How to have a phone for anonymous use?
-WARNING: The safest and simplest way to stay anonymous is to keep your phone at home, as explained above, for deniability, where you can claim that you stayed at home during the protest.
⚠️ Proceed only if you need connectivity for communications while doing anonymous outdoor activities. ⚠️
+WARNING: + The safest and simplest way to stay anonymous is to keep your phone at home, as explained + above, for deniability, where you can claim that you stayed at home during the protest. +
+
⚠️ Proceed only if you need connectivity for communications while doing + anonymous outdoor activities. ⚠️
WARNING: Best preferred Android ROM is GrapheneOS. If you REALLY NEED a secondary phone and it is compatible with LineageOS, you can proceed with it, but remember, you WILL NEED to @@ -229,7 +254,8 @@
- - Use your main pc to flash grapheneOS on a pixel phone.
+
- Use your main pc to flash grapheneOS on a pixel
+ phone.
Only proceed if you get one. Otherwise, don't use a secondary phone at all.
- Get a decently reviewed Faraday bag on amazon. However its recommended to buy
@@ -245,20 +271,27 @@
- - After you have flashed your pixel with grapheneOS (first step), DO NOT CONNECT TO ANY WIFI OR
+
- After you have flashed your pixel with grapheneOS (first step), DO NOT CONNECT TO
+ ANY WIFI OR
CELLULAR NETWORK. Now switch your phone off and immediately put it in a faraday bag,
making sure its completely sealed.
- Its is good to cover and disguise the faraday bag as a normal envelope or put it in a bag to
+ Its is good to cover and disguise the faraday bag as a normal envelope or put it in
+ a bag to
avoid high-level suspicion.
- Use sites like Openwifimap
- through tor to pre-scan and find free open WiFi around the protest
- to use in a secondary phone and the place where you plan to use active internet (as shown later).
-
- [WARNING: Do this only if you NEED to use secondary phone for the protest].
+ through tor to pre-scan and find free
+ open WiFi around the protest
+ to use in a secondary phone and the place where you plan to use active internet (as
+ shown later).
+
+ [WARNING: Do this only if you NEED to use secondary phone for
+ the protest].
+
- - ⚠️ Use a Faraday bag at all times to store your secondary phone when you don't
+
- ⚠️ Use a Faraday bag at all times to store your secondary phone
+ when you don't
need to use it. ⚠️
@@ -275,39 +308,129 @@
- - Using Whonix VM or Tails VM, via the tor browser and some Monero (XMR), purchase an eSIM from https://silent.link and note down the activation code on a piece of paper.
-
- WARNING: It is important to write the combined activation code down on a piece of paper or print the QR activation code (both given by silent.link after the purchase), and not in any digital or audio format because you do not want to leave any evidence of you ever interacting with the anonymous eSIM providers and arise suspicion.
+ - Using Whonix VM or Tails VM, via the tor browser and some
+ Monero (XMR), purchase an eSIM from https://silent.link and note down the activation
+ code on a piece of paper.
+
+ WARNING: It is important to write the combined activation code down on a
+ piece of paper or print the QR activation code (both given by silent.link after
+ the purchase), and not in any digital or audio format because you do not want to
+ leave any evidence of you ever interacting with the anonymous eSIM providers and
+ arise suspicion.
- - Write down the activation instructions below on a piece of paper. Dress up all black and go to a random place insignificant to you, get your phone out
- of the faraday bag, and connect to an open wifi network. There activate the eSIM as instructed below.
+ - Write down the activation instructions below on a piece of paper. Dress up all black
+ and go to a random place insignificant to you, get your phone out
+ of the faraday bag, and connect to an open wifi network. There activate the eSIM as
+ instructed below.
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Step 1
+ Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet"
+
+
+
+ Step 2
+ There you will find that the "priviledged eSIM management is disabled.
+ This is because the google play services and google play service
+ framework is not present by-default in graphene."
+
+
+ Step 3
+ Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"
+
+
+ Step 4
+ Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"
+ 
+
+
+ Step 5
+ Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM
+ managament option should be enabled now.
+
+
+ Step 6
+ Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead."
+
+
+
+ Step 7
+ Click "Next."
+
+
+ Step 8
+ Here, either scan the printed QR code on the piece of paper. Otherwise,
+ navigate to "Need Help?" and select the option to input the code
+ manually. Input the combined activation code from the silent site
+ that you noted down on the piece of paper.
+
+
+ Step 9
+ You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim.
+ Its fine.
+
+
+ Step 10
+ Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.
+ 
+
+
+ Step 11
+ Click on the downloaded eSIM option.
+
+
+ Step 12
+ Toggle "Use SIM"
+
+
+ Step 13
+ Make sure to enable use for data if you want to access internet. You now
+ have access to your private and anonymous eSIM. If you encounter any
+ abnormal issue, using tor browser, head to silent help.
+
+
+ Step 14
DO NOT FORGET TO
+ REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER.
+
+
+
+
+
- How to activate the eSIM
- Step 1
Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet"
- Step 2
There you will find that the "priviledged eSIM management is disabled. This is because the google play services and google play service framework is not present by-default in graphene."
- Step 3
Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"
- Step 4
Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"
- Step 5
Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM managament option should be enabled now.
- Step 6
Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead."
- Step 7
Click "Next."
- Step 8
Here, either scan the printed QR code on the piece of paper. Otherwise, navigate to "Need Help?" and select the option to input the code manually. Input the combined activation code from the silent site that you noted down on the piece of paper.
- Step 9
You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim. Its fine.
- Step 10
Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.
- Step 11
Click on the downloaded eSIM option.
- Step 12
Toggle "Use SIM"
- Step 13
Make sure to enable use for data if you want to access internet. You now have access to your private and anonymous eSIM. If you encounter any abnormal issue, using tor browser, head to silent help.
- Step 14
DO NOT FORGET TO REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER.
+
+
+
- Make sure that while you're doing this, you're not under any security surveillence
(cameras, law encorcement buildings, etc).
- - Once you validate that the eSIM works, power the device off, and put it in the faraday back again right away.
+ - Once you validate that the eSIM works, power the device off, and put it in the
+ faraday back again right away.
@@ -320,14 +443,17 @@
switch it on at your own home by any chance,
or you could hear the bang on your door soon. This is why its best to use open public
wifi.⚠️
-
-
Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors.
-
-
-
- ⚠️ Remember NEVER to carry both - your personal/primary and your secondary phones at the same time. If and only if need to for critical reasons, make sure to ALWAYS keep atleast one of them in a faraday bag at all times and do NOT switch on both of them simultaneously. ⚠️
-
+
Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors.
+
+
+
+ ⚠️ Remember NEVER to carry both - your personal/primary and your secondary phones at the
+ same time. If and only if need to for critical reasons, make sure to ALWAYS keep atleast
+ one of them in a faraday bag at all times and do NOT switch on both of them
+ simultaneously. ⚠️
+
+
@@ -370,7 +496,14 @@
- Setting up Orbot
+
+
+
+
+
Turn on "VPN mode" and then proceed to turn on "Use Bridges". Using tor bridges
isn't necessary but using them will ensure that
Law Enforcement agencies can not trace whether or not someone was using tor.
@@ -394,6 +527,8 @@
Step 6
+
+
@@ -442,9 +577,7 @@
Simplex Chat
-
- 
-
+
For sensitive communications while outdoors, it is suggested to use SimpleX
chat with disappearing turned on.
@@ -482,8 +615,10 @@
- Do NOT tell anyone your real name. Create a pseudonym for every
- group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
- - Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be the only place you talk about the protest.
+ group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly
+ generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
+ - Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be
+ the only place you talk about the protest.
- Do NOT share personal info (address, phone number, birth year, family background)
with ANYONE.
@@ -503,9 +638,12 @@
watching you. Make sure to now put the bag (2) in bag (1) and proceed with your
work as shown in the below diagram.
-
+
- Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).
+ Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it
+ on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY
+ after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your
+ disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).
-
- - [WARNING: Do this only if you NEED to use secondary phone for the protest].
+ + [WARNING: Do this only if you NEED to use secondary phone for + the protest]. +
-
@@ -275,39 +308,129 @@
- - Using Whonix VM or Tails VM, via the tor browser and some Monero (XMR), purchase an eSIM from https://silent.link and note down the activation code on a piece of paper.
-
- WARNING: It is important to write the combined activation code down on a piece of paper or print the QR activation code (both given by silent.link after the purchase), and not in any digital or audio format because you do not want to leave any evidence of you ever interacting with the anonymous eSIM providers and arise suspicion.
+ - Using Whonix VM or Tails VM, via the tor browser and some
+ Monero (XMR), purchase an eSIM from https://silent.link and note down the activation
+ code on a piece of paper.
+
+ WARNING: It is important to write the combined activation code down on a
+ piece of paper or print the QR activation code (both given by silent.link after
+ the purchase), and not in any digital or audio format because you do not want to
+ leave any evidence of you ever interacting with the anonymous eSIM providers and
+ arise suspicion.
- - Write down the activation instructions below on a piece of paper. Dress up all black and go to a random place insignificant to you, get your phone out
- of the faraday bag, and connect to an open wifi network. There activate the eSIM as instructed below.
+ - Write down the activation instructions below on a piece of paper. Dress up all black
+ and go to a random place insignificant to you, get your phone out
+ of the faraday bag, and connect to an open wifi network. There activate the eSIM as
+ instructed below.
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Step 1
+ Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet"
+
+
+
+ Step 2
+ There you will find that the "priviledged eSIM management is disabled.
+ This is because the google play services and google play service
+ framework is not present by-default in graphene."
+
+
+ Step 3
+ Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"
+
+
+ Step 4
+ Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"
+
+
+
+ Step 5
+ Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM
+ managament option should be enabled now.
+
+
+ Step 6
+ Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead."
+
+
+
+ Step 7
+ Click "Next."
+
+
+ Step 8
+ Here, either scan the printed QR code on the piece of paper. Otherwise,
+ navigate to "Need Help?" and select the option to input the code
+ manually. Input the combined activation code from the silent site
+ that you noted down on the piece of paper.
+
+
+ Step 9
+ You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim.
+ Its fine.
+
+
+ Step 10
+ Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.
+
+
+
+ Step 11
+ Click on the downloaded eSIM option.
+
+
+ Step 12
+ Toggle "Use SIM"
+
+
+ Step 13
+ Make sure to enable use for data if you want to access internet. You now
+ have access to your private and anonymous eSIM. If you encounter any
+ abnormal issue, using tor browser, head to silent help.
+
+
+ Step 14
DO NOT FORGET TO
+ REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER.
+
+
+
+
+
- How to activate the eSIM
- Step 1
Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet"
- Step 2
There you will find that the "priviledged eSIM management is disabled. This is because the google play services and google play service framework is not present by-default in graphene."
- Step 3
Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"
- Step 4
Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"
- Step 5
Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM managament option should be enabled now.
- Step 6
Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead."
- Step 7
Click "Next."
- Step 8
Here, either scan the printed QR code on the piece of paper. Otherwise, navigate to "Need Help?" and select the option to input the code manually. Input the combined activation code from the silent site that you noted down on the piece of paper.
- Step 9
You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim. Its fine.
- Step 10
Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.
- Step 11
Click on the downloaded eSIM option.
- Step 12
Toggle "Use SIM"
- Step 13
Make sure to enable use for data if you want to access internet. You now have access to your private and anonymous eSIM. If you encounter any abnormal issue, using tor browser, head to silent help.
- Step 14
DO NOT FORGET TO REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER.
+
+
+
- Make sure that while you're doing this, you're not under any security surveillence
(cameras, law encorcement buildings, etc).
- - Once you validate that the eSIM works, power the device off, and put it in the faraday back again right away.
+ - Once you validate that the eSIM works, power the device off, and put it in the
+ faraday back again right away.
@@ -320,14 +443,17 @@
switch it on at your own home by any chance,
or you could hear the bang on your door soon. This is why its best to use open public
wifi.⚠️
-
-
Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors.
-
-
-
- ⚠️ Remember NEVER to carry both - your personal/primary and your secondary phones at the same time. If and only if need to for critical reasons, make sure to ALWAYS keep atleast one of them in a faraday bag at all times and do NOT switch on both of them simultaneously. ⚠️
-
+
Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors.
+
+
+
+ ⚠️ Remember NEVER to carry both - your personal/primary and your secondary phones at the
+ same time. If and only if need to for critical reasons, make sure to ALWAYS keep atleast
+ one of them in a faraday bag at all times and do NOT switch on both of them
+ simultaneously. ⚠️
+
+
@@ -370,7 +496,14 @@
- Setting up Orbot
+
+
+
+
+
Turn on "VPN mode" and then proceed to turn on "Use Bridges". Using tor bridges
isn't necessary but using them will ensure that
Law Enforcement agencies can not trace whether or not someone was using tor.
@@ -394,6 +527,8 @@
Step 6
+
+
@@ -442,9 +577,7 @@
Simplex Chat
-
-
-
+
For sensitive communications while outdoors, it is suggested to use SimpleX
chat with disappearing turned on.
@@ -482,8 +615,10 @@
- Do NOT tell anyone your real name. Create a pseudonym for every
- group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
- - Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be the only place you talk about the protest.
+ group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly
+ generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
+ - Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be
+ the only place you talk about the protest.
- Do NOT share personal info (address, phone number, birth year, family background)
with ANYONE.
@@ -503,9 +638,12 @@
watching you. Make sure to now put the bag (2) in bag (1) and proceed with your
work as shown in the below diagram.
-
+
- Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).
+ Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it
+ on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY
+ after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your
+ disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).
-
WARNING: It is important to write the combined activation code down on a piece of paper or print the QR activation code (both given by silent.link after the purchase), and not in any digital or audio format because you do not want to leave any evidence of you ever interacting with the anonymous eSIM providers and arise suspicion.
++
WARNING: It is important to write the combined activation code down on a + piece of paper or print the QR activation code (both given by silent.link after + the purchase), and not in any digital or audio format because you do not want to + leave any evidence of you ever interacting with the anonymous eSIM providers and + arise suspicion.
+ + + +
Step 1
+Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet" +
+ Step 2
+There you will find that the "priviledged eSIM management is disabled. + This is because the google play services and google play service + framework is not present by-default in graphene."
+ Step 3
+Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"
+ Step 4
+Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"
+
+ Step 5
+Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM + managament option should be enabled now.
+ Step 6
+Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead." +
+ Step 7
+Click "Next."
+ Step 8
+Here, either scan the printed QR code on the piece of paper. Otherwise, + navigate to "Need Help?" and select the option to input the code + manually. Input the combined activation code from the silent site + that you noted down on the piece of paper.
+ Step 9
+You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim. + Its fine.
+ Step 10
+Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.
+
+ Step 11
+Click on the downloaded eSIM option.
+ Step 12
+Toggle "Use SIM"
+ Step 13
+Make sure to enable use for data if you want to access internet. You now + have access to your private and anonymous eSIM. If you encounter any + abnormal issue, using tor browser, head to silent help.
+ Step 14
DO NOT FORGET TO + REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER.
+ How to activate the eSIM
-Step 1
Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet"
Step 2
There you will find that the "priviledged eSIM management is disabled. This is because the google play services and google play service framework is not present by-default in graphene."
Step 3
Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"
Step 4
Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"
Step 5
Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM managament option should be enabled now.
Step 6
Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead."
Step 7
Click "Next."
Step 8
Here, either scan the printed QR code on the piece of paper. Otherwise, navigate to "Need Help?" and select the option to input the code manually. Input the combined activation code from the silent site that you noted down on the piece of paper.
Step 9
You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim. Its fine.
Step 10
Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.
Step 11
Click on the downloaded eSIM option.
Step 12
Toggle "Use SIM"
Step 13
Make sure to enable use for data if you want to access internet. You now have access to your private and anonymous eSIM. If you encounter any abnormal issue, using tor browser, head to silent help.
Step 14
DO NOT FORGET TO REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER. -
Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors. - -
- - ⚠️ Remember NEVER to carry both - your personal/primary and your secondary phones at the same time. If and only if need to for critical reasons, make sure to ALWAYS keep atleast one of them in a faraday bag at all times and do NOT switch on both of them simultaneously. ⚠️ - +
Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors. + +
+ + ⚠️ Remember NEVER to carry both - your personal/primary and your secondary phones at the + same time. If and only if need to for critical reasons, make sure to ALWAYS keep atleast + one of them in a faraday bag at all times and do NOT switch on both of them + simultaneously. ⚠️ + + @@ -370,7 +496,14 @@
- Setting up Orbot
+ + +
Turn on "VPN mode" and then proceed to turn on "Use Bridges". Using tor bridges
isn't necessary but using them will ensure that
Law Enforcement agencies can not trace whether or not someone was using tor.
@@ -394,6 +527,8 @@
Step 6
+
@@ -442,9 +577,7 @@
Simplex Chat
- -
- +
For sensitive communications while outdoors, it is suggested to use SimpleX
chat with disappearing turned on.
@@ -482,8 +615,10 @@
- Do NOT tell anyone your real name. Create a pseudonym for every
- group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
- - Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be the only place you talk about the protest.
+ group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly
+ generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
+ - Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be
+ the only place you talk about the protest.
- Do NOT share personal info (address, phone number, birth year, family background)
with ANYONE.
@@ -503,9 +638,12 @@
watching you. Make sure to now put the bag (2) in bag (1) and proceed with your
work as shown in the below diagram.
-
+
- Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).
+ Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it
+ on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY
+ after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your
+ disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).
- Do NOT tell anyone your real name. Create a pseudonym for every - group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
- Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be the only place you talk about the protest.
- Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be + the only place you talk about the protest.
- Do NOT share personal info (address, phone number, birth year, family background) with ANYONE.
-
+ group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly + generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.
+
+
- Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B). + Again, keep the secondary phone switched off in a faraday bag at all times. Switch it + on or remove it from the faraday bag STRICLY ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE DISGUISED (ONLY + after reaching public washroom A). Put the phone back in before removing your + disguise (BEFORE leaving public washroom B).