Insights and Perspectives
Updates and analysis on security technology and implementation.
Your Phone Is Built to Distract You. Here’s How to Take It Back.
Your phone isn’t accidentally distracting. It’s engineered to be. A look at the attention economy and how a calmer, de-Googled phone helps you take back your focus.
Phone Security for Teenagers: Privacy, Independence, and Real Risks
Teenagers deserve privacy and face real risks at the same time. A guide for parents and teens to protecting a phone without resorting to surveillance.
A Parent’s Guide to a Safer First Phone for Kids
A child’s first phone is also their first exposure to an industry that profits from tracking them. A practical guide for parents to the real risks and how a cleaner phone helps.
Phone Security for Seniors: Practical Protection Against the Scams That Target Them
Seniors are deliberately targeted by a fraud industry that runs through the phone. A practical, respectful guide to making a phone a much harder target, for seniors and the families who help them.
Attorney-Client Privilege in Your Pocket: A Lawyer’s Guide to Phone Security
Your phone holds privileged communications, work product, and client data, and your ethical duties now extend to how you protect it. A practical, detailed guide to phone security for lawyers.
What Journalists Actually Need From a Secure Phone
For a journalist, the phone is the newsroom, the source list, and the evidence locker all at once. An honest, detailed look at the threats reporters face and how to actually protect a phone and the people who trust you.
Building Sovereign OS: Why We Chose GrapheneOS Over AOSP
When you’re a small team setting out to build a secure mobile operating system, you face a fundamental question that keeps you up at night: do you start from scratch with pure Android Open Source Project (AOSP), or do you build on something that’s already been battle-tested? It’s the classic developer’s dilemma between control and
Building Sovereign OS: Why We Chose One-Time Payment Over Subscription Models
Picture this: You’re drowning in subscription notifications. Netflix wants its monthly fee. Your password manager needs renewal. That “secure” messaging app is threatening to cut off service if you don’t update your payment method. Now imagine adding a secure phone subscription to that pile, one that ironically tracks your payment details while claiming to protect
Building Sovereign OS: Why We Chose Pixel’s Over MediaTek-based Devices
Would you build a bank vault out of cardboard just because it’s cheap? It’s a question that might sound absurd, but it’s exactly the choice many organizations face when selecting hardware for secure mobile communications. The fundamental tension in secure phone selection comes down to this: do you prioritize upfront cost savings, or do you
The Security Paradox: When Your Secure Phone Becomes a Red Flag
Picture this: You’re approaching a security checkpoint, maybe at an international border or entering a secure facility. Your phone, the one device that contains your entire digital life, is about to be scrutinized. But here’s the twist: that ultra-secure phone you bought to protect your privacy? It just painted a target on your back. This
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