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FPF’s Harlo Holmes offers advice on 404 Media podcast

Lockdown Mode is not just for dealing with remote malware — it also appears to shut down some forensic devices.

Court documents show how investigators can track digital activities, and reveal ways to harden journalists’ devices

Larger groups come with more risk to your privacy, but you can make decisions about how to navigate groups safely

What can journalists do if they expect someone might take devices with sensitive information?

Confer is an open source, end-to-end encrypted chatbot.

If you got one of these emails, you weren’t alone.

Even if you don’t live in the Golden State, there are things you can do to opt out of invasive data broker companies.

How might Chrome put guardrails on AI ‘agents’?

The Pentagon inspector general’s report gives more details on the incident than ever before.

To protect your sensitive conversations, you’ll need to make sure your device is safe.

With Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!

Apple’s new phone series has a secret superpower that will make mercenary spyware much harder to deploy

Explore some options for backing up your phone privately and securely.

For one industry mining your data alongside telecom providers, it’s all about location, location, location

Right now it’s on Android beta, iOS and desktop are on their way soon, too.

Targeted malware is the sharpest edge of the spear, but simple steps also do a great deal to lower your risk of attack

The rise in device searches at U.S. ports of entry is consistent with ongoing upward trend — but there are things you can do to prepare

ICE officers used unsecured text messages to communicate about a target marked for deportation. Then, they added a stranger

AT&T rolled out a new feature to help customers lock down their accounts. But it’s not just AT&T — your phone company may have their own version as well

Mozilla warns of phishing attacks targeting developers of Firefox add-ons

Research shows that in recent months, Apple has notified at least a dozen Iranian iPhone users of targeted spyware, including those in civil society

Definitely use a strong password on your password manager. But it’s also a good move to have backup plans

A security researcher found that by altering the ID attached to Meta AI prompts, he could get their chatbot to spit out someone else’s prompt and AI-generated responses

Journalistic skepticism is pretty normal. But now we need to question someone’s literal voice. That’s a bit new