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New: I spoke to Samuel Tunick, the man the U.S. is charging with allegedly wiping his GrapheneOS phone before CBP could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people against protecting their data and their privacy.” www.404media.co/the-governme...

‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone

The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to ...

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Since Aug.2024, British journalist #RichardMedhurst has been under investigation with NO charges we've tried to understand why the #UKAntiterrorPolice has been unable to access his @grapheneos.org phone, as far as we know: [English] www.computerweekly.com/feature/Jour...

Journalist Richard Medhurst had his mobile phone seized. Did using a secure phone protect his data? | Computer Weekly

How can journalists protect confidential data and sources on their phones when crossing borders? Richard Medhurst, a well-known independent British journalist covering international affairs who has be...

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A statement from WIRED leadership.

Happy 250th America

As companies embed AI into more of their tools — whether you asked for it or not — newsrooms have had to contend with how they will approach AI safety policies. Our digital security team has thoughts.

Ask a security trainer: Time to update your newsroom AI safety policies?

Handling confidential data with third parties has always been a challenge, and this is one more layer

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as our country celebrates its 250th year, i just want to say that Tracy Bohnam's "The Burdens of Being Upright" is the most perfect album ever made. real patriots will not fight me in this.

so, when you meet the QUEEN OF NYC RAMA DUWAJI you should not say "look at what the cat dragged in" as your opening line. i am such a fucking dork, but i was star-struck and it just tumbled out of my big dumb mouth 🫠

Cooper Quintin (Senior Staff Technologist, @eff.org & Founding Board Member of @openarchive.bsky.social) on why funding matters for easy-to-use, FLOSS tools & resources to safeguard eyewitness media. Donate now: internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/ope... #FundInternetFreedom

Even the NYC sky was rooting for the Knicks this evening.

HISTORY.

I just got access to "Claude Cautionary Tale"?

Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...

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the film, backrooms, is pretty much "sleep no more" if it took place in oberlin college. i said what i said.

at this point, have to ask ourselves why we have robots out there dancing with a shirt and no pants like winnie the pooh

why do i, instead of seeing "floaties" in my eyes, i just envision a responsible dad picking up their child from middle school?

ok i don't want to be annoying, but did we as a culture forget how to properly use "less" and "fewer" in sentences?

the cruel thing about PGP with subkeys is that, you have to renew them, as like, "proof of life" the other cruel thing is, you can no longer lie about being unable to read email because of expired subkeys also cruel; everyone can estimate how old you are because you can still do PGP subkeys

Since January 2025, the Trump admin has consistently targeted journalists for their reporting. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, we're urging the DOJ to drop charges against @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social and others. Read the letter we signed with @amnesty.org: www.amnestyusa.org/blog/civil-s...

i went to Perugia for #ijf26 and i worked A LOT. i'm exceptionally proud of this conversation we had about preparing journalists working with whistleblowers: www.youtube.com/live/fzJXuc5...

How to work safely with sensitive sources

YouTube video by International Journalism Festival

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i don't post much, but when i do, it's to hype myself up for the inevitable reboot of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job via infowars

i don't post much, but when i do, it's to talk about the latest @404media.co pod with Cindy Cohn, who came out the gate with the best mic drop of all time: "are you worried more about the company spying on you? or the government spying on you? and i'm like, nobody's offering you that choice"

🔔 Journalists’ sources fear retaliation. We’re all less informed as a result. Join our live webinar with @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, @gracehussain.bsky.social, @fastlerner.bsky.social, Emily Spatz, @harloholm.es and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social. 🗓️ Dec. 9, 2 pm ET RSVP: freedom.press/silenced-sou...

still fun at parties.

when someone literally doesn't know the difference between sallie mae and bernie mac.

presenting THIS HOT DOG GETS ME OFF ALSO SHE IS A DOCTOR ALSO SHE IS VEGAN SPECIAL EDITION AUDIOBOOK read by true buckaroo @jamieloftus.bsky.social audiobook is FREE but we are asking for donations to LA STREET VENDOR FUND who are helping vendors impacted by ICE RAIDS www.patreon.com/posts/this-l...

super-charged, but incredibly compelling: for any of the media theory heads: pca.st/episode/5532...

'The Interview': Andrew Schulz, 'Podcast Bro,' Might Be America's Foremost Political Journalist

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happy juneteenth my dudes

Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · last yr.

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Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no oh no. These people have no idea that their AI companionship, finding purpose, "therapy" chats are not HIPAA protected, can be subpoenaed, can be used for training, etc. Plus the bots literally are not qualified to practice psychotherapy/medicine. hbr.org/2025/04/how-...