PROTECTION OF SOURCES What kind of voice recorders must journalists use? Journalists can be using their mobile phones for voice recording and in addition use the Tella App (https://tella-app.org/) which then encrypts and protects all documentation and audio recordings. Are WhatsApp voice messages secure? These are secure as they are being transmitted over an end-to-end encrypted connection. The problem comes when the receiver of the message has poor security practices with their device which can then expose these messages to the wrong hands. take pics and blur the faces of sources too; or one can also use ObscuraCam (https://guardianproject. info/apps/obscuracam/) to anonymize their pictures. What is PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) encryption and how can that protect journalists? When journalists are subjected to surveillance, their sources are also at risk. A cardinal practice of journalism is the protection of sources. Journalists should never at any govern time, jeopardise the safety of their sources. Here are a few tips for journalists when they are subjected to surveillance, or when they suspect that they are being surveilled. What about Signal, Telegram, Zoom, Teams etc? Please refer to Protecting Your Data below for these answers; Signal Messenger can also be used to IF YOU SUSPECT YOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE – YOU SHOULD: (a). Immediately inform your sources about your suspicion so that they take protective action as well. If your sources are whistle-blowers, you may endanger their lives once they are discovered. It is important to shield them from this danger by letting them know. Vindictive regimes can ‘contact- tracing’ your sources and eliminate them. (b). Immediately delete any metadata about your sources that you might have saved on your gadgets. Here are the steps you can take to delete email address of a ‘sensitive’ news source when your privacy is compromised by surveillance: 1. Click the People option in the navigation bar in the bottom-left section of the screen. 2. Find and select the contact you want to delete. 3. Click the Delete option in the Ribbon, or right-click the user and select Delete from the drop-down menu. Investigative journalists should take care for a number of reasons. Doing investigative journalism means dealing with a number of sources. There are ‘embedded sources’. These are new sources who are within the system, providing leaks and other documents. They are long-term sources that will be used for a number of stories. Page 18 A SURVIVAL TOOLKIT FOR JOURNALISTS