Introducing the SecureDrop Protocol
SecureDrop Workstation 1.0.0 Released
Dangerzone receives favorable audit
In an independent review, the Freedom of the Press Foundation tool that helps journalists work with electronic documents safely was found to have no critical vulnerabilities
US Press Freedom Tracker Data now available on the decentralized web via IPFS
As a proof of concept, we're now also publishing the Press Freedom Tracker’s incident database on the decentralized web.
Freedom of the Press Foundation Takes On Development of “Dangerzone”
Freedom of the Press Foundation is now the official home of Dangerzone, an open source tool developed by Micah Lee at First Look Media to make it safer for journalists to work with electronic documents sent to them by sources.
Join us for a SecureDrop hackathon at Aaron Swartz Day this weekend in San Francisco
Join us November 10 and 11 for a SecureDrop hackathon and a weekend full of talks, trainings, and privacy-preserving projects, in honor of computer scientist, activist, and friend Aaron Swartz.
Meet the open-source Twitter bot to help you surface stories on anything
We're releasing Track The News, a new tool to monitor stories from news outlets for words or phrases that matter to you. It's the framework behind @FOIAFeed, our public records reporting bot.
Meet Sunder, a New Way to Share Secrets
The moment a news organization is given access to highly sensitive materials, the journalist and their source may be targeted by state and non-state actors, with the goal of preventing disclosures. How can whistleblowers and news organizations prepare for the worst? Sunder is a new tool that may help with this and similar use cases.
Introducing Haven, the open source security system in your pocket
Use the sensors in your phone to protect yourself.
Saving the Gothamist archives from journalism's 'billionaire problem'
We're releasing new software to create PDF archives of stories written by individual journalists formerly employed at DNAinfo or the Gothamist network of sites.
First major study looks at how SecureDrop is used in newsrooms in North America
Today the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School has published a first-of-its-kind study on how newsrooms are using SecureDrop, our open-source whistleblower submission system that is now in-use at over thirty news organizations worldwide. People often ask us: How effective is SecureDrop? Do sources use it? These …
Come hack on SecureDrop and celebrate the third annual Aaron Swartz Day
UPDATE: You can still participate in the Aaron Swartz SecureDrop hackathon even if you're not located in San Francisco! Just go to this Trello link and click on "Getting Started." ----- on Saturday November 7th is the third annual Aaron Swartz Day, which celebrates the life of Aaron and …