Going directly to a news outlet can be problematic, unless you’re ready to out yourself because you just can’t sleep at night, and lead to your high-capacity surveillance enabled company getting back to you about it before you’re ready. A secure communications line with a human proxy can help. Happy to help. Here are some ways to reach out without using Big Tech channels.
- Don’t use work-related devices or services to blow your whistle.
- Don’t use a device running any of your employer’s services, apps, tools, etc.
- Don’t be at work when you do it. Maybe don’t be at home or on any network correlated with your identity.
- Scrub any file meta data. This may mean re-entering the content on other documents, copy pasting text, recopying images into other image files, etc.
- air gap the evidence.
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Summary
Article Name
'They'll squash you like a bug': how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers
Description
Working for a tech company may sound like all fun and ping-pong, but behind the facade is a ruthless code of secrecy – and retribution for those who break it.
Author
Olivia Solon
Publisher Name
The Guardian
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