

SecureDrop completes sixth security audit

Reducing Dangerzone’s attack surface with gVisor

RightsCon: Introduction to SecureDrop Workstation
SecureDrop team member Kunal Mehta demo’d the SecureDrop Workstation at RightsCon 2025 on Feb. 25. You can watch a recording of the talk (also see below); the slides (PDF) are also available.In the demo, Mehta explained the multiyear project to provide better and more streamlined tools for journalists to …

The long and winding road to safe browser-based cryptography
What is the basis for trusting the code that performs browser-based encryption? To read more about a problem that is legally old enough for a learner’s permit in several U.S. states, read the full article here.

SecureDrop Workstation 1.0.0 Released
SecureDrop Workstation 1.0.0 has been released, offering significant security and usability enhancements for journalists. Key improvements include support for Qubes 4.2, automatic retries for downloads, and new media format compatibility. With these updates, the project transitions into an open beta, enabling more newsrooms to migrate to the next-generation user experience …

Introducing the SecureDrop Protocol
The SecureDrop team has introduced the SecureDrop Protocol, designed to enhance security for whistleblowers and journalists. In addition to providing end-to-end encryption, the new protocol eliminates the need for accounts, prevents message flow tracking, and limits the server’s ability to collect metadata. Built with robust cryptographic principles, it’s engineered for …

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.