DIGITAL SECURITY RESOURCES
Consumer Reports w/ Citizen Lab, Digital Security Planner
Digital Defenders (Online Publications)
Electronic Frontier Foundation Surveillance Self-Defense (multiple languages including Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, French, Mandarin, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese)
Grimm, J. J., Koehler, K., Lust, E. M., Saliba, I., & Schierenbeck, I. (2020). Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences: A Guide to Human and Digital Security in Hostile Environments. SAGE Publications Ltd. [Link]
Henry, C., Gohdes, A., & Dorff, C. (2022). “Digital Footprints and Data-Security Risks for Political Scientists.” PS: Political Science & Politics, First View (The Profession), 1–5. [Link]
How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging (Wired, 2025)
Totem Digital Security Training (multiple languages including Arabic, Farsi, French, Spanish, Russian)
Van Baalen, S. (2018). “‘Google Wants to Know Your Location’: The Ethical Challenges of Fieldwork in the Digital Age.” Research Ethics, 14(2), 1-17. [PDF]
Zebra Crossing Digital Safety Checklist
travel safety resources
CUNY Clear Guide to flying while Black/Muslim/immigrant (CUNY, 2025)
Digital Privacy at the US Border: Protecting Your Devices (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2017, also in Arabic and Spanish)
How to Enter the US with Your Digital Privacy Intact (Wired, 2025)
How to protect yourself from phone searches at the US Border (Wired 2025)
How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US Border (The Guardian, 2025)
Know Your Rights: Enforcement at the Airport (American Civil Liberties Union, also in Arabic, Spanish, French, Urdu, Somali, Hindi, Farsi, Chinese, with referral contact information)
Nothing to Declare: CPJ’s advice for journalists crossing a U.S. border (Committee to Protect Journalists, 2018, also in French, Spanish, and Portuguese)
Parkinson, S. E. (2017). “Through the Looking Glass: Information Security and Middle East Research.” POMEPS Studies 24: New Challenges to Public and Policy Engagement. Project on Middle East Political Science: Washington, DC, March 13. [Link]