Since Aug.2024,British journalist #RichardMedhurst has been under investigation with NO charges
we've tried to understand why the #UKAntiterrorPolice has been unable to access his @GrapheneOS phone, as far as we know:
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Before this legal case, #RichardMedhurst kept his #digitalSecurity setups private, but after his devices were seized, he says he is now free to speak openly.
Read our in-depth article on #ComputerWeekly
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#RichardMedhurst has decided to speak to #ComputerWeekly to analyse the key measures he took to protect his #sources in the event of extreme circumstances,such as arrest/risk of imprisonment for refusing to share his password w/the #antiTerrorPolice
#RichardMedhurst's arrest by #UKAntiTerrorismPolice and the raid by #AustrianSecurityServices have been condemned by the general secretaries of the British #NUJ and #iFJ:
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#RichardMedhurst credits the open source #GrapheneOS operating system with protecting his work and his confidential sources
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#RichardMedhurst to #ComputerWeekly about his #GrapheneOS phone:
“To protect my data, I compartmentalised the device into multiple isolated user profiles, effectively giving me multiple phones in one.”
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#RichardMedhurst to #ComputerWeekly:
"a phone is at its most vulnerable after you turn it on and enter your passcode. When you unlock the phone, you are placing your encryption keys in the device’s memory [..] the keys can be extracted by actors who want to access your data"
#RichardMedhurst explained #ComputerWeekly why he thinks his phone on @GrapheneOS protected his sources: #rebooting is one of the key features. We explain you why :
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#ComputerWeekly asked 2 experts on security about #GrapheneOS : professor #StevenMurdoch and #FreedomOfThePressFoundation's Chief Security Officer #HarloHolmes
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Professor #StevenMurdoch to #ComputerWeekly:
"I would not go as far as to say the hardware is impossible to crack, but experience has shown that even some of the best forensic software currently is incapable of obtaining data from @GrapheneOS devices without knowledge of the passcode"
