SecureDrop is a whistleblower submission system that media organizations use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. Originally written by Aaron Swartz, it's currently maintained by Freedom of the Press Foundation. Dozens of news organizations including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Intercept, and many others now use SecureDrop.
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Watch SecureDrop: How it Works (1 minute YouTube video - sound not necessary) for a brief introduction to SecureDrop.
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Read the overview in the SecureDrop documentation for an overview of the architecture.
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Also consider checking out the Source Guide and Journalist Guide to see how users interact with SecureDrop.
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Learn some background on the SecureDrop workstation project we're working on today, and see UX design and research inputs: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-ux/wiki/Qubes-Journalist-Workstation
SecureDrop welcomes contributions of all kinds. Read our Getting Started Guide to learn how to contribute.
Check out repos for the hackathon:
- SecureDrop core repository
- SecureDrop client repository - Python + Qt
- securedrop.org website - Python/Django
- SecureDrop UX repository - no coding necessary!
These tickets have been triaged to be relatively simple for the hackathon, but if there are other tickets you find interesting, comment in chat, on GitHub or ask a contributor in person and we'll let you know if that's a good ticket to take on.
Also feel free to make new tickets if you find anything confusing!
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If you speak another language in addition to English, please help us translate SecureDrop into another language!
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See the Translator Guide to learn more. And head over to https://securedrop.org/translate to get started translating!
- Join our Gitter channel: https://gitter.im/freedomofpress/securedrop
- Talk to a SecureDrop developer in the room but note most of us are on Gitter!
- Join the SecureDrop discussion forum: https://forum.securedrop.org
- Comment on a GitHub issue
- Aaron Swartz Day: https://www.aaronswartzday.org/
- Ann Arbor Aaron Swartz Day hackathon: https://www.meetup.com/AllHandsActive/events/265831193/