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CoverDrop: A secure messaging system for newsreader apps


Blowing the whistle through a news app. Contribute to guardian/coverdrop development by creating an account on GitHub.

CoverDrop is a system designed to allow users of news organisations' mobile apps to contact journalists confidentially and without leaving evidence that they are doing so. Start screen of the CoverDrop featureGenerated passphrase for the vaultComposing a secure messageAn on-going conversation with a journalistAuthorised users can create issues in this repository. One area of constant improvement are side-channels caused by other components of the integrating news reader apps, and we consider this an on-going work with no existing definite solution.

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