Ask HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?

My country (Israel) is going through a coup d'état, which would result in a regime that can use surveillance without going through the courts.

Israel has one the most advanced surveillance capabilities, that has long been used to target other peoples and nations, but as far as is known, not its own people. This might now change.

I am trying to prepare in advance with encryption software, and optimally a way to communicate if traditional networks go down. Unfortunately other nations have gone through similar situations recently, so I'm wondering if there's a known guideline for these situations.

I went through some notes and will just dumb more links here.

- https://www.eff.org/

- https://ssd.eff.org/

- https://www.wilderssecurity.com/

- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Security

- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Category:Security

State overreach and surveillance is a global trend. Don't mind me saying this: As a Jewish citizen with fair skin, a dual passport you would probably do fine, unless you are an Arab...

Even under the most tyrannical regimes such as Iran, Myanmar, Russia, China etc. The elite are rarely targeted by the state apparatus. If you are a majority ethnic group with family links in the military, bureaucracy, big business politics etc. You are mostly safe. If not, well encryption is not going to save you. Take your family and run.

The thing is their tools are totally useless if traditional networks go down. And the prob with surveillance, in the age of the info tsunami, is not having enough people to go break down doors. There is no use if the dumb tool is flagging 20000 posts a minute and you have 1 poor jackass staring at the flood trying to work out who to pick on.

That's why however great their tools are they seem totally incapable of Controlling the protests.

PGP but realistically just talk in person.