How would you do that ...

[Ryan McGinnis]

Alice is an idiot if she’s trying to defeat nation-state adversaries and be a thrifty shopper at the same time, but even so, in most places a laptop isn’t going to be cheaper than a cheap mobile phone.  

You really want Alice to use some public library computer for some reason, but I am going to assume Alice isn’t a complete moron and would avoid this, given there are a hundred better options that won’t result in her genitals being shocked in some dingy government interrogation room.  

If you have to use a laptop then, cool, grab an ISO of Debian, install it, find the nearest WiFi hotspot, make a free protonmail account, send an email.  Done.

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> On May 7, 2021, at 5:36 PM, Stefan Vasilev <stefan.vasilev at posteo.ru> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ryan McGinnis wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like you're having to trust some kind of tech from the country you're going to, so with that in mind:
>> 
>> Buy burner phone and SIM with cash from some place where normal people buy phones and SIMs with cash.  Install Signal.  Done
>> 
>> For identification, have some code word that will be the first thing you send.  Maybe even have a duress code word, too.
>> 
>> Now there are some places this won't work.  Some places only sell phones that are pre-compromised.  If you know what you're doing you can probably flash it with GrapheneOS, though that would require buying a computer, in that country, too.  At some point you're probably in the "gonna be taking some serious risks no matter what" territory, unless you're working for MI6 or something.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Alice likes to keep the costs low and would only purchase a laptop
> there, to prepare
> 
> data, prior taking it to the Internet Café's (compromised) computer.
> Phones, whether
> 
> dumb or smart, she likes to avoid. But thanks for the proposal, much
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Stefan

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