The Electronic Frontier Foundation doesn't do traditional cybersecurity audits—they do something different. According to their latest field notes, EFF has spent the past year training activists, abortion providers, and transgender rights advocates in operational security, or OPSEC: how to protect themselves from surveillance and doxxing. Unlike commercial pentesting firms that charge six figures, EFF offers this training pro bono to under-resourced movements. Their approach starts with threat modeling—understanding what risks a particular community faces—then moves to practical training on encryption, secure communications, and how to reduce a digital footprint. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, demand has surged from clinic escorts and healthcare workers facing state-level surveillance. The work is grounded in the realities of how technology enables harm against vulnerable people, and how communities can fight back.

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