The Freedom of the Press Foundation said Tuesday that it would be taking charge of Aaron Swartz’s DeadDrop project to protect whistleblowers leaking confidential documents to journalists. FPF will provide in-site installation of the technology, renamed “SecureDrop,” as well as support for news organizations that want to securely receive confidential documents. Swartz, an Internet activist and information transparency advocate, committed suicide while being prosecuted by the DoJ for liberating documents from an online academic article service.
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Swartz's Whistleblower Protection Scheme to Carry On
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. October 16, 2013 10:59 AMThe Freedom of the Press Foundation said Tuesday that it would be taking charge of Aaron Swartz’s DeadDrop project to protect whistleblowers leaking confidential documents to journalists. FPF will provide in-site installation of the technology, renamed “SecureDrop,” as well as support for news organizations that want to securely receive confidential documents. Swartz, an Internet activist and information transparency advocate, committed suicide while being prosecuted by the DoJ for liberating documents from an online academic article service.