I think I was wrong about PGP signed emails and the Internet did what the Internet does lol

However no one should be contacting you out of the blue and asking for an initial point of contact to be in an unencrypted means.

You’re absolutely correct. Also I’m not saying that MidnightMan is trying to do anything nefarious, only that they’re going about it in a strange and concerning way.

Yes, thank for the context. However I know what a DF key exchange is. I’m more worried about the link below.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/566783/i-can-get-and-crack-your-password-hashes-from-email.html

And that a day old account is contacting me about sending me emails.

Sorry if that sounded snarky.

Agreed, you’re right, they could share the public key and verify the user on their end. However, it’s on par with sharing notes on paper. Also they verify you with PGP how do you verify them?

Agreed. It’s a DM he’s spammed out. He’s a 22 hour old account and already has two banned comments the other comment is referencing how to bypass security… Smells like a right wing script kiddy looking for targets. I’m not a mod on You Should Know but before he knew about it, my post had 7 upvotes, now it’s sitting at -5 over there.

Either way, Email is plain text so any cryptographic elements shared there are already compromised. I have to go do other things. Just wanted to make sure the community here was aware.

Thanks for the suggestion

What would you suggest instead?

Install fresh tomato to this and you’ll get a much better AP with very good firewall and QOS and traffic inspection. Also good SNMP for monitoring

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256808892926

https://www.freshtomato.org/

https://generalstrikeus.com/

Sign up on the strike card only if you trust the organizers on that site, however it is something being talked about on tbe calendar.

Agreed, getting everyone in one spot could help with organizing one. Another comment in this thread has some general opsec suggestions. One is wearing an n95 or similar medical mask, and painting your face in some colored pattern where masks are banned.

That fuckhead has been organizing for the past 15 years. You’re unwilling to do any research outside of what you’ve read and can reinforce yourself. You weren’t aware of this protest before you read it on the news and since you didn’t hear it through the grapevine you don’t trust it as you cannot control it. You are the very example of a terminally online leftist. Touch grass. There’s no conspiracy against you here. And you’re getting defensive. You might want to investigate why.

With all your learned reasoning why don’t you define in your own words what revolutionary optimism is. I’m not referring to the dua lipa song.

Look at my comment history. I have nothing to do with this moderator. You project like a theater.

Wait, algorithm? What algorithm? Where are you getting all of this?

Here’s who’s organizing it, from the post.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/04/anti-trump-state-capitol-protests-february-5/

Don’t stream. But you need to explore what revolutionary optimism is.

Wow, you are smug. Don’t go to the protest my guy. Also, Huey Newton is quoted in that video. Maybe watch the vid before you criticize it. You responded before you could’ve watched even at the max 2x speed.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz3bDQ14ISg

If you’re active you’re already on a list. Act accordingly.

The phone number should be of a lawyer

Ok doomer

You may agree with what @ReadMoreBooks@lemmy.zip is saying or not agree. Being cautious of the motives of strangers on the internet is important. But also know that they may be going through some shit right now. I regret agitating them as I don’t want to contribute to whatever it is they’re going through.

This is a marathon not a race and you don’t need to be at a march to contribute.

https://lemmy.world/comment/14903634

It’s short notice for a reason

The instant anything is posted on here it’s already been scraped. Know this. Act accordingly.

Some tips to help you out

• don’t take your phones to the protest
• if you take a burner, don’t take it home. buy it, and trash it at the protest.
• don’t take anything that could identify you as you
• superglue and baking soda on your fingerprints. don’t go crazy, just enough to make printing you impossible/difficult
• write any important phone numbers on your arm or ankle in permanent marker if you can’t remember them
• stuff a couple hundred dollars for bail in your shoe
• don’t give ANYONE your real name. don’t care how hot they are or how impassioned they are, just fucking don’t
• designate one trusted individual to come get you from jail. they are not to bring their phone, they should park at least 1/4 mile away and walk to get you(long enough to realize you’re being tailed by police).

Pay attention to your surroundings, specifically the movement of officers/agents. if they’re running you should be too. if there’s a large group marching or a wall marching, leave immediately and regroup.

ICE will be there. they will be picking people up. many of them not illegal. if you’re not white, wear makeup if you can get away with it. paint your face with state colors if need be. not a mask, so it shouldn’t be covered by “no-mask” states.

Know your rights. Bring the proof of your rights. Force them to acknowledge your rights.

Stream everything.

If you are picked up you will;

• go on a list
• be unlawfully monitored
• become a link in a larger web to ensnare organizers

You will now go dark for at least a month. No social media posts about the protests, no discussions about the protests, nothing. After that, it should be difficult to pair your online activity with your real world activities.

If you can’t make it to the protests, record the streams, share them online, pressure the public to demand answers for the crimes committed by the officers/agents.

One last thing.

There will undoubtedly be people there to provoke the protests. do not let them. once one incident of violence is determined all bets off and the police will become physically involved.

Trust no one, question everything, power to the people. 🫵

This message from a colleague will live here until the death of Lemmy

For further research here’s a great video on mutual aid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJNbCBqYV8

There are many tax funded vehicles around your town that you’ve already contributed funds to. They tend to have lights on the top and they’re also a great place to trade a brick for a gun.

I’d suggest puncturing the bottom of the tank for these.