New research: Why don’t more J-schools teach digital security?
How do most U.S. journalism schools instruct on digital security? Our research suggests there's a long way to go.
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Our Digital Security Team discusses arrests of U.S. journalists in 2020
Freedom of the Press Foundation recently released a report detailing a record number of arrests throughout 2020 based on comprehensive data gathered by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a project in collaboration with the Committee to Protect Journalists.Harlo Holmes, Olivia Martin, David Huerta, and Martin …
First steps for online safety
The environment in the U.S. surrounding digital security threats to journalists is evolving. What should journalists do to better protect themselves, sources, and colleagues from escalating digital security threats?
U.S. election security incidents were minimal — and now it gets messy
While there is now little evidence of U.S. election malfeasance, there's still so much more we can do.
Security considerations for confidential tip pages
How journalists can safely make the most of their confidential tip pages.
What we know about video conferencing with BigBlueButton
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the BigBlueButton video chat platform.
Journalists, how private are your Slack messages really?
It's time to rethink your privacy on Slack.
Encrypting a college newsroom with Signal
Freedom of the Press Foundation's Digital Security Training intern speaks to the experience of deploying Signal in his student newsroom.
Keeping your home Wi-Fi router reasonably secure
Learn about how to tighten your home Wi-Fi router's security settings.
What we know about video conferencing with Microsoft Teams
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Microsoft Teams video chat platform.
What we know about video conferencing with Slack
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Slack video chat platform.
Wear a mask, then cover your face with Signal
Learn how to blur faces in photos with Signal, the encrypted messaging app.
Beyond Signal phone numbers
Something exciting is happening at Signal: Through novel encryption techniques and architecture, we may be moving away from phone numbers as user IDs.
What we know about video conferencing with Google Meet
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Google Meet video chat platform.
Evaluating videoconferencing tools
We outline some of the questions we think about when critically assessing video conferencing tools, and how journalists can determine what’s right for them.
What we know about video conferencing with Jitsi Meet
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Jitsi Meet video chat platform.
What we know about video conferencing with Whereby
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Whereby video chat platform.
What we know about video conferencing with Zoom
Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Zoom video chat platform.
Choosing the right video conferencing tool for the job
Learn about which video chat tools are secure and practical for your situation.
What about antivirus?
Antivirus software is one of the oldest offerings available from the now-billion-dollar cybersecurity industry. But what does antivirus software do to help protect our devices, what does it not do, and do we really need it?
Where does your team store its two-factor authentication codes?
The choice between storing two-factor authentication codes on your device, versus a remote service in the cloud comes with some usability and security trade-offs.
How reporters’ emails get got: Case studies in legal requests and hacking
Before potentially burning a source or tipping off a target before you're ready, journalists should know the privacy and security constraints of email — who can see your emails, and when?
We ran over some security keys with a car and some still worked
One of the most common questions we get in training journalists on two-factor authentication (2FA) is: How hard are these hardware security keys exactly? Our digital security team has plenty of anecdotes to support their durability, but we've decided to methodically put them to the test.
Newsrooms, let's talk about Office 365
Once upon a time, Microsoft Office provided a small suite of applications on your computer, including Word for writing, Excel for spreadsheets, and PowerPoint for presentations. But increasingly, modern newsrooms use Office 365 to access these tools over the web, alongside remote storage and team management software. While working on the web offers obvious advantages, many reporters also wonder about the privacy and security of this data. What about our most sensitive, unpublished details when reporting? What can Microsoft see?
