Guide de survie numérique pour militant·es (Nothing2Hide)
Summary
Nothing2Hide’s “Guide de survie numérique pour militant·es” is a forty-page printable French-language zine on digital self-defence for activists, covering Signal, encrypted email, smartphone hardening, password managers, and social-media hygiene. The 2024 edition is published under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike and is designed for double-sided printing in cahier format.
Body
https://nothing2hide.org/fr/guide-de-survie-numerique/
Nothing2Hide is a French non-profit that supports journalists, activists, and civil-society organisations in defending their digital privacy; the guide is the educational arm of that work. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The 2024 edition opens with a threat-modelling chapter (“pourquoi ce guide”) that frames digital security as a function of who might want what the reader has, and what would happen if they obtained it — a framing borrowed from and consistent with EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense and Tactical Tech’s Holistic Security. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique]
The body covers five practical modules. The messaging module explains why Signal is preferred over SMS and over mainstream commercial messengers, how to verify a contact’s safety number, and how to set disappearing-message timers. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The email module walks readers through account choice (provider, jurisdiction), two-factor authentication, and the choice between PGP/GPG and provider-side encryption. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The smartphone module addresses Android-versus-iOS tradeoffs, application-source choice (F-Droid on Android), and the limits of “private mode” in mobile browsers. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The password module recommends password managers and explains the difference between a strong passphrase and a recycled password. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The social-media module addresses metadata leakage in photos, geolocation in posts, and account-isolation practices for activists operating under real names. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique]
The cahier format is intentional: the zine is meant to be printed and handed along at a training, not only read on a screen. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The licence (CC-BY-SA) permits translation and adaptation provided derivative works carry the same licence; this makes the guide a frequent source for French-language translations of digital-security curricula in other jurisdictions (Belgium, Switzerland, francophone Africa, Quebec). [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique] The guide is regularly updated; the 2024 edition is the current one and incorporates recommendations consistent with the post-2023 threat landscape, including stalkerware-detection and SIM-swap awareness. [source: nothing2hide-guide-numerique]
Use it for
A French-language digital-security primer for a new volunteer cohort; a printable handout for a workshop in a francophone jurisdiction; a translation source for adapting the curriculum into another language.