A good read before the weekend: The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security

[CrispyQ]

The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/

I really liked the section on burner phones & how to keep them private if you're going to go to the trouble of getting one.

FYI: Amazon has a huge variety of recording devices, if you want to leave your phone at home, or don't want to risk dropping it while you record, or so it's not so obvious you're recording the brownshirts. Some are video only, so read the descriptions carefully if you want audio too.

Be safe out there!

[hlthe2b]

1. I'm going to add that one-party permission for audio is tricky and state-by state. But while CO is a 1-party

permission state--that provision only applies if you, the recorder, are party to the conversation. If you audio record (or video plus audio) in public, it becomes tricky. If you are doing so on behalf of someone who IS party to the conversation or events (e.g., video recording a police encounter with one of your group), then in most states you'd be okay. But just eavesdropping on conversations while video or audio recording gets trickier...

Probably best to try to Google the laws in your state or stick with still photos only, or (in most states, video only is probably fine during a public event). Hopefully, your organizer for your event will have already been briefed on state-specific law, but it is wise to check ahead of time regardless. Obviously, any consequences for doing any of the previous anonymously are only likely if you are somehow identified should you use it in any way...

[CrispyQ]

2. Good info to know! Thank you.

Be safe & (mostly) legal out there!

[Hekate]

3. Forwarding to a few friends. You can also check EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation.