{"id":17080,"date":"2016-01-29T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T17:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17080"},"modified":"2016-01-29T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T17:02:46","slug":"cbc-adopts-securedrop-to-allow-for-anonymous-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17080","title":{"rendered":"CBC adopts SecureDrop to allow for anonymous leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"wrap12 story-head\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"colfull\">\n<div class=\"story-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"story-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/cbc-securedrop-whistleblowers-1.3412450\" target=\"_blank\">CBC adopts SecureDrop to allow for anonymous leaks<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-deck\"><strong>Encrypted technology allows users to anonymously share files, messages online without being tracked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"small lighttext\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3275893.1452287951!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_620\/getty-images-keyboard.jpg\" alt=\"CBC's SecureDrop is a web-based system that allows whistleblowers to confidentially reach our journalists, including those who work in investigative units across Canada and on our leading programs.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-primary\">\n<div id=\"leadmedia\" class=\"story-leadmedia col8\">\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">CBC&#8217;s SecureDrop is a web-based system that allows whistleblowers to confidentially reach our journalists, including those who work in investigative units across Canada and on our leading programs. (Getty images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-bodywrapper sclt-storybody\">\n<div id=\"sharecount_gig_containerParent\" class=\"story-middle col2\">\n<div class=\"story-author module sclt-authorbio\">\n<div class=\"story-author-body module-body\">\n<div class=\"story-authorbio module\">\n<div class=\"story-authorbio-body module-body\">\n<p>Dave Seglins is a CBC News journalist whose recent reporting has focused on Canada&#8217;s national security and surveillance programs revealed through documents obtained by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden. Seglins and his team have investigated a wide range of domestic and international affairs, including railway safety, policing, and government and corporate corruption.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bulletedlist\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/dave-seglins-1.3013000\">More by Dave Seglins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.cbc.ca\/public-key\/Dave-Seglins-pub.asc\">Encrypted Email Key (PGP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbcdaveseglins\">@cbcdaveseglins or email: dave.seglins@cbc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body\">\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p>CBC News is launching a powerful new tool to help those with important information or sensitive documents\u00a0contact our journalists using encryption and anonymous online messaging.<\/p>\n<p>CBC&#8217;s SecureDrop is a web-based system that allows whistleblowers to confidentially reach CBC journalists, including those\u00a0who work in investigative units\u00a0across Canada\u00a0and on\u00a0our leading programs\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/fifth\/\">the\u00a0fifth estate<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic\">Go Public<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/marketplace\/\">Marketplace<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an age of pervasive government surveillance, it&#8217;s an absolutely vital means to communicate safely with confidential sources and whistleblowers,&#8221; said Ryan Gallagher, of the online publication\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/\">The Intercept<\/a>, which has been instrumental in reporting on the global surveillance programs revealed by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It can be used by whistleblowers inside the government, for example, to expose corruption, abuses of power,\u00a0cover-ups,&#8221; Gallagher said.<\/p>\n<p>CBC\/Radio-Canada is one of\u00a0the first national broadcasters\u00a0in the world to adopt\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/securedrop.org\/\">SecureDrop<\/a>, which is already used by The New Yorker, The Washington Post and\u00a0The Guardian. (Norway&#8217;s national\u00a0broadcaster has also set up\u00a0SecureDrop, while\u00a0The Globe and Mail adopted the system 10 months ago.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBC adopts SecureDrop to allow for anonymous leaks Encrypted technology allows users to anonymously share files, messages online without being tracked CBC&#8217;s SecureDrop is a web-based system that allows whistleblowers to confidentially reach our journalists, including those who work in investigative units across Canada and on our leading programs. 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