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Securing whistleblowing in the digital age : SecureDrop and the changing journalistic practices for source protection

  • Di Salvo, Philip Istituto Media e Giornalismo (IMeG), Facoltà di comunicazione, cultura e società, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
    2021
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  • Digital Journalism. - Taylor & Francis Group. - 2021, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 443-460
Journalism
Information security
SecureDrop
Encryption
Whistleblowing
Source protection
Leaks
Hacking
English Information security tools have gained prominence and importance in the journalism field and are now being adopted more frequently by newsrooms and investigative journalists. SecureDrop, an opensource software for operating whistleblowing platforms, is now a common component of the toolboxes of journalists willing to work with stronger levels of security, especially in regard to source protection. By means of a content analysis of publicly available documents and semi-structured interviews with journalists using the software, this article looks at news organizations' uses of SecureDrop, journalists' perceptions of the software's strengths and limitations, and the accountability practices adopted by news organizations in regard to their use of SecureDrop. Overall, this article contributes to the understanding of how SecureDrop and information security in general are entering the journalistic field and becoming accepted journalistic practices.
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  • English
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Information, communication and media sciences
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