OVD-Info Offers Digital Security Help on Aug 24
On the hot line of OVD-Info on August 24, in the bot @OvdinfoBot, we will be consulting everyone who wishes to do so on issues of digital security all day long.
Consensus
- OVD-Info provided a day-long digital security consultation on August 24.
- The consultation was available via the @OvdinfoBot chat from 10:00 to 22:00 Moscow time.
- The service was free and secure.
- Users could ask questions about protecting devices from state surveillance.
- The consultation covered how to prepare gadgets for crossing the Russian border.
- Users could ask about trusted communication services for contacting relatives in Russia.
- The consultation included advice on checking devices for potentially incriminating content.
- Users could ask about securing Telegram accounts.
- The consultation addressed what to do if a device was in the hands of security forces.
- The consultation covered how to detect if a phone is being monitored.
- The consultation allowed users to ask any questions related to digital security.
Points of divergence
- The consultation included a quiz to help users assess if they need a consultation. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- Publicly sharing the post may be unsafe because Russian authorities have declared OVD-Info an extremist organization. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The consultation included advice on how to protect a Telegram account. — tg_theinsider
- The consultation included questions about whether security forces can recover deleted files and how to delete them permanently. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
Coverage (3 sources)
- How to prepare gadgets for crossing the Russian border? Which communication services with relatives in Russia can be trusted? How to secure a Telegram account? Answers to these and other questions on digital security — on the OVD-Info hotline — The Insider
- Day of Digital Security on OVD-Info Hotline — Говорит НеМосква
- What to do for digital security? — DOXA