Aaron Swartz's Last Gift: Site Launches Whistleblower Safe House

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Launched Thursday, Deaddrop is the brainchild of former hacker turned Wired editor, Kevin Poulsen, who approached Swartz with the idea. Swartz built the code for the project—one last gift to journalists and whistleblowers worldwide and the open-source internet community.

"He agreed to do it," writes Poulsen, "with the understanding that the code would be open-source—licensed to allow anyone to use it freely—when we launched the system."

As the Obama Administration continues their dogged pursuit and prosecution of press sources and whistleblowers like Bradley Manning and while the news of the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press records continues to swirl, newsrooms are frantically reevaluating their security procedures.

"With the risks now so high," said Poulsen, "it's crucial that news outlets find a secure route for sources to come to them."

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/17-3

[marmar]

1. k/r

[HiPointDem]

2. upper-class libs don't care about free speech except their own.

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3. I don't me to come across as being presumptuous here, but are you implying this because very little

interest is given to this story about this gift left to our country and others? Thank you for your patience....