Bootlicking Brendan’s back at it
Plus: It’s almost World Press Freedom Day. Someone forgot to tell the world
Free journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
ICE•NewsletterPlus: Meet the immigration judge who didn’t get fired
Whistleblower prosecution has nothing to do with national security
Leaks•NewsletterPlus: DOJ wants to scrap the Presidential Records Act
Brendan Carr’s localism hoax
Trump•NewsletterPlus: NPR, PBS ruling explains why all Trump censorship is illegal
Tell Congress to stop newsroom raids
Search & Seizure•NewsletterMeet the new Pentagon press policy, same as the old Pentagon press policy
Press must be transparent about wartime censorship
Prior Restraint•NewsletterNo, Florida should not have its own CIA
Censorship is bad for business
Oligarchs•NewsletterPlus, order restricting Natanson search didn’t go far enough
Attorney regulators must push back on lawless prosecutors
Leaks•NewsletterÖztürk deportation case among America’s most blatant press freedom violations
Brought to you by leaks
Whistleblowers•NewsletterPlus: A journalist’s fight for transparency in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Lemon’s arrest delivers warning shot to journalists
Arrests/Prosecutions•NewsletterPlus: Alex Pretti’s murder was also an attack on press freedom
DOJ’s ridiculous attempt to prosecute Don Lemon fails
Search & Seizure•NewsletterAlso: Judge halts search of records seized from Washington Post reporter
Raid of reporter’s home ignores federal law, constitutional freedoms
Espionage Act•NewsletterDon’t forget last week’s alarming intrusion on newsgathering
Identifying government officials is not ‘doxxing’
Reporter’s Privilege•NewsletterFPF lawsuit sheds light on ICE surveillance
Covering protests is a dangerous job for journalists
Protests•NewsletterStop the deportation of Guan Heng
Stop the gatekeeping. The First Amendment is for all of us
Reporter’s Privilege•NewsletterThe Trump administration is trolling America with its FOIA responses
Caving is out, suing is in
Trump•NewsletterFPF demands court lift secrecy in Herridge privilege case
Fauci aide charged for FOIA evasion while most HHS FOIA offices stay shut
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: In another threat to your privacy, Palantir is mining IRS data
Hate Meta glasses? Wait until you hear about ICE glasses
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Did an FPF records request prompt ODNI to take down its FOIA website?
Four new threats to your personal data
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: FPF sues for Trump’s first-term records
DOJ’s history-killer memo turns Oval Office into black box
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: How many FOIAs does a New Jersey school district think is too many to file in a year? 14
Trump’s ‘presidential library’ still smells like a scam
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: FPF talks privacy and surveillance with NPR’s ‘1A’
See you in 2038: The Pentagon’s latest press strategy
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: The DOJ is blaming you for its FOIA failures
FPF sues to see how agencies are dismantling privacy safeguards
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: The ‘most transparent administration in history’ is making FOIA even worse
DHS celebrates Sunshine Week with illegal firing of FOIA officer
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Rep. Tlaib introduces the Ellsberg Act
Is the Pentagon watchdog shielding the agency from probes into lawless ops?
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: Nominee to be next archivist has no qualifications for the job
Trump is making it easier for the CIA to spy on Americans — yet again
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: Judge Cannon helps bury the Jack Smith report on classified documents at Mar-a-Lago
Boat strike death toll climbs, legal justification still hidden
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: U.S. embassies put diplomacy up for sale
Sen. Wyden raises the alarm on potential CIA abuses
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: The State Department is purging its X accounts. That will only make diplomacy harder
Marco Rubio is out as archivist. His replacement will likely also flop
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: The Trump ‘library’ grift continues
Website for Afghanistan reconstruction oversight agency vanishes
Secrecy•NewsletterCongress needs to get serious about body cameras. Here’s two ways it can
You can now FOIA Trump’s first-term records
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Declassification board pushes for release of 9/11 records
FOIA shows DOJ rollback of media protections is based on a lie
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Administration releases partial legal rationale for Venezuela strike
Trump first-term records will soon be subject to FOIA
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Trump administration continues reliance on secret law to justify potentially unlawful actions
Does DHS even know how to save its records anymore?
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Remembering Dr. William Burr, nuclear scholar and declassification expert
FPF FOIA prompts question: Who might ICE be lying to? Us, or a federal judge?
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Kristi Noem’s agency insists she’s never sent or received a direct message on Truth Social
Sen. Kelly: Read boat strike memo into Congressional Record
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: IRS says it will take eight months to search for an email
Apple fixes bug that allowed forensic access to deleted notifications
Communication security•NewsletterDownload your iOS updates to make sure you’re protected
Wipe your own code … Now with agentic AI!
Expert analysis•NewsletterAI agents are a bit like eager interns — they still need intentional management and supervision
Reporter impersonated on Signal, WhatsApp
Communication security•NewsletterOkay, this is really the last thing we need right now
FBI pulls deleted Signal texts from iPhone notifications
Communication security•NewsletterSpoiler alert: This also applies to incoming notifications for every app. Learn how to adjust your settings
Google warns of quantum attacks on encryption
Network security•NewsletterIt may be a problem sooner than experts think
VPN use may cue government surveillance
Network security•NewsletterLawmakers sent Tulsi Gabbard a letter asking for clarification about how the use of VPNs affects Americans’ privacy rights
Update now: DarkSword spyware targets iPhones
Malware•NewsletterThe best time to update your devices is all the time
CBP bought ad location data for surveillance
Device safety•NewsletterUsing advertising infrastructure, Customs and Border Protection can track users’ locations when targeted devices are served ads
Proton Mail is not for anonymity
Communication security•NewsletterA recent story of a Proton Mail user unmasked for Swiss authorities highlights what the company can and can’t protect
In Greek court, founder of spyware firm convicted
Malware•NewsletterIntellexa founder and three others found guilty of using mercenary spyware to target journalists and senior government officials in Greece
Evolving digital security practices and the mistakes we’re making
Communication security•NewsletterFPF’s Harlo Holmes offers advice on 404 Media podcast
In raid on journalist, Apple’s Lockdown Mode blocks FBI
Device safety•NewsletterLockdown Mode is not just for dealing with remote malware — it also appears to shut down some forensic devices.
The (security) keys to our hearts
Account security•NewsletterWe’re showing our favorite digital security tools some love in our newsletter this week. Read up on why we love security keys.
Show your passcodes some love
Account security•NewsletterLet’s appreciate all that passcodes do for us by sending this week’s Valentines to them and their natural home, the password manager.
For sharing secrets, Signal is key
Communication security•NewsletterAs heart-shaped chocolate boxes fill store aisles, allow us a moment to write a love letter to one of our favorite tools: Signal.
Signal’s founder is building a private chatbot
Communication security•NewsletterConfer is an open source, end-to-end encrypted chatbot.
Instagram floods users with password reset emails
Account security•NewsletterIf you got one of these emails, you weren’t alone.
Californians get new data broker opt-out tool
Expert analysis•NewsletterEven if you don’t live in the Golden State, there are things you can do to opt out of invasive data broker companies.
Google Chrome prepares AI ‘agents’
Device safety•NewsletterHow might Chrome put guardrails on AI ‘agents’?
Lessons from Defense Department ‘Signalgate’ report
Communication security•NewsletterThe Pentagon inspector general’s report gives more details on the incident than ever before.
J-school security curriculum: Major updates in progress
Announcements•NewsletterA revamped digital security 101 module is coming soon!
Want to run digital security trainings?
Announcements•NewsletterWant to learn how to teach “digital security 101” in your J-school? Of course you do!
J-school security curriculum: Content updates!
Announcements•NewsletterCheck out the latest updates to our digital security 101, authentication, and malware modules.
J-school security curriculum: ‘Digital security 101’ updates
Announcements•NewsletterWe’ve made updates to our “Digital security 101” module, and more.
J-school security curriculum: New resource pack!
Announcements•NewsletterCheck out the new resource pack for our “Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border” module.
J-school security curriculum: Reviewed and refreshed!
Announcements•NewsletterOn the heels of our new module focused on U.S. southern border journalism, we are happy to announce a range of additional updates to modernize the rest of the J-school curriculum.
J-school security curriculum: New module!
Announcements•NewsletterWe’re thrilled to announce a new module focused on U.S. southern border journalism
J-school security curriculum: DeepSeek leak and more ‘fun’ news
NewsletterWell, at least there’s a lot of stuff to talk to your class about
J-school security curriculum: Into the Dangerzone
NewsletterWe’ve added new slides to our Malware module to help instructors get started sharing the good word about Dangerzone.
J-School Digital Security Curriculum: September Update
NewsletterHello again!It’s Martin, principal researcher at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with our regular update on the U.S. Journalism School Digital Security Curriculum.J-school security curriculum highlightsTo account for new username and privacy options in recent versions of Signal, we made some small changes to the …
J-School Digital Security Curriculum: July Update
NewsletterHello again!It’s Martin, principal researcher at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with our regular update on the U.S. Journalism School Digital Security Curriculum.Before we jump in, I want to share that we’re hiring a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) consultant to help us develop a …
