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The Guardian’s new whistleblower tool buries leaks to journalists within its own readers’ everyday traffic Think "I am Spartacus!" — but for leakers.

The Guardian app’s own data flows make leaks indistinguishable from regular traffic — cutting off one of the easiest ways for a repressive government or a corporate boss to identify a leaker. www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-...

My team launched this today! A new tip-off platform based on research from the University of Cambridge. It's been a great collaboration :)

For more technical details on the underlying protocol (CoverDrop) check out coverdrop.org

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I came at Automerge from the same direction and had similar struggles!

I've done a rough writeup here itsibitzi.dev/posts/autome... if you're interested.