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!!How-To Overview
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The following tips are useful given that you work in an environment
in which you are encountering significant surveillance from superiors
and/or coworkers.

!!Secure Your Computer

*Passwords: The most basic element of securing your workplace
computer is keeping your password out of the hands of others. While
you know better than to write down your password anywhere or enter it
while in the view of others, you may want to keep in mind the
following tips to ensure others will never figure it out:
     *Make your password as long as possible.
     *Incorporate numbers, symbols, and--if your password is case
sensitive--both upper and lower case letters; change your password
often.

!!Secure Your Internet and E-mail Activity

*Internet Activity: The simplest most effectve step toward protecting
your activity on the internet is to simply stay away from sites that
may get you into trouble.
*E-mail: Covering your tracks when emailing can be more productive
with the use of two key elements: send email to anonymous addresses
that cannot be traced; and encode your messages with code-words
and/or pre-established text encryption devices.

!!Secure Your Address Book

*Encode Names: Assigning random code names for your contacts is the
first step toward keeping the identities of the entries in your
address book a secret.
*Anonymize E-mail: Anonymous email addresses will mean nothing to
anyone looking through your contacts if there is no meaningful name
to attach to the address (alhtough code names for email addresses can
also be devised: e.g. @Google = @XYZABC).
*Encode Phone Numbers: Phone numbers can also be easily coded with a
personalized seven digit number that can be added to each phone
number encryption (e.g. adding 222-2222 to the phone number 371-4776
gives the coded number 593-  6998).

!!Secure Your Trash

*Shread Documents: Shred sensitive documents whenever possible, but,
to be absolutely certain sensitive information does not fall into the
wrong hands, do not assume that shredded documents cannot be
painstakingly pieced together.
*Dispose of Documents Outside Office: To further ensure the security
of sensitive material, keep all discarded documents in a locked
drawer while at work, and take the documents with you when you leave
to shred and dispose of in an undisclosed location.

!!Secure Your Mail

*Security Envelopes: Always use security envelopes when sending
letters.
*Carbon Paper: Insert a piece of carbon paper into letters before
sending; any manipulation of the envelope or contents will leave
marks on the carbon paper.

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