Martin Shelton

2 weeks ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

It’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here. Apple’s Advanced Data Protection service hardens its iCloud offering by using further encryption to prevent even Apple from accessing users’ iCloud data.

3 weeks ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

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1 month ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

Welcome to “Ask a security trainer,” the column where the Digital Security Training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) answers your burning questions at the intersection of journalism and security. Submit yours here! Let’s jump right into this week’s question. Dear DST,At this moment where many companies are using “AI” to market their tools, I noticed some tools I depend on doing the same, particularly cloud transcription services like Otter.ai.

1 month ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

It’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here. At the risk of drawing more public scrutiny and regulatory blowback, one would think that representatives of the ad industry would not want to brag about how much they use data brokers — companies that primarily collect and sell information about you.

1 month ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

It’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here. Browser extensions are small pieces of software for augmenting the behavior of your web browser — for example, extensions designed to block ads.