# Safe by default

_Campaign · Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council · https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/safe-by-default/_

Every member and family protects their accounts and knows how to spot phishing and impersonation.

## Record

- **State**: proposed
- **Decision**: D10
- **Why**: Human rights organisations document transnational repression against Iranians abroad. Phishing is one documented method, and passkeys with careful habits protect against it.
- **Evidence**: [Freedom House documents transnational repression by several states, including Iran and Türkiye, against people abroad: threats, family coercion, digital attacks and phishing.](https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression) · source: Freedom House, Transnational Repression · _secondary_
- **Ask**: Take the digital safety course.
- **Ask**: Switch your main accounts to passkeys or an authenticator app.
- **Ask**: Report impersonation of the organisation or its members.
- **Milestone**: Digital safety course outlined · done
- **Milestone**: Safety clinics run by Chapters · planned
- **Milestone**: Guide translated into the community's languages · planned
- **Countries**: not recorded

## Provenance

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## See also

- [Civic](https://iranians.global/civic/)