Best tools to protect the whistleblowers and journalists online
Imagine that you want to report a big financial corruption in your country or organization, the best way to safely report such information is to use a trustworthy and anonymous tool. There are many tools nowadays for such activities but the best and most secured are the following we are going to share with you in this article.
A few years back, it was quite easy to report such activity by making just a call, but nowadays, such way of doing is not secured anymore as the service providers record all the calls and also listen to them. Below we will share with you, the best tools used by the whistleblower and journalists to stay online safe and share the information without any risk.
SecureDrop is an open source used by whistleblower to anonymously send and receive documents to journalists.
Whonix is used for privacy and anonymity over the Internet.
The tool works with TOR to fully anonymize your connection.
Tor is a browser used for maintaining the privacy over the internet. It can be used to access the DarkWeb. The TOR browser is based on onion routing to bring more privacy over the network.
Tails is a portable OS that protect against surveillance and censorship by anonymity and privacy.
OnionShare is an open-source tool used to securely share files, chat, host websites using TOR browser.
EQS Integrity Line is a whistleblower tool used by the EU to securely and anonymously allow the employees to raise wrongdoing such as discrimination, human abuse.
GlobalLeaks is a customizable open source that enable anyone to set up and maintain a secure whistleblowing platform.
ObscuraCam Helps you to share photos and videos while protecting the privacy of people.
The tool can be used to blur faces and remove camera and location metadata with the privacy camera app.
Haven is a device sensor that provide monitoring and protection of physical spaces.
The tool can be used to detect motion, sound, vibration and light surrounding your environment.
Dangerzone is used to securely open a PDF files, office documents, images by converting into a safe PDF file.
In conclusion, you as a whistleblower or journalist, should always think about protecting the information that you hold in the most secure way. Before using any tool, verify how the data are protected and the privacy is maintained.
