist.

Mobile Phone Security: For Activists and Agitators

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This zine goes into detail about mobile phone surveillance and the most common and effective countermeasures against it. Popular misconceptions and urban legends are addressed to help ensure that our threat models and OpSec are based on reality. This zine is suitable for everyone involved in social movements.

This is the 2026 update from the original zine published in 2022.

Fondamentaux de la Modélisation de Menaces

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

On demande à nos camarades « est-ce que c’est OK d’utiliser des téléphones portables ? » et elleux répondent « ça dépends de ton modèle de menace » avant de lister des scénarios qui pourraient nous mettre en danger. À partir de ces interactions on a une idée de comment un modèle de menace est utilisé, mais comment ils sont créés est généralement moins clair. On devrait pas laisser toute notre sûreté à la discrétion des autres, et donc on devrait apprendre à gérer les risques auxquels on fait face. Cette brochure couvre les méthodes que tu peux utiliser pour modéliser des menaces par toi-même et comment ces étapes explicites peuvent te mettre, toi et les personnes autour de toi, plus en sûreté. Notre sécurité est à la hauteur de la justesse de nos modèles, donc posons-nous et pensons très fort à comment garder les flics et les fascistes à distance au fur et à mesure qu’on avance vers un monde libéré.

PopSec: How Not to Blow Up a Pipeline

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This zine looks at the errors made in the 2022 film How to Blow Up a Pipeline and imagines how the film would have looked if the affinity group took security seriously. Fiction shapes reality, and the analysis is meant to help counter the unsafe practices we see on screen.

Apa yang bisa kita pelajari seputar Budaya Keamanan dari Pandemi Virus Corona

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ini adalah zine pendek yang membandingkan pengalaman kita dalam beradaptasi dengan ancaman virus corona baru dengan bagaimana kita mendekati budaya keamanan sebagai sarana untuk melawan penindasan Negara.

Threat Modeling Fundamentals

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We ask our comrades “is it okay to use mobile phones?” and they respond “it depends on your threat model” before listing off scenarios that might endanger us. From these interactions, we have some idea of how a threat model is used, but how they’re created is usually less clear. We shouldn’t fully entrust our safety to others, and so we need to learn to manage the risks we ourselves face. This zine covers the methods you can use to threat model on your own and how these explicit steps can make you and those around you more safe. Our security is only as good as our models are accurate, so let’s sit down and really think about how we can keep fascists and cops at bay as we move towards a liberated world.

Imposture affinitaire et empathie exploitable

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This zine explores how identity can provide camouflage that allows for intentional or incidental disruption of radical circles and organizing, and how the security culture we’ve developed to mitigate many threats can clash with the anti-racist, anti-sexist, and otherwise progressive norms within our movements.

Sicurezza dei telefoni: per situazioni di attivismo e agitazioni

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Questa zine esplora come l’identità possa fornire una mimetizzazione che permette di interrompere intenzionalmente o accidentalmente i circoli e le organizzazioni radicali, e come la cultura della sicurezza che abbiamo sviluppato per mitigare molte minacce possa scontrarsi con le norme antirazziste, antisessiste e altrimenti progressiste all’interno dei nostri movimenti.

Questa è una traduzione della vecchia versione del 2022 della zine. Esiste una versione aggiornata del 2026 in inglese.

Affinity Fraud and Exploitable Empathy

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

PopSec: Andor

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A zine the uses the plot of the Star Wars series Andor to reflect on security culture trends and OpSec practices within our radical communities.

Seguridad del teléfono móvil: para activistas y organizadores

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Este zine entra en detalle sobre la vigilancia de los teléfonos móviles y las contramedidas más comunes y eficaces. Se abordan los conceptos erróneos populares y las leyendas urbanas para ayudar a garantizar que nuestros modelos de amenaza son OpSec se basen en la realidad. Este zine es adecuado para todos los que participan en los movimientos sociales.

Esta es una traducción de la antigua versión de 2022 del zine. Hay una versión actualizada de 2026 en inglés.

Handy Sicherheit: für Aktivist:innen und Agitator:innen

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Dieses Zine befasst sich eingehend mit der Überwachung von Mobiltelefonen und den gängigsten und wirksamsten Gegenmaßnahmen. Verbreitete Missverständnisse und urbane Legenden werden angesprochen, um sicherzustellen, dass unsere Bedrohungsmodelle auf der Realität beruhen. Dieses Zine ist für alle geeignet, die sich in sozialen Bewegungen engagieren.

Dies ist eine Übersetzung der alten Version des Zines von 2022. Es gibt eine aktualisierte Version von 2026 auf Englisch.

What the Corona Virus Pandemic Can Teach Us About Security Culture

Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is short zine that compares our experiences in adapting to the threat of the novel corona virus with how we approach security culture as a means of resisting State repression.