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by jdavis703 1800 days ago
Journalists from celebrity gossip reporters to foreign affairs correspondents needs to take security seriously. Even gossip journalists receive information from sources that ranges from information that would get the source fired or blacklisted to put in jail (e.g. LA sheriffs leaking celebrity photos).
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How likely is it that people are exploiting zero days against reporters in any of those examples though. That's why threat models are different for different types of journalism.
Does it take a zero day when you install random freeware crapware from the store ?