Digital Security Toolkit for Human Rights Defenders
7 February 2024
This toolkit is your guide to exploring Best Practices in Digital Security for Activists & Human Rights Defenders. Discover security features, tips, recommended applications, reactive measures, and how to apply them to enhance online safety.
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Protect and Secure Your Accounts
- Use a Strong Password; a long combination of letters, numbers, and symbols, or preferably, a passphrase in which an entire sentence is used as a password.
- Use a Password Manager App.
- Update your Email Address & Mobile Phone Number in your apps.
- Activate 2FA through “settings and privacy”. Use a security key or a trusted OTP (One-Time Password) app.
- Activate Login Alerts.
- Keep your device and applications up-to-date.
- Avoid clicking on unknown links, files and verify their source. 💡Tip: Check files or URLs https://www.virustotal.com/
