Today, we’re announcing the latest major release of SecureDrop, our open-source whistleblower submission system. SecureDrop 0.3 uses the same basic architecture found in 0.2, but contains numerous improvements focused on better usability for both journalists and sources, a radically simplified installation process, and an auto-updating procedure that allows us to …
We are excited to announce the first four recipients of our next crowd-funding campaign, all of whom may now start receiving donations intended to cover the costs of installing SecureDrop, our open-source whistleblower submission system. The first round includes BalkanLeaks, the Government Accountability Project, Cryptome and Firedoglake. You can …
Freedom of the Press Foundation will soon be launching our next crowd-funding campaign. In the past, we've only selected four recipients for each round, but for this campaign, a much wider range of groups will have a chance to participate.The aim is to get SecureDrop installed in as many …
Update: The Tor Project has released a new version of the Tor Browser Bundle, 3.5.4. This further mitigates client-side vectors, and we recommend users (both sources and journalists) upgrade to the latest version for a stronger security assurance.Today a serious vulnerability was reported on OpenSSL versions 1.0.1 through …
Today, ProPublica became the first US news organization to launch the new 0.2.1 version of SecureDrop, our open-source whistleblower submission system journalism organizations can use to safely accept documents and information from sources.ProPublica, an independent, not-for profit news outlet, is known for their hard-hitting journalism and has won …
This Saturday and Sunday, we will be holding simultaneous hackathons in both Boston and San Francisco to improve SecureDrop, our open-source whistleblower submission system.If you live in San Francisco, the SecureDrop hackathon will be co-hosted by ThoughtWorks and will be held at their office in downtown San Francisco. Lunch …
Today, we’re publishing the second security audit of SecureDrop, our open-source whistleblower submission system. Since we took over managing the project in October, we have made so many upgrades to the code (based on the first security audit done by University of Washington researchers and Bruce Schneier), that we …
Starting tonight, developers from around the world will gather in at least sixteen cities to participate in a memorial hackathon dedicated to Aaron Swartz, the late coder, activist, and transparency advocate.Participants can contribute to all sort of projects Aaron was interested in, but one of the major projects everyone …
Today, Forbes launched SafeSource, the first iteration of SecureDrop since Freedom of the Press Foundation took over the project last month. SecureDrop is the open-source whistleblower submission system for journalism organizations originally coded by the late transparency advocate Aaron Swartz.Forbes investigative journalist Andy Greenberg wrote a detailed post …
One of the big questions that will inevitably come up as media organizations consider adopting SecureDrop, our new open-source whistleblower submission system, is: How secure is it?We should make one thing clear off the top: any organization or product that promises 100% security is not telling the …
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