USA Today Is Courting Whistleblowers With Secure Website

USA Today is the latest publication to use SecureDrop

USA Today joins the growing number of publications offering whistleblowers a more secure digital channel through which to send sensitive information to reporters against a backdrop of governmental investigations of leakers.

The site, called USA TODAY Network SecureDrop, was created in conjunction with the Freedom of the Press Foundation and uses Tor to encrypt communication. It offers instructions and tips for usage, including a suggestion to submit information over public wi-fi in a place that isn’t part of a user’s typical routine, as well as links to a Tor browser leakers can download, required for submission.

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