Spying on Journalists is Easy
Posted: 1/10/2012 | By: Alysia Santo | cjr.org
When promising anonymity, discreetly stashed notes and a tight lip are the precautions of journalism’s past. Reporters have gone to jail rather than share the information they’ve gathered for a court proceeding, but as reporters increasingly depend on technology to correspond and collect material, the fruits of that labor can be accessed without a summons, subpoena, or the journalist even realizing it.