PROTECTING YOUR DATA Data protection can be implemented at different states of data: Data-in-transit & Data-at-rest. To protect these data, a method called encryption is used. Encryption is a technique of scrambling normal, readable text to unreadable text. Data in transit is any data or information moving from point A to B, that is, email communications, internet use, instant messages, and online video conferencing. Whilst data is in motion, it is vulnerable to attacks and tampering if unprotected. Think of this like sending a postcard in the mail. Anyone can read the messages while in transit. PROTECTING YOUR DATA IN TRANSIT • Email encryption: Use more secure email platforms such as ProtonMail (https://protonmail.com/), Tutanota (https://tutanota.com/) and Thunderbird (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/) email clients which enforce encryption. • Website encryption: Always try to visit websites that have HTTPS protocol in use. These can be identified by a green locked padlock in the address bar. To make sure that all the websites you visit are HTTPS enabled, one can install an addon in your chosen browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge) called HTTPS Everywhere (https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere) • Instant Messaging: Use more secure platforms such as Signal Messenger or Wire Private Messenger that have verifiable end-to-end encryption to secure communications and more enhanced features like userdefined disappearing messages, screenshot disabling, customised username etc. • Video conferencing: Use platforms such as JitsiMeet (https://meet.jit.si/), BigBlueButton (https://bigbluebutton.org/) that have encryption built in and are more privacy respecting. Page A SURVIVAL 22 TOOLKIT FOR JOURNALISTS A SURVIVAL TOOLKIT FOR JOURNALISTS Page 22