SR SECURITY

Before You Go

• Obtain Two-Way Radio with working range of at least 15 miles - popular at camp are Baofeng UV-5Rs, $25 on Amazon and set channels
• Install Signal for iOS or Android phones for secure, encrypted text and phone calls.
• USB backup phone battery pack (ideally solar-powered)

Tech equipment donations needed

• Two-way radios (Baofeng brand recommended)
• Ubiquiti routers for building out the wireless network
• Telescoping flagpoles, POE injectors, outdoor shielded ethernet cable
• OpenWRT-compatible routers
• Small solar, wind, or other sustainable energy modules to power individual nodes

Technical needs on the ground

• Certified radio tower climbers urgently needed to finish the link to the local tribal telecom bringing internet to the camps
• Wireless network geeks to help build out the network and design a local intranet mesh
• Solar and wind energy geeks to build a distributed network of sustainable, off-grid power for individual nodes

Contact at camp for tech volunteers

Lisha Sterling @ Tech Warrior Camp - lisha AT gwob DOT org - Signal: 206.886.4892

Handouts and Useful Links

• Surveillance Self-Defense @ EFF.org
• Practice Safe Phone by Lisa Ling (PDF)
• Using the Baofeng Standing Rock image for any programmable radio (PDF)
• Energy use of nodes in an off-grid wireless network