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Preparation
Secure Messaging Apps: Signal, Keybase, Threema, & More
There are many secure messaging apps out there, but many are beholden to big-tech oligarchs who don’t value your individual freedoms.
Gear
Bag Drop: Red Oxx Search and Rescue Duffel Bag
The Red Oxx Manufacturing Sherpa Jr. serves as a “mothership” to my smaller search and rescue bags and keeps my bulky gear all in one place.
Gear
Pocket Preps: Serrated Knife Buyer’s Guide
Some people love serrated knives, and some think they’re only good for cutting bread. Gluten tolerances aside, let’s look at a few blades.
Survival
First Aid in the Field: Become Your Own First Responder
Prolonged Field Care focuses on what first responders can do after stabilizing a life-threatening injury and evacuation to higher care.
Preparation
Situational Awareness Evaluation: Part 3 – Baselines & Anomalies
Staying observant is key to preventing violence. Become a student of behavior and take note of baselines and anomalies to see danger coming.
Preparation
Cell Phone Surveillance: Can They Hear You Now?
A cell site simulator (or IMSI catcher) is a cell phone surveillance device that impersonates a legitimate cell tower and records user data.
Preparation
Infographic: Digital vs. Analog Radios
Explaining all the details of the digital vs. analog radio debate would require a lengthy technical article, so we'll give you the basics.
Gear
Plate Carrier Radio Setups: Safariland Liberator & Silynx Clarus
Here are two plate carrier radio setups from Safariland and Silynx that integrated our encrypted handhelds into our load-bearing gear.