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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 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 Zoom

Learn about the security, privacy, and anti-abuse measures of the Zoom video chat platform.

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.

Choosing the right video conferencing tool for the job

Learn about which video chat tools are secure and practical for your situation.

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.

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 What about our most sensitive, unpublished details when reporting?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?

How to shop for a journalist: A security gift-giving guide

Sometimes I need gifts for my journalist friends. Journalists don’t typically treat themselves to gadgets and services that will make their jobs safer and easier, but maybe you can treat them instead.

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