Alice is an idiot if she’s trying to defeat nation-state adversaries and be a thrifty shopper at the same time, but even so, in most places a laptop isn’t going to be cheaper than a cheap mobile phone.
You really want Alice to use some public library computer for some reason, but I am going to assume Alice isn’t a complete moron and would avoid this, given there are a hundred better options that won’t result in her genitals being shocked in some dingy government interrogation room. If you have to use a laptop then, cool, grab an ISO of Debian, install it, find the nearest WiFi hotspot, make a free protonmail account, send an email. Done. -Ryan McGinnis r...@digicana.com http://bigstormpicture.com 5C73 8727 EE58 786A 777C 4F1D B5AA 3FA3 486E D7AD > On May 7, 2021, at 5:36 PM, Stefan Vasilev <stefan.vasi...@posteo.ru> wrote: > > > Ryan McGinnis wrote: > >> Sounds like you're having to trust some kind of tech from the country you're >> going to, so with that in mind: >> >> Buy burner phone and SIM with cash from some place where normal people buy >> phones and SIMs with cash. Install Signal. Done >> >> For identification, have some code word that will be the first thing you >> send. Maybe even have a duress code word, too. >> >> Now there are some places this won't work. Some places only sell phones >> that are pre-compromised. If you know what you're doing you can probably >> flash it with GrapheneOS, though that would require buying a computer, in >> that country, too. At some point you're probably in the "gonna be taking >> some serious risks no matter what" territory, unless you're working for MI6 >> or something. >> >> > > Alice likes to keep the costs low and would only purchase a laptop > there, to prepare > > data, prior taking it to the Internet Café's (compromised) computer. > Phones, whether > > dumb or smart, she likes to avoid. But thanks for the proposal, much > appreciated. > > > Regards > > Stefan
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