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For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers
Amber Scorah and Psst are building a “digital safe” to help people shine a light on the bad things their bosses are doing, without getting found out.
Combining reports from multiple sources defends against some of the isolating effects of whistleblowing and makes it harder for companies to write off a story as the grievance of a disgruntled employee, says Psst cofounder Jennifer Gibson. Psst plans to automate some of this process—in the future an algorithm running in a secure enclave built into the hardware of a computer will decrypt and compare information looking for potential matches while keeping it shielded from human eyes. Scorah hopes Psst’s impact on the tech world will be similar to what she experienced when telling her own stories, by using insiders’ accounts to shed light on broader industry issues.
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