What you’ll leave with • An understanding of the challenges journalists face keeping sources safe • A high-level view of the SecureDrop architecture • You’ll have leaked your first document • An understanding of how you can contribute your skills to SecureDrop if you wish • Discussion and questions
picture of all the presidents men In the past, journalists could protect their sources by simply not revealing their identities when asked Still from “All the Presidents Men”, a film adaptation of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s reporting on the Watergate break-in
GCHQ surveillance base in Bude, UK. Image credit: Trevor Paglen “SecureDrop restores the effectiveness of a reporter’s privilege to protect their sources through principled non-cooperation—such as refusing to testify in court—whereas pervasive digital surveillance has made this gesture effectively moot over the last decade.” - Charles Berret, Tow Center for Digital Journalism Report on SecureDrop
SecureDrop • No third parties: Each organization using SecureDrop operates its own independent instance • Encrypts data in transit and in rest • Minimizes metadata trail between sources and journalists • System hardening to protect against hackers • Free and open-source
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Help us write code or documentation for SecureDrop! • Install SecureDrop: https://docs.securedrop.org/en/stable/overview.html • Help us develop SecureDrop: • Developer documentation: https://docs.securedrop.org/en/latest/development/ getting_started.html • Server code and documentation: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop • Journalist Workstation: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop- workstation • Developer mailing list: [email protected]
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