Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Security for journalists

Suppressed by Google
This fellow, Lucca RF, gives much good advice to journalists on cyber security.
Yet I found his email in my Gmail spam box.
I suppose it's coincidental that he urges avoidance of Chrome.
When I tried the link, Google tried to dissuade me, claiming it is "suspicious." If it does carry any bad code, I doubt he put it on.
What's going on, I suspect, is part of Big Tech's program to smear and delegitimize any journalist who is not "official." A few years ago, a tip sheet like his would have been welcome among news people. Now Google stigmatizes it though there is no indication of political bias. In fact, the author does not appear to be based in America.
What got him flagged was his recommendation that journalists may need to avoid GOVERNMENT snooping. Oh my word! That makes him, in Google's eyes, a dangerous conspiracy theorist.
My blog, The Invisible Man XaX, appears to have been utterly blocked from Google's search engine, though, with difficulty, recent posts can be reached via Bing.