Citizen Alerts

1.1 What the Fourth Amendment Actually Means

The Fourth Amendment says they need a warrant to search you. That includes your phone, your data, and your location history. Courts have confirmed this multiple times. Here is what that means in practice:

• They cannot search your phone without a warrant (Riley v. California)
• They cannot track your location long term without a warrant (Carpenter v. United States)
• Just because data is with a company does not mean you lose privacy rights
• Your home and the area immediately around it is protected

1.2 What to Say When Cops Talk to You

Memorize these phrases. Use them. They are your shield:

• "I do not consent to searches"
• "Am I free to leave?"
• "I want to speak with a lawyer"
• "You need a warrant to search my phone"

Be polite but firm. Do not argue. Do not get hostile. Just state your rights clearly and shut up. Silence is not suspicious. It is smart.

2.1 iPhone: Enable Lockdown Mode Now

This is the number one thing you need to do. Lockdown Mode blocks zero click spyware like Graphite. It is proven effective against state level attacks. Yes, it disables some features. No, you do not care. Your privacy is worth more than link previews.

2.2 Android: Harden Your Device

• Turn on Google Play Protect (Settings → Security → Google Play Protect)
• Review app permissions and revoke anything you do not absolutely need
• Disable Developer Options if it is enabled
• Set screen timeout to 30 seconds max
• Use a strong 6 plus digit PIN (not your birthday)

2.3 Universal Rules (iPhone and Android)

1. Reboot Daily: Most spyware does not survive a reboot. Set a daily reminder. Turn your phone off and back on. Takes 30 seconds. Disrupts surveillance.
2. Update Immediately: When you see an OS update, install it within 24 hours. Zero day exploits get patched. Graphite's iOS exploit was fixed in iOS 18.3.1. If you did not update immediately, you were vulnerable.
3. Disable Hey Siri and OK Google: Voice assistants are always listening. That is a feature for them, a vulnerability for you. Turn them off.
4. Before Protests: Disable Biometrics: Cops can force your finger on the sensor or point your phone at your face. They cannot legally force you to reveal a PIN. Before any protest or encounter with law enforcement:
   • iPhone: Press power button 5 times quickly, this disables Face and Touch ID
   • Android: Hold power and volume up, disables fingerprint

Use PIN only. Biometrics are convenient. PINs are protected by the Fifth Amendment.

3.1 Why Signal (And Nothing Else)

Signal is end to end encrypted by default. Signal cannot read your messages. The NSA cannot read your messages. If they get a subpoena, all Signal can tell them is when you last connected. That is it.

• Open source and security researchers can verify it is not backdoored
• Proven track record, used by journalists, activists, security pros
• Subpoena resistant, they do not store your messages so they cannot hand them over
• Recommended by EFF, ACLU, Citizen Lab, and every security researcher worth listening to

What about WhatsApp or Telegram? WhatsApp is owned by Meta. Telegram encryption is not even on by default. Use Signal.

3.2 How to Use Signal Properly

4.1 Opt Out of Data Brokers

ICE pays LexisNexis millions for access to their database. That database is built from data brokers who sell your info. You can opt out. It is tedious, but it works.

Other Big Brokers to Opt Out

• Spokeo: spokeo.com/optout
• Whitepages: whitepages.com/suppression-requests
• BeenVerified: beenverified.com/f/optout/search
• PeopleFinders: peoplefinders.com/manage

Too much work? Services like Incogni (about $10 per month) do this automatically for hundreds of brokers. Worth it if you value your time.

4.2 Limit What Is Out There

• Use cash when possible, every card swipe is tracked
• Avoid store loyalty cards, they track your purchases
• Delete social media or lock it down completely
• Use prepaid cards for online purchases if you need privacy
• Never post location info publicly

5.1 Before You Go

• Enable Lockdown Mode or Android hardening
• Fully charge your phone (or consider leaving it at home)
• Disable biometrics, power button 5x on iPhone
• Write legal support numbers on your body with permanent marker
• Bring ID but leave everything else home
• Wear neutral clothes, nothing identifiable

5.2 At the Protest

• Keep phone in airplane mode or off
• If you must use it: Signal only, never SMS
• Be aware of Stingrays (fake cell towers that intercept your calls)
• Do not photograph police in ways that show your reflection
• Face away from cameras when possible

5.3 Legal Support Numbers

Write these on your arm now:

• National Lawyers Guild: (415) 285-1011
• ACLU: (Check your state chapter)

6.1 The Script (Memorize This)

Say this, then shut up:

• "I do not consent to any searches"
• "Am I free to leave?"
• "I want to speak with a lawyer"
• "You need a warrant to search my phone"

Then say nothing else. Cops are trained to make you talk. Do not fall for it. Silence is not suspicious. It is smart.

6.2 Phone Searches

• Do not unlock your phone. Say: "You need a warrant to search my phone."
• They cannot legally force you to reveal your PIN (Fifth Amendment)
• They can force biometrics (that is why you disabled them)
• If they seize your phone, contact a lawyer immediately

6.3 After the Encounter

• Write down everything while it is fresh
• Get badge numbers, names, agency, time, location
• Contact ACLU, EFF, or civil rights org
• Use Signal to communicate with lawyers (never regular phone or text)

1.1 The $30 Million Question

• Contract: $30 million of your tax dollars (awarded April 2025)
• Who Gets Paid: Palantir Technologies, the company founded by Peter Thiel
• Deadline: September 25, 2025
• What You Are Paying For: An AI powered operating system that combines data from every federal, state, and commercial database they can get their hands on

1.2 How It Actually Works

Forget the technical jargon. ImmigrationOS takes your data from dozens of different places, combines it all together, and creates a detailed profile of where you live, where you have been, and who you know. Then it assigns you a confidence score, basically a rating of how likely you are to be at a specific address.

Where Your Data Comes From

• Medicaid records: 80 million patients
• DMV photos and records: 3 out of 4 American adults
• License plate readers: covering 75 percent of adults
• Utility bills: 3 out of 4 American adults
• Commercial data brokers like LexisNexis
• Social Security records
• IRS tax information
• Border crossing data
• Airline passenger records
• Student visa information

The overcapture problem: They are accessing 80 million healthcare records to target about 11 million people. That is 7 innocent Americans caught in the dragnet for every 1 target. Your grandmother's Medicaid records? They have those too.

2.1 What Zero Click Means

Graphite spyware can hack your fully updated iPhone or Android without you clicking a single thing. Someone sends you a photo via iMessage or adds a PDF to a WhatsApp group, and you are infected. You never see it, never click it, never know it happened.

• Who Made It: Paragon Solutions, Israeli spyware company
• Who Is Using It: ICE ($2 million contract), DEA, and others
• Founders: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and ex Unit 8200 intelligence officer

2.2 How They Hacked Your Phone

• iPhone Attack (CVE-2025-43200): Exploited a bug in how iMessage handles photos and videos from iCloud. It was active until iOS 18.3.1 (patched February 10, 2025).
• Android Attack (CVE-2025-27363): Exploited font rendering in WhatsApp when processing PDFs. Someone adds you to a WhatsApp group, drops in a malicious PDF, and WhatsApp processes it automatically.

2.3 What They Can See

• All your messages (Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage)
• Your photos, videos, and files
• Your contacts and call history
• Turn on your microphone or camera remotely
• Track your location in real time
• Steal passwords and app credentials

2.4 The OPSEC Fail That Confirmed It All

On February 11, 2026, Paragon's General Counsel accidentally posted a screenshot to LinkedIn showing an active Graphite surveillance session. The screenshot showed a Czech phone number under surveillance, with live monitoring of WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram messages from February 10, 2026. Security researcher John Scott Railton called it an epic OPSEC fail, and it gave rare public proof of exactly what these systems look like in action.

3.1 Mission Creep Is Guaranteed

They build a surveillance system for one purpose, then expand it once the infrastructure is in place. The Patriot Act was supposed to be about terrorism. Now it is used for drug cases, tax evasion, and basically whatever they want.

Once they have the tools, they will use them. ImmigrationOS does not just work for ICE. The same database can be queried by any agency with access. Same with Graphite, once law enforcement has zero click spyware, what stops them from using it on protesters, whistleblowers, or journalists?

3.2 Your Fourth Amendment Died Quietly

The Fourth Amendment says the government needs a warrant to search you. But they found workarounds: buy data from brokers instead of getting warrants, use the third party doctrine to claim you have no privacy expectation in data held by companies, and combine data from multiple sources to build profiles without ever asking a judge.

4.1 Protect Yourself Now

• Enable iOS Lockdown Mode (proven to block this exact type of spyware)
• Use Signal for all sensitive communications
• Opt out of data brokers (LexisNexis especially)
• Reboot your phone daily (disrupts spyware persistence)
• Update your phone the second patches come out
• Full protection guide available separately

4.2 Demand Accountability

• Contact your representatives and make this an issue they cannot ignore
• Support organizations suing over these programs (EFF, ACLU)
• Share this report, they count on nobody paying attention
• Join the movement to replace the 535 members of Congress who enabled this

4.3 Support Project 535

This is exactly why Project 535 exists. We cannot fix corruption from within a corrupt system. We need to replace the players, not play their game. When 535 members of Congress answer to corporations and lobbyists instead of the people, this is what you get: mass surveillance, no accountability, and a slow death of privacy.

We are building a movement to change that. Not in 20 years. Not someday. Now.