Protecting Whistleblowers in the Digital Age

Interesting editorial by Christopher Soghoian in the New York Times today, in which he argues that journalists need to be far more mindful about protecting their sources in the digital age. Cell phones, email and other new media devices can too easily be hacked to be secure. Soghoian cites the example of the Wall Street Journal‘s so-called “secure” website for leaks–which turned out to be anything but. Or how easy it was for French intelligence agencies to figure out the identity of a government whisteblower leaking sensitive information to Le Monde–by simply pulling the journalist’s phone records.