It takes engineering hours to remove a feature. Even if few people use it, why go out of your way to remove it? Meta’s hurting its users. And for what? https://www.theverge.com/tech/894752/instagram-end-to-end-encryption
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @freedomofpress@social.freedom.press. Journalism, digital security, research.
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Well I got all bent out of shape about Proton Mail. There are valid use cases for these tools but users should know what the service can and can't protect. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/proton-mail-is-not-for-anonymity/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Signal recently released another grand jury subpoena which, as always, basically had nothing interesting to turn over in response. For the requested phone numbers they could only provide the account creation timestamp. https://signal.org/bigbrother/district-of-columbia/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Mar 06, 2026
"We made sand think."
I mean, no, we didn't. But let's say we did — what a very rude to do to those innocent computers.
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Mar 05, 2026
This sounds like a killer job for someone who cares about privacy and getting the bag. Help Signal keep doing their critical work. https://jobs.lever.co/signal/68f75269-fe43-4d25-8d82-69439351f14d
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Mar 05, 2026
Proton is fine if you are looking for encrypted communications between Proton / PGP users. It's important to remember it is ABSOLUTELY NOT for anonymity. In this case, a user was unmasked because Proton had their payment data. https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Mar 04, 2026
I’m wondering how Windows can get more hostile to its users. Perhaps they can send over Steve Ballmer to punch me in the gut every time I turn on a Windows device. https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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@mshelton@mastodon.social
Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Mar 02, 2026
Baby me: PGP, wow cool, hacker stuff
Grey hairs me: I will decrypt this and reply with my Signal. I'm so damn tired
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Mar 01, 2026
OpenAI is saying, here are the laws that make this decision okay. Then they go on to list a series of laws that creative lawyers are taking advantage of to enact surveillance both internationally, and domestically. I'm not sure this is the kind of defense they think it is. https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Feb 25, 2026
If you are a journalism instructor and want to get started teaching digital security for your students, we'd love to show you how. Sign up for our training for journalism educators. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxFwfKJkj6zNlJTvVwev-w1HvMmuaXxqnulkDeivWcpxhsmw/viewform
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Feb 25, 2026
Good news for once. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/24/washington-post-reporter-search/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Feb 13, 2026
Our digital security team has been taking a close look at court documents on the FBI's raid on a Washington Post reporter's home. There's a lot journalists can learn from this event. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/wapo-raid-security-lessons/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Security therapist. Deputy Director of Digital Security @ freedomofpress . Journalism, digital security, research. If you want to get security news and updates from our team somewhere that's not Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter: https:// freedom.press/newsletters/
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Feb 03, 2026
We're getting a lot of questions about Signal group chats, and how to use them as safely as possible. Share widely! https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/signal-group-safety/
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