Activist: "Should we put our phones in airplane mode when we're doing activist stuff?"
Me: [responds with two pages of text about threat modeling, risk assessment, levels of protection, current and future threats]
I don't think most people realize how hard it is to give people simple, straightforward cybersecurity guidance.
There's a huge risk in erring on the side of caution: people finding your recommendations burdensome and doing _nothing_ as a result.
#infosec
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