HOW TO LEAK (AND NOT GET CAUGHT) A brief guide to becoming an anonymous source. Web The anonymity network Tor obscures your identity by routing your online traffic through computers worldwide. Access it via the web-based Tor Browser to visit any site related to your planned contact with the press.
Find a directory of the 35 or so news organizations that maintain SecureDrop portals—Tor-enabled inboxes for anonymous tips. Then choose an outlet and leak away. Phone Buy a burner—a cheap, prepaid Android phone—with cash from a nonchain store in an area you’ve never been to before.
Don’t carry your regular phone and the burner at the same time, and never turn on the burner at home or work. Create a Gmail and Google Play account from the burner, then install the encrypted calling and texting app Signal.
When you’re done, destroy the burner and ditch its corpse far from home. Snail mail Pick a distant mailbox, don’t carry your phone on the trip, and—duh—don’t include a real return address. (Wired Magazine - my fave.)
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