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 					<h3><b>TLDR; Unless if your phone is powered off in a faraday bag, wherever it goes, there exists a
-							permanent record of where phone has been and that record is known by Law Enforcement
+							permanent record of where a phone has been and that record is known by Law Enforcement
 							entities.</b></h3>
 
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@@ -157,10 +157,12 @@
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-					<h2><b>Prevention - staying Anonymous.</b></h2> </br> </br>
+					<h2><b>Prevention - staying Anonymous outdoors.</b></h2> </br> </br>
 					<p><b>Reminder: Anonymity is when you are amongst a group of people, and you are indistinguishable
 							from the other members of the group.</b></p>
 
+                    <p><b>⚠️ Read the entire article before taking any actions or steps as half-knowledge could easily land you in jail.⚠️</b></p>
+
 					<hr>
 
 					<h3><b>Look the same</b></h3>
@@ -187,24 +189,14 @@
 
 					<hr>
 
-					<h3><b>Internet and you</b></h3>
-					<p>To not be identified using the geofencing methods above, you should take some precautions before
-						and after you join the protest.</p>
+					<h3><b>⚠️ Leave your phone ACTIVATED at YOUR home. ⚠️</b></h3><br>
+					<h4>Taking your phone to the protest, deactivating your phone or trying to mask the location of your phone can be a good reason for Law Enforcement agencies to put you on the suspicion list.</h4>
 
-					<h4>
-						<ul>
-							<li><b>Leave your phone ACTIVATED at YOUR HOME.</b></li>
-							<br>
-							<li>Use sites like <a href="https://openwifimap.net"> Openwifimap</a> <i><u><strong>through
-											tor</strong></u></i> to pre-scan and find free WiFi around the protest to
-								use in a secondary phone.<br><br>[WARNING: Do this only if you read the end of the
-								article to know more about secondary phone].</li>
-							<br>
-							<li>Use a Faraday bag at all times to store your secondary phone when you don't
-								<u><strong>need</strong></u> to use it.
-							</li>
-						</ul>
-					</h4>
+					<br>
+
+					<h4>Leaving your phone activated at home leaves no digital trace of you ever being affiliated with the protestors.</h4>
+
+					<h4>As we have discussed the various methods that Law Enforcement agencies can track you down precisely, and there isn't much you can do to stop it, leaving your personal mobile phone, smart watch, or any other smart device at home is the best way to stay anonymous in a protest, leaving no proof that you took part in it and <a href="/opsec/encryption/index.html">denying</a> that you ever left your home.</h4>
 
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-					<h1><b>Guides</b></h1> </br>
-					<p></p>
-
-					<hr>
-					<hr>
-
-					<br>
 
 					<div>
-						<h2><b>How to have a phone for anonymous use?</b></h2> </br> </br>
+						<h1><b>How to have a phone for anonymous use?</b></h1> </br> </br>
+
+						<h4 style="color: rgb(255, 251, 0); box-shadow: 0px 0px 15px 15px rgba(255,0,0,0.9);">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. </h4> <br><br>  <h3 style="color: red;"> ⚠️ Proceed only if you need connectivity for communications while doing anonymous outdoor activities. ⚠️</h3>
 
 						<p>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
@@ -237,12 +224,12 @@
 							proceed with the same steps of setting up and precautions after you have secured its
 							firewall.</p>
 
-						<h3><b>SETTING UP:</b></h3>
+						<h3><b>Preparation - indoors:</b></h3>
 						<br>
 
 						<h4>
 							<ul>
-								<li>Get yourself a <a href="/opsec/graphene/index.html">grapheneOS</a> phone.
+								<li>Use your main pc to flash <a href="../graphene/index.html">grapheneOS</a> on a pixel phone.
 									Only proceed if you get one. Otherwise, don't use a secondary phone at all.</li>
 								<br>
 								<li>Get a decently reviewed <u>Faraday bag</u> on amazon. However its recommended to buy
@@ -258,17 +245,22 @@
 								</li>
 
 								<br>
-								<li>Back up any important data and flash your phone with grapheneOS or LineageOS after a
-									factory reset and check if it booted in your new ROM. DO NOT CONNECT TO ANY WIFI OR
+								<li>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 disguise the faraday bag as a normal envelope or put 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.
 								</li>
 								<br>
-								<!-- <li>When you're about to leave for the protest, go far away from both - your home and
-									the protest site; and factory reset your Graphene/Lineage ROM phone again and
-									connect to nearby wifi from the WiFi list you got from openwifimap.</li> -->
+								<li>Use sites like <a href="https://openwifimap.net"> Openwifimap</a>
+									<i><u><span style="color: red;">through tor</span></u></i> 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).<br><br>
+									
+									<u>[WARNING: Do this only if you <strong>NEED</strong> to use secondary phone for the protest].</li></u>
+								<br>
+								<li style="color: red;">⚠️ Use a Faraday bag at all times to store your secondary phone when you don't
+									<u><strong>need</strong></u> to use it. ⚠️
+								</li>
 								<br>
 
 							</ul>
@@ -283,32 +275,61 @@
 
 						<h4>
 							<ul>
-								<li>Dress up all black and go to a random place insignificant to you, get your phone out
-									of the faraday bag, and connect to a public wifi.</li>
-								<br>
-								<li>Download <a href="/opsec/MobileTor/index.html">tor browser</a> in your grapheneOS
-									phone.</li>
-								<br>
-								<li>Via the tor browser, with some monero, purchase an eSIM from https://silent.link,
-									and activate it on the secondary phone.</li>
+								<li>Using <a href="/opsec/whonixqemuvms/index.html">Whonix VM</a> or <a href="/opsec/tailsqemuvm/index.html">Tails VM</a>, via the tor browser and some <a href="/opsec/finances/index.html">Monero</a> (XMR), purchase an eSIM from <a href="https://silent.link">https://silent.link</a> and note down the activation code on a piece of paper.
+							        <br><br>
+									<p>WARNING: It is important to write the <u>combined activation code</u> 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.</p>
+								</li>
+								<li>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.</li>
+
+									<div >
+
+										<h3><b>How to activate the eSIM</b></h3>
+
+										<div> <h3>Step 1</h3> <p>Navigate to your grapheneOS setting and click on "Network and Internet" </p><img src="eSIM/1.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 2</h3> <p>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."</p> <img src="eSIM/2.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 3</h3> <p>Navigate to your app drawer and click on "Apps"</p><img src="eSIM/3.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 4</h3> <p>Now install "Google Services Framework" and "Google Play Services"</p><img src="eSIM/4.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 5</h3> <p>Navigate back to "Network and Internet" in the settings. The eSIM managament option should be enabled now.</p><img src="eSIM/5.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 6</h3> <p>Click on the eSIM management option. Then click "Download a SIM instead."</p><img src="eSIM/6.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 7</h3> <p>Click "Next."</p><img src="eSIM/7.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 8</h3> <p>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 <u>combined activation code</u> from the silent site that you noted down on the piece of paper.</p><img src="eSIM/8.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 9</h3> <p>You might see different sim name downloading when you activate the sim. Its fine.</p><img src="eSIM/9.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 10</h3> <p>Navigate to "settings" after you've finished downloading the eSIM.</p><img src="eSIM/10.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 11</h3> <p>Click on the downloaded eSIM option.</p><img src="eSIM/11.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 12</h3> <p>Toggle "Use SIM"</p><img src="eSIM/12.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 13</h3> <p>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 <a href="https://silent.link/faq">silent help</a>.</p><img src="eSIM/13.png" alt=""> </div>
+										<div> <h3>Step 14</h3> <strong style="color: rgb(255, 100, 100);">DO NOT FORGET TO REMOVE BOTH GOOGLE SERVICES THAT YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER.</strong><img src="eSIM/14.png" alt=""> </div>
+
+									</div>
+
 								<br>
 								<li>Make sure that while you're doing this, you're not under any security surveillence
 									(cameras, law encorcement buildings, etc).</li>
 								<br>
-								<li>Once you validate that the eSIM works, disconnect from and forget the public WiFi
-									network, power the device off, and put it in the faraday back again right away.</li>
+								<li>Once you validate that the eSIM works, power the device off, and put it in the faraday back again right away.</li>
 							</ul>
 						</h4>
 
 						<hr>
 
-						<h5 style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">⚠️ Although eSIM method works well, you need to remember that
+						<h4 style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">⚠️ Although eSIM method works well, you need to remember that
 							the moment you activate it, the systems <u>start tower-triangulation right away</u> and
 							doing it anywhere close to your
 							location of interest might be <u>potentially risky</u>. You also need to be careful NOT to
 							switch it on at your own home by any chance,
 							or you could hear the <u>bang on your door soon</u>. This is why its best to use open public
-							wifi.⚠️</h5>
+							wifi.⚠️
+					    
+							<br><br>Leave your primary phone INDOORS and ACTIVATED while you are outdoors.
+							
+							<br><br>
+							
+							<b>⚠️ 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. ⚠️</b>
+
+						
+						</h4>
+
 
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 							platform.
 
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@@ -462,10 +482,8 @@
 						<h4>
 							<ul>
 								<li><b>Do NOT tell anyone your real name</b>. Create a pseudonym for every
-									group/contact.</li><br>
-								<li><b>Do NOT talk about protest at home, especially with phones, home assistants, and
-										TVs nearby</b>.</li><br>
-								<li><b>Do NOT reveal anything more than necessary</b>.</li><br>
+									group/contact. SimpleX chat offers this feature within their app to randomly generate one using "Incognito mode" within the app.</li><br>
+								<li><b>Do NOT vocally talk about protest at home, near devices. SimpleX chat should be the <u>only</u> place you talk about the protest</b>.</li><br>
 								<li>Do NOT share personal info (address, phone number, birth year, family background)
 									with <b>ANYONE</b>.</li><br>
 							</ul>
@@ -473,19 +491,6 @@
 
 						<br>
 
-						<h3>When questioned by the Law Enforcement, remember to</h3>
-						<h4>
-							<ul>
-								<li><b>ALWAYS speak less than necessary and speak ONLY when you're asked to</b>.</li>
-								<br>
-								<li><u>Ask if you are free to leave, even for no reason</u>. If you are, then leave.
-								</li><br>
-								<li>Answer in short, conscise bits. Do not swallow, stutter, or talk rapidly. You might
-									want to train this at home.</li><br>
-								<li>Not affiliate yourself with the protestors.</li><br>
-							</ul>
-						</h4>
-
 						<h3>When going outside to safely access services like eSIM or tor, as we talked earlier, always
 							keep in mind to</h3>
 						<h4>
@@ -497,7 +502,11 @@
 										subway washroom/restroom and wear the uniform making sure no cameras are
 										watching you. Make sure to now put the bag (2) in bag (1) and proceed with your
 										work as shown in the below diagram.</b></li>
-									<img src="popsec.png" class="imgRz">
+
+										<br><br>
+
+										<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).</b>
+								<img src="popsec.png" class="imgRz">
 								<br>
 							</ul>
 						</h4>