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esc-it.org

Welcome to esc-it.org!

esc-it is a collective that creates digital security content in the context of political activism. This site aims to serve as a knowledge base for activists and trainers, documenting current threats, countermeasures and recommendations for tools and best-practices.

Think of esc-it like a tiny Wikipedia. You want to look something up? Simply click on the search button and type a related keyword.

The website it is structured in different categories:

  • Threats: What kind of threats do activists face? What tools and techniques are used against them?
  • Countermeasures: What countermeasures can be taken against those threats? This category is always kept as abstract as possible. You won’t find concrete recommendations or instructions here.
  • Recommendations: What specific tools or methods do we recommend to counter specific threats?
  • Instructions: Here you will find easy step-by-step instructions on how to use the recommended tools and optimize settings for security, anonymity and privacy.
  • Modules: Here you will find scenarios that cover several security-related topics, to give them a bit more context to the various articles.

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Get involved

Making and maintaining esc-it is a lot of work. Next to covering as many relevant topics as possible, we always try to keep all our content up to date.

Therefore, we don’t have the resources to expand the project as we would like, for example by creating video materials and improving the overall design.

We are happy if you can contribute by:

  • Adding or reviewing new content. Have a look at our open issues to see where help is needed, or open a new issue if you have a topic in mind!
  • Creating short explainer videos with 2d vector graphics to make the content of esc-it more accessible to people who are not able to read long or complicated texts. An example of what we have in mind can be seen in this EFF video.
  • Improving the design and UX of the website, for example by creating interactive elements and animations or improving user workflows. We currently use mdBook for building the site. We are open for improvement within mdBook as well as for suggestions on alternatives!

Further information on how you can contribute can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md.

Contact

You can contact us via mail, preferably encrypted:

E-Mail: esc-it@systemli.org (PGP-Key)

Fingerprint: 0BDB 1EB8 2477 0874 9876 DAE0 B923 BEA9 EAAF 0B15

If you do not know how to encrypt your mail and prefer using Signal, you can send us your signal handle.

Social Media

Check out our social media page to get updates on the project and on current digital security issues.

Currently we are active solely on Mastodon: <@esc_it@systemli.social>

License

The content from esc-it is licensed under the CC0 1.0 Universal License, unless a different license is specified for individual texts, images, files, folders, etc.

This means that the content is in the public domain. Feel free to use and modify it. We would appreciate it if you would cite esc-it as the source and link to it: https://esc-it.org.

If your changes could be relevant to the general public, we would appreciate it if you would contribute them to this project.

Feedback: You have feedback for esc-it.org? Feel free to use our short feedback form.