SecureDrop makes leaking to Fairfax Media safe from metadata capture

By Michael Bachelard
Updated May 3 2016 - 12:13pm, first published 11:52am
Metadata laws deter people from communicating with journalists Photo: Phil Carrick
Metadata laws deter people from communicating with journalists Photo: Phil Carrick

Australian journalists make a promise to their confidential sources to protect their identity "in all circumstances". But snooping by the Australian government and security agencies under metadata retention laws have made that promise much more difficult to keep.

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