Well, basically the titular question. I don’t know if privacy guides has thought about having a dedicated page for folks to directly contact them for original reporting should anyone want to get in touch with them? Akin to how 404 Media has their Signal username public, it makes it easier for anyon…

Yes: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/#contact-us

Huh. I somehow missed that. Embarrassing for me. But thank you!

[image] anon57862721: somehow missed that. Embarrassing You asked a valid question. Per the linked contact us page, [1] there doesn’t seem to be any way for activists or high risk persons to contact PG right off the bat. Activists I know aren’t going to risk it unless assurances and guarantee…

Yes. Good point. I asked here seeing how 404 Media has each person’s Signal username public and was hoping for the same. Or a Proton or Tuta email for all people whom PG would prefer be contacted should someone want to. My point/vision of the post was to really have PG make a new dedicated contact…

[image] anon57862721: how 404 Media has each person’s Signal username public … should not require any expenditure on PG’s part 404media is a pretty serious news publication. No surprises there. tbh, a totally different focus area to PG. [image] Thread on r/privacy on Reddit Critical of Pr…

[image] ignoramous: Freedom of Press’ Secure Drop is one such solution. Circl’s TLP is another, which a threat-protection project I co-run uses to report/obtain malware & spyware indicators. Having worked with FPF in the past, I would only use SecureDrop if the information I’m sharing is conf…

[image] anon57862721: My point/vision of the post was to really have PG make a new dedicated contact us page where each person has multiple options available for one to choose to contact them privately or anonymously for an original news story. I think that makes more sense to me personally. I…

Thank you for the clarification.

Good to know. I was asking out of curiosity. Perhaps this post & thread will serve as info on the same for others who may actually have some news to break.

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404media is a pretty serious news publication. No surprises there.

tbh, a totally different focus area to PG.

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