On 1/05/2015 10:10 AM, Russell Coker wrote:
On Fri, 1 May 2015, Rohan McLeod <rhn@jeack.com.au> wrote:
Reading these links the technology seems pretty much the same ie. using a secure anonymous brouser ( Tor) to; access an otherwise invisible website.The problem / possibility which I was hoping to highlight by referencing "ombudsmen" was the much wider appllication.of such technology beyond merely protecting newspaper sources; eg. Police internal affairs; oversight of intelligence organizations, public scrutiny of large commercial organizations, etc.
1/ The first problem is does this technology actually guarantee the anonymity of the whistleblower ?;
Privacy of electronic communication being something that can't be guaranteed is why Pamela Jones shut down Groklaw. She couldn't conscientiously expect her sources to take that sort of risk. (Not that I'm saying that snail mail is free from risk either, but a letter can be dropped in a post box anywhere, so the chance of being exposed is minimal, or at least can be minimised by taking the fairly simple precautions of using generic stationary, print the content using standard fonts on a common model of printer, and random choice of post box to send the letter on its way.) Morrie.