The internet has been buzzing since the #ENDSARS struggle began and reports circulating the social media is that the government may decide to shut it down to disrupt the protests.
If this happens, here are tips to stayonline:

  1. You will need a VPN app to prevent anyone from tracing your location or spying on your browsing history. You can use app likes Tunnel Bear, NordVPN, Psiphon, Tor, Orbot, X-VPN etc
  2. Protect yourself, make sure all the sites you visit are delivered via HTTPS. You can also download the “HTTP Everywhere” extension and install it on your browser.
  3. Ensure your VPN is safe you can visit www.thatoneprivacysite.net to check and compare VPNs.
  4. Give a trusted person who is out of the country your social media password and ask that if they do not hear from you within a period of time, they should tweet a message.
  5. Download Lantern, p2p network to get people in uncensored areas to share their Internet with you.
  6. Download Firechat, this app allows communication over Bluetooth. It however only works if many people download and use the app in the same vicinity. Once a critical amount of people has the app everyone essentially becomes a cell tower and thus can communicate without a cell network.
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