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Nothing is ideal, but so far it seems it was a very good idea to go. Here is an update and we are about to get more regular reporting out when our guys are in a bit safer situation than they are now. http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-rohingya-movement-as-seen-by-a-journalist-in-burma All the best, Heather Marsh, @GeorgieBC on Twitter On 13-03-18 12:21 AM, Griffin Boyce wrote: > Jacob Appelbaum <ja...@appelbaum.net> wrote: >> >> It seems like physical smuggling or geo-caching of the data would be >> much safer than a sat phone that can be *tracked* and *jammed* >> simultaneously. At least with geo-caching, one could pass along the >> coordinates for evidence later and then perhaps at a later date, we will >> have the evidence stored, found and released. >> > > That seems problematic, and the person who passed on the details of > location still has the risk (perhaps a greater risk) of being identified. > Cell phones are extremely problematic too. > > >> As far as physical smuggling, I suspect that people would need to >> swallow the media cards or to sew them into clothing. That would allow >> the cameras to stay in the area but for the data to trickle out. >> > > Do not swallow SD or microSD cards, especially not unprotected. They're > very likely to become unusable, to say nothing of potential health effects. > There are a million ways to hide a microSD card on one's person. > > MicroSD cards fit into lockets, inside clothing seams, inside/under > band-aids <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandage>, in shoes, taped > to the bottom of your foot, within bra layers (placement also makes sense > because of small bits of metal here), in the bottom of a cigarette pack, in > your mouth, under the lid of a water bottle, inside a flashlight, and any > number of other items that make sense to have when crossing a border. > > It's 1cm x 1cm in size, and about 1mm thick. Get creative! For cameras > that take SD cards, you can use SD>MicroSD converters and smuggle out the > tiny cards if you can get across the border. > > ~Griffin Boyce > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
