Yay, let’s persecute journalists doing their job and censor all language that criticizes those in power like the vile and disgusting fascist cunts totally normal and completely wholesome humans that we are! There is definitely nothing horribly wrong with this picture at all . . .

I knew it would be Richard before I even opened the link. He does important work.

Rebecca Vincent, who heads RSF’s campaigns, has no doubts: “We have tracked case of authorities forcing journalists to disclose passwords or otherwise interfering with their devices in every region of the world, from western democracies to more authoritarian regimes”

why is the word “authoritarian” such a fan-favorite in the west to describe everyone but themselves… the word itself doesn’t make sense… wouldn’t it mean every governing body of every country is “authoritarian”?

The British police do not dispute that Medhurst is a journalist and that the seized phones are tools used in the journalistic profession, the problem is that they nevertheless demand access to the data […]

it’s like they didn’t bother to put up a mask… “don’t care, didn’t ask”

Either they really are unable to crack iOS and/or GrapheneOS or are they’re just choosing to make an example of him.

Richard Medhurst was carrying an iPhone and a Google Pixel with a Graphene operating system, which is privacy-focused and considered particularly secure. He refuses to hand over passwords because, like all reporters’ phones, they contain information that could identify his sources.