Increasing Anonymity, Privacy & Security on the Internet
This short document is intended to outlay some considerations which may help increase our anonymity, privacy and security online . As probably none is fool proof, it is important to not develop a false belief of ever having complete security. Even worse might be to implement one or two fundamental measures but overlook others. As with home security, the many precautions needed can easily become overwhelming. You would probably not wish to make your home so secure that it resembles a prison. Likewise, you may not
want to become so obsessed with security that your internet activities cease to be enjoyable. New Zealand written.
Electronic Surveillance Self-Defense
The internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world. Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to identify and retaliate against those who speak out despite censorship and surveillance. In this 7-page publication are six basic ideas for those attempting to speak without falling victim to authoritarian surveillance and censorship, and four ideas for the rest of us who want to help support them.
Home Security - a personal account
As goods become less obtainable due to scarcity and inflation, those who have not prepared may unfortunately be more inclined to take from those who have. There are many types of security: food security, financial security, emotional security. Here the author is dealing primarily with property security – the affordable preparations he has personally taken to deter intrusion, burglary and possibly worse. New Zealand written.
A Guide to Crime Prevention
Prepared by the New Zealand Police, this 24-page guide covers areas such as knowing your neighbours, family violence, personal safety, older people, child safety, teenagers & alcohol, protecting a property, reporting a crime, internet safety and keeping your identity safe.
Fire Extinguishers
The time to learn how to use an extinguisher is probably not when you need to use one. This brief, New Zealand-written document covers the different types of extinguishers, the types of fire each can be used for and the PASS technique for using an extinguisher.
Surviving in the City
While we all want to do our best to prepare for a coming crisis, and many of us realise that some aspects of cities make them less than ideal places to be when the chips are down, very few people are really prepared to pack up and head for the hills. Most people, whether they're aware or not, are going to stay in the cities. This special report explains some of the most critical dangers of living in a city and presents some solutions to surviving them.
Be your own Bodyguard
Personal safety tips for the home, street and the workplace. Topics covered in this 38-page document include protecting yourself at home, protecting yourself at work, protecting yourself on the street, a word about deterrents, a note for the elderly, rape prevention tips and surviving hostage situations.
Self-Defense for Women
This item is included mainly for historical interest and as a placeholder, in the hope that we may be able to replace it with something more relevant and recent (it was written in 1942). It should be mentioned also that self-defense is perhaps not best learned from a book.
Protection in the Nuclear Age
This Federal Emergency Management Agency publication from 1985 covers a subject which, unfortunately, has again become topical. It provides basic preparedness guidance combined with specific measures useful in emergencies. Contents include the effects of nuclear weapons, population protection and living in a shelter. Several different types of shelter are outlined. Many illustrations.