June 23rd, 2015
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Encrypt everything, including guacamole recipes.

Making a case for encryption, from guacamole recipes to top-secret documents | IJNet

All journalists, whether they work in conflict zones, investigate corruption or cover local politics, need to learn how to encrypt their digital voice and text communications. Media adversaries, whether governments, criminal organizations, corrupt officials or companies, can now easily hack journalists’ communications, learn sources’ identities, obstruct sensitive investigations and even destroy or alter electronic documents.

(Source: ijnet.org)

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