Surveillance of Journalists/Encryption Issues

Abstract

Journalists and their sources across the world are increasingly vulnerable to digital attacks from state and nonstate adversaries, which can threaten source confidentiality and undermine news work. Lack of knowledge about how to integrate defensive measures and digital security such as encryption into everyday routinized news work is a considerable challenge for journalists and has been highlighted by a number of studies. Research has found journalists and their sources do not sufficiently understand data anonymization or digital communication security. They also highlight perceived lack of usability of encryption tools, which hinders their uptake among journalists. Such arguments are widespread in the journalistic community and put at risk the ability of journalists to guarantee the safety of their sources—be they whistleblowers or not—in a complex digital communications landscape.

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