Posted on 01/16/2021 5:09:19 AM PST by shoff
Interestingly this was published on Movements.org website in 2011. It was part of Hillary’s State Department training given in Mexico City. This conference sponsored by Hillary’s State Department and Google. Training was provided to youth activists in the use of social media. Special classes were held in the use of software designed to evade government surveillance. This software is called TOR, funded thru Google, US Naval Research lab and George Soros’s Human Rights Watch. This is the same software WikiLeaks uses and is illegal in the United States per the Patriot act. This was archived since it has been scrubbed from Movements.org website.
How to Remain Connected If Your Internet Gets Shut Off
Posted by Susannah Vila in Access Blocked Information originally posted on January 31, 2011
Burma, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Tajikistan, and - most recently - Egypt and Libya, are all countries where governments have controlled access to communication technologies as a way to hinder social mobilization during periods of political unrest. If you live in a country where this is a possibility, consider preparing for it. Share
Step 1. Keep all your outmoded technology - it may come in handy. If you live in a country likely to experience shut down of internet service providers at the behest of the government, keep in mind that tools like modems and even fax machines might be useful again. You can use a modem to access the web via dial-up provided you have a working telephone line. As in Egypt during the January 25 uprising, supporters can make available international numbers that you can dial into to avoid your local ISPs (since they will be shut down). You'll also need an international dial in number, a working phone line, and bluetooth equipped cell phone and computer. Stay tuned to the Telecomix activists' network, which began providing disconnected people with dial up links to the WWW when Egypt lost its connection, and again in Libya a month later. • Click here to see the Google Speak 2 Tweet number for Libya • Click here to see one free dialup number for Libya (note the username and password (they're the same)) • Click here to see another free dialup number for Libya (note the username and password (they're the same)) Share widely!
Step 2. Take all your contacts out of the cloud. It's a good idea to make sure you have a list of your contacts' emails printed out and readily available. For example, the We Are All Khaled Said Facebook page prepared for a possible Facebook cut-off in Egypt by asking supporters to share their email addresses and other contact information on a Google spreadsheet. Most email clients let you easily export and download your contacts. Learn how to export Gmail contacts and Yahoo! Mail contacts.
Step 3. Gather contacts' phone numbers and write them down. Make sure to have a phone tree prepared ahead of time. A phone tree is "a prearranged, pyramid-shaped system for activating a group of people by telephone." Your contacts are divided into different groups with each group having a coordinator. These coordinators will be responsible for calling other members. Start with those in your network with the biggest reach, for example community leaders such as politicians, imams, priests or rabbis, and then contact supporters with smaller networks but who you can count on to take to the streets and contact others
Step 4. CB Radio and ham radios can be used to communicate. A CB ("citizens band") two-way radio service allows for communication over short distances. You don't need a license to operate one. Ham radios--or amateur radios--are non-commercial and use designated radio bands to transmit communications. They are commonly used for voice transmissions and morse code. The requirements for receiving an amateur radio license vary country to country, so you will need to check what type of license you need to obtain. Ham radio signals are harder for governments to track and block. Learn more about becoming a ham radio operator with Wired's how-to wiki. There is an active ham radio community that you can tap into right now and work with to develop a contingency plan for getting information out of your country in the event of a net shut down.
Step 5. Use a fax machine to send and receive documents. Many printers now also come with fax machines built in, or you can use a standalone machine. Both parties need working phone lines and fax machines.
Step 6. Prepare a local or "ad hoc" network connecting devices to each other even without the internet. Here are different ways to do this: Turn to FidoNet, a networking system that can be used for communication between bulletin board systems. Mail and files can be exchanged via modems using a proprietary protocol. You must meet the technical requirements to join FidoNet. Check out Daihinia, an app that extends the range of a network of devices that aren't connected to the larger internet but are connected to each other. Adding a chat client, like Pidgin, to this allows activists to talk to one another. Look into how you might be able to harness other chat clients as well. On a Mac you can use the "Rendezvous" feature in iChat to communicate with anyone on the network. In Windows use a third party app like Trillian, and Linux has a bunch of 3rd party apps you can use - note that this does require some technical knowledge, which is why it is all the more important to prepare in advance. Packet radio is a radio communications protocol that lets you create long distance wireless networks between devices like ham radios - if you look into this option before hand, you might be able to create a network using radios. Get involved with OPENMESH, a new project launched by investor Shervin Pishevar. So far, the forum is working as a place for engineers to offer solutions for building a mesh network in Egypt.
Step 7. Get Twitter messages redirected to your phone and send Tweets by text. Make sure to link your mobile phone to your Twitter account and locate the Twitter short code for your country. Then you can send a text message containing your Tweet to that short code and it will be posted to your profile.
Step 8. Have a basic radio on hand so that you can still listen to news. Portable scanners are also helpful for receiving police, fire, and rescue reports. They can be purchased online or at specialty electronics stores and usually cost around $100 USD. Walkie-talkies are handheld, two-way portable radios that can be used to communicate between two people within a short distance (usually at a range around 15-20 miles). A basic walkie-talkie is pretty cheap to purchase.
Step 9. Check with neighbors and friends who may use different internet service providers (ISPs) and see if their connections are still up. For example, in Egypt one ISP (Noor) remained online when all other ISPs cut service.
Step 10. Did all this, but still no connection? Landlines might still work. If they do, as we've seen in Egypt and Libya during the spring of 2010, an activist network like Telecomix may be providing dial up links to the global web What are we missing? Let us know in the comments and we'll add them! Share Share Your Lessons Learned and Suggestions! blog comments powered by Disqus
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I’m not agreeing with it just posting cause I found it interesting that when the democrats want to take over another country internet access is so important.
Guess we are down to pony express or courier.
this appears to be true. my laptop does have a modem, waiting to be configured. and we have kept our landline.
I guess we’ll find out between tomorrow and Monday whether we should have taken action...
this appears to be true. my laptop does have a modem, waiting to be configured. and we have kept our landline.
I did, not telling me anything I am not aware of. Thanx
By Tuesday we will be required to pledge allegiance to the party and sing the black national anthem.
found this as well. needs an ethernet cable so here we’d have to use our desktop. https://itstillworks.com/connect-wireless-landline-5900299.html
I bought a Cobra 50 WXST handheld for my move from CA to TX. It tunes to the nearest WX antenna, which would, by default, be local weather. It holds nine rechargeable batteries, but only comes with a 12V adapter.
You only need a license to transmit. You can listen to any HAM band you want. And if things get that bad the government will not have the resources to track down every pirate broadcaster in the country.
last item needed - dial up numbers. this has been around for awhile - netzero. We would like to keep communication open to relatives in Europe. https://www.netzero.net/free/
Get a printer.
I just realized the other day that I have not used my printer in nearly 10 years. I needed to print something and it didn’t work.
I stopped reading in the first paragraph.
TOR is NOT illegal. Never has been. It’s an open source initiative and is not only legal but recommended among privacy advocates.
Great find!!!
Bookmark to print later...
CB and GRMS do not require a license. HF, VHF, and UHF have reserved bands for HAM radio, but radio is not jammable globally or continentally. They may be able to setup localized jamming but the expense and effort would be substantial. Also consider that everything using wireless of some type would be impacted: garage door openers, Bluetooth, cellular, television, terrestrial radio. Short of an EMP or massive X-category solar flare, the amount of power required to jam a substantial band of radio would be on the order of hundreds of megawatts if not gigawatts.
weather.com gets its info from where most folks get theirs: NOAA and NWS. This national system gets its info from signals sent from the local nodes. Unless I am mistaken, each of those local nodes put out an RSS feed that is publicly accessible.
Even those the info posted in this thread is old, it is still helpful. Sure, could use a little updating, but at least we’re thinking in the right direction.
jimjohn - OUT.
I have a stockpile of tires to burn for smoke signals...
Otherwise. ..while its all shut off I have a few good books and a couple of models to work on, might just start that 1/200 scale USS Missouri model.
Good Info. Thank you. We need to see more posts like these.
“Couldn’t govt jam your transmissions anyway?”
Well, if they do, I prefer Strawberry but they’ll probably use Grape.
“Become a Facebook Fan” LOL!
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