Founder of Granitt, securing journalists and at-risk people around the world.
Runa Sandvik
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Spoke to @lorenzofb.bsky.social last week about settings that help you defend against sophisticated spyware on Android, iOS, Gmail, and WhatsApp. Includes Lockdown Mode, Advanced Protection Program, Advanced Protection Mode, and Strict Account Settings. techcrunch.com/2026/05/23/y...
Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.
Crazy to think that while Snowden and I taught people to keep their data safe with TrueCrypt, the tool's alleged creator Paul Le Roux was busy plotting murders, buying meth by the North Koreans, and helping the Colombians set up their own meth lab. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549566...
Curious to see what happens to the Hungarian media landscape following the end of Orbán’s regime. So far, employees with state media orgs have fired prominent staff; expressed a desire to host guests opposing Orbán; and demanded editorial impartiality. www.cjr.org/analysis/hun...
Have there been any cases in Denmark or Sweden where the authorities have gained access to a journalist’s device using Touch ID or Face ID? Ref: the FBI and WaPo in January.
Updated my post about journalist and spy Vicky Peláez yesterday to include some quotes from @gordoncorera.bsky.social’s book, including that the FBI listened in as she discussed Moscow’s feedback on her husband’s intelligence reports. www.journalistandspy.com/p/vicky-pelaez
An investigation by journalists with NRK in Norway and SVT in Sweden found that a multimillion-dollar, prestige ferry project in Lofoten, Norway relies on hydrogen fuel cell technology that "cannot live up to what it promises." www.nrk.no/trondelag/xl...
My latest for Journalist and Spy: Louis Budenz was an American journalist and communist spy. A member of the Communist Party USA, he shared gossip with Soviet intelligence. He later renounced communism and debriefed the FBI on the party's inner workings. www.journalistandspy.com/p/louis-budenz
The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux—the creator of a frighteningly powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the techno...
Vicky Peláez is a Peruvian journalist, currently writing for The Moscow News and Sputnik.
www.journalistandspy.com
Journalists reporting on China should be aware of ways the authorities may respond to their work. Here's what happened to @icij.org and its network following a 2025 exposé on Beijing’s tactics to threaten, coerce and intimidate regime critics overseas. www.icij.org/investigatio...
I’ll be in Oslo next month! I’ve got extra time for security assessments; policy / process design; and presentations, please reach out if you’d like to work together.
