The leaking via gmail has an issue:
In many cases when creating a new gmail account, you have to provide a phone number for an automatic text verification code.
How to Leak to the Press
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#22"When you are done you must [...] turn off the Wi-Fi before turning off the computer and removing the battery. The dedicated computer should never be used on the network except when..."
This is silly on a "behind 7 proxies" level. Just go the library. If you're worried that investigators are going to swoop down CSI style to track you down because of your important secrets, maybe you should speak to a psychiatrist.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Print the addresses (be careful here - printers sometimes put identifying marks - get the most common one) Printer steganography is usually limited to color laser printers and high-end inkjets. Buying a common one unfortunately won't help you. Included in the codes that have been cracked is the serial number of the printer as well as a date and time stamp of the printout. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer…
Cut the letters out of a common magazine or newspaper then.
Just write with a thick generic pen using your non-dominant hand.
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#25This advice is dangerous, because the author fails to mention other precautions the user can and should take, such as: * Use a Linux live CD on the "burner laptop" -- don't trust the preinstalled OS * Change the MAC address of the Wifi used to connect at the internet cafe * Use Tor, most easily via the Vidalia browser bundle The author also does not mention that leaking documents can expose the whistleblower via wate…
> Use a Linux live CD on the "burner laptop" -- don't trust the preinstalled OS Tails is a Linux distribution aimed at privacy and anonymity. ( https://tails.boum.org/ )
I know I'm being paranoid, but I feel uneasy using a privacy-aimed distribution for privacy. The whole obvious target thing.
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#27Out of curiosity, why not just send a letter in the post? Pretty hard to trace an anonymous letter. EDIT: Just spotted the update. Question answered.
Take in account they'll look at fingerprints, sweat, DNA, type of paper, ink and type of printer used. Spelling errors, how you wrote something, etc can also be used to identify you. (Every printer leaves it's own watermark). Perhaps best to print and use a old 2nd hand xerox machine to copy everything or fax it from a public faxservice.
Write in foreign language you do not master well. All your errors are then "childish" and untraceable.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Although, first comment on the new yorker post is a good explanation of why StrongBox might not be enough http://fyre.it/i3tCXN.4
Clicking on the comments link does not reveal any comments. I'm getting a "Subscribe now to get more of The New Yorker's signature mix of politics, culture, and the arts. "
I get the same. Might be related to the fact that I use Ghostery to block absolutely everything. I was starting to feel too paranoid about that, but now I think it's totally justified.
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#29In Russia you have to provide passport in order to buy a sim card.
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#30Out of curiosity, why not just send a letter in the post? Pretty hard to trace an anonymous letter. EDIT: Just spotted the update. Question answered.
The bigger point is that journalists usually need to go back and forth with you.
Tell the reporter to mail you at Mailinator or Lockbin.com and retrieve their messages by connecting with TOR.