@trc the links don't really discuss anything journalism-specific. I'm not sure the threats you describe really are specific to journalists, other than perhaps by degree. Except for a virtual hermit, everyone's contacts are vulnerable in physical space and is threatened when people they care about are threatened.

Yes some people doing very sensitive work should take more extreme measures such as only using disposable and identiy de-linked devices, and journalists are probably over-represented among people with such requirements. But there there's an extra huge challenge with maintaining operational security, even with relatively secure devices. Most people will fail at that. But everyone should have a relatively secure device (inclusive of no device!) to begin with, journalists or not. Almost all of us are bad at security and need all the help we can get and are threatened, if not specifically, then by opportunistic criminals.