Here is an interesting TAILS and Tor-based application and project. TL;DR go to developer site: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/
Also some off-topic info about whistleblowers and their trials. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Freedom of the Press Foundation* <[email protected] Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:47 PM Subject: Introducing SecureDrop, the new whistleblower submission system Freedom of the Press Foundation Visible: Supporting transparency journalism in the face of adversity /a publication of the Freedom of the Press Foundation/ Volume #01; Issue #04 *Introducing SecureDrop, the New Whistleblower Submission System* Freedom of the Press Foundation has taken charge of and upgraded the DeadDrop project, an open-source whistleblower submission system originally coded by the late Aaron Swartz. In the coming months, the Foundation will also provide on-site installation and technical support to news organizations that wish to run the system, which has been renamed "SecureDrop." Forbes just launched the first updated version of SecureDrop, and a half dozen more organizations will launch their own in the coming months. As our founder and board member JP Barlow recently said: "We’ve reached a time in America when the only way the press can assure the anonymity and safety of their sources is not to know who they are. SecureDrop is where real news can be slipped quietly under the door." Please help us keep SecureDrop alive and as secure as possible by helping fund the project. You can donate to SecureDrop here: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/securedrop#donate *How We Crowd-Sourced Transcripts of the Entire Chelsea Manning Trial* On May 9, 2013, we made a bold claim on the Freedom of the Press Foundation website: we would crowd-fund enough money to hire independent court reporters to provide same-day transcripts of the entire Chelsea Manning court martial to the press and public since the government refused to release its own. We knew that it was vital that the public have a virtual seat in Chelsea Manning’s trial, and paying professional court reporters to transcribe the proceedings seemed like the perfect way to add transparency to the secretive trial. But we had no idea how many obstacles we would face. Here’s the story of how, with your help, we raised $100,000 to transcribe the entire trial – and how your donations helped us document history: Read more: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/10/how-we-crowd-sourced-transcripts-entire-manning-court-martial *Will Attorney General Eric Holder Guarantee the First Amendment Rights of the NSA Journalists? * Guardian journalist and founding board member Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, was detained at Heathrow airport for almost nine hours, while on a journalistic mission paid for by the Guardian. His electronics were seized, and he was forced to hand over his social media passwords under the threat of imprisonment. He was detained under the UK Terrorism Act – for an act of journalism. This was an assault on press freedom that should make every reporter shudder, no matter their opinion on the NSA. Our board member, actor and activist John Cusack, calls on the Attorney General to guarantee all the NSA reporters safe passage back into the United States. Read more: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/10/will-attorney-general-eric-holder-guarantee-first-amendment-rights-nsa-journalists *EXCLUSIVE: Clapper Memo Reveals Rationale Behind NSA Review Group Secrecy * The NSA review group was formed in response to the Edward Snowden NSA stories and is supposed to investigate the NSA’s powers and recommend changes. Obama said the panel would ponder how it could "maintain the trust of the people" and "how we can make sure that there absolutely is no abuse in terms of how these surveillance technologies are used." But new FOIA documents obtained by investigative journalist Jason Leopold show that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper apparently had no intention of allowing the much-maligned review group to conduct its work in a transparent manner. Read more: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/10/exclusive-clapper-memo-reveals-rationale-behind-nsa-review-group-secrecy * * * *Donate to support and defend transparency journalism!* You can help us guide the future of investigative reporting. Support Freedom of the Press Foundation's new SecureDrop: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/securedrop#donate Support our National Security Bundle (WikiLeaks, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Center for Public Integrity, TruthOut): https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/ Website: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/freedomofpress About: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/about Board and staff: https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/about/staff -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
