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Digital Security Toolkit

This guide provides digital security strategies for trans activists, covering device encryption, secure messaging, VPNs, Tor, file encryption, metadata stripping, and protest-specific preparations. It includes a trusted tools list and an emergency checklist for before, during, and after protests.

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Designed to be printed and distributed. Published August 31, 2026.

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