I am starting to organize w/ my friends IRL, but we also need to communicate with each other and other people further away (that we cant meet regularly). Since a year ago i got interested in privacy oriented messagging apps such as Briar or DeltaChat, we have been using the latter. But i still am unsure if it is safe to organize and communicate to other people my thoughts on how to organize better and grow as a movement. I know there have been CIA operations to infiltrate leftist movements (like COINTELPRO or more recent stuff like the 5 police officers of antiterrorism found in 5 different Autorganized Universitary Collectives here in Italy). I know that there also could be spyware on phones and idk if the app can really make communications safe. Is writing a document on this computer (even with GNU/Linux) safe? sorry if i couldn't explain myself. sorry for the disturb.
thanks alot :3
P.S (edit)
By "organizing" i mean sharing to people online the idea and direction including plans as to the growth and work of the organization.
READ THE FUCKING MANIFESTO!
There are two separate concerns to think about here. First, is infiltration where bad actors join the organization. This is a difficult problem to address since it's an issue of trust. You should vet people who join, but there's only so much you can do there. It's valuable to read up on how the Bolsheviks handled this problem incidentally where they created a system forcing these agent provocateurs to provide genuinely useful work to survive.
In terms of communication, I would absolutely do that offline. There is no real benefit to doing any serious organizing online, and people shouldn't even bring their phones or electronic devices when meeting in person. That's by far the safest option. Online places make sense for agitation and recruitment, but not for any serious work.
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