About Latch & Cipher

Latch & Cipher publishes plain-language guides to physical and digital security: locks and doors, cameras and alarms, vehicles, home networks, devices, accounts and identity. Most security advice covers one side or the other. Thieves don't, so we cover both.

How we work

We explain how an attack actually works, what stops it, and what to do first, with the tradeoffs spelled out. Facts that come from someone else (a government agency, a manufacturer, a standard) are checked against that source and linked.

We'd rather tell you a free setting solves the problem than sell you a gadget. When we do recommend a product, we say why, who it's for and what's wrong with it. How we choose recommendations has the details.

What we don't do

We don't run product rankings or lab tests, and we don't publish sponsored posts.

Contact

Spotted a mistake, or have a question about a guide? Email hello@latchandcipher.com. We read everything, and we fix errors openly (see Corrections).