Insights and Perspectives
Updates and analysis on security technology and implementation.
Phone Security in the Cold, the Heat, and the Field
Most phone security advice assumes a phone living a comfortable life at room temperature. Plenty of people carry one somewhere harsher: a job site in a heatwave, a winter operation at forty below, a remote field posting where the phone is both a lifeline and the only computer for miles. Extreme conditions change how a
Buying Hardened Phones at Scale: A Procurement Guide
Buying one secure phone is a personal decision. Buying them for an organization is a procurement problem, with budgets, deployment, support, and the awkward reality that hardened phones don’t always behave the way corporate IT expects. If you’re responsible for equipping a team or a workforce with secure devices, here’s what to think through before
The Family Security Plan: A Practical Guide for Households
Most privacy advice is written for an individual. Families are different. You’re managing not just your own devices but children at different ages, shared accounts, and the genuine tension between protecting kids and respecting their growing independence. A family security plan isn’t about locking everything down. It’s about making a few deliberate decisions together so
How to Vet a Secure Messenger
Picking a messaging app is one of the most consequential privacy decisions most people make, and the market is full of apps claiming to be secure. Some are. Many use the word loosely, and a few are actively misleading. You don’t need to be a cryptographer to tell them apart. A handful of specific questions,
Does Incognito Mode Actually Protect You?
Incognito mode feels private. It mostly isn’t. Here’s what private browsing actually hides, and from whom.
Metadata: What Your Phone Leaks Even When Your Messages Are Encrypted
Encryption hides what you say. It doesn’t hide that you said it, to whom, when, or from where. Here’s why metadata is often more revealing than content.
What the Titan M2 Secure Chip Actually Does
Secure phones love to name-drop their security chip. Here’s what the Titan M2 in a Pixel actually does, in plain language, and why everything else sits on top of it.
Traveling With a Secure Phone: A Practical Checklist
Travel is where your phone is most exposed: unfamiliar networks, border searches, devices out of your sight. A practical, no-paranoia checklist for the road.
Secure Phone vs Burner Phone: Which Actually Protects You?
Burner phones feel anonymous. Mostly they aren’t. Here’s the honest difference between a burner and a hardened secure phone, and when each one helps.
Does a VPN Make You Anonymous?
Short answer: no. A VPN is a useful tool, but it doesn’t make you anonymous. Here’s what it actually does.
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