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Image: Text: Safer ways to “dry” clean your wizard outfit and more: Here’s the dirt on “green” dry cleaners, where to get reusable garment bags, donate hangers Pixelated panda in wizard outfit stirring toxic cauldron. Pixelated tank top with heart on hanger.
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Image of text below: Call, text, or meet online via the free Signal app: Here’s why Signal is safer than WhatsApp and how to use WhatsApp and Signal. Whether you use WhatsApp or Signal, check to make sure: -There aren't links to devices you don't recognize. -With groups you created, disable group links. -Regularly change your app pin. Your cell phone: Buy a modern burner phone with cash, don’t turn it on in your home, and only add the Signal App, not other accounts (social media, financial, etc). Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Also, turn off Bluetooth, wifi, and Airdrop. Make sure your notifications are only visible when your device is unlocked. On an iPhone: Open Settings. Press Notifications, then Show Previews, then Never. Turn off biometric opening of your phone (face or fingerprint ID, etc.). Use a long, complicated alphanumeric password. Backup your phone regularly. On iPhones, enable Advanced Data Protection on your iCloud account.
Image of text below: 📢Protect yourself/others at #protests See BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURITY for more info If someone asks you to open your phone, only do it with your lawyer present, such as one from the @NationalLawyersGuild. Write their phone number on your arm in case you get arrested. Before you share photos: - Don’t post photos or videos of people’s faces without their consent. Obscure the faces of people only using the shape/rectangle tool. Don’t use drawing or blurring tools because they can be reversed by others. - Photos have hidden information, or metadata, embedded in them which include the type of phone/camera you used, the photo's location, and other potentially sensitive data. So use a metadata removal tool. If you send a photo to someone using Signal, that app removes this metadata automatically. - Let people know your photos or videos are real with the #ProofModeApp. Don’t leave anything with your fingerprints or saliva, such as drinks. If you’re in custody: If cops ask, you only need to say your name, birthday, and these magic words. Avoid saying much to anyone else in custody or if you’re on a call.
Image of rose-colored flower of life sacred geometry soap with text below: Safer brands of scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners: See bit.ly/SaferScentedProducts on if: 100% essential oils, synthetic scents, and scent-masking agents have toxic phthalates and are associated with allergies, eczema, respiratory issues. “Phthalate-free fragrance oil," “nontoxic,” “100% plant based,” “biodegradable,” “natural extracts,” or “water-soluble” claims aren’t safe.