The Guardian has rolled out new secure messaging technology which allows sources to anonymously contact journalists.

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https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2025/jun/09/the-guardian-launches-secure-messaging-a-world-first-from-a-media-organisation-in-collaboration-with-the-university-of-cambridge

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MouldyCat@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The tech behind the tool conceals the fact that messaging is taking place at all. It makes the communication indistinguishable from data sent to and from the app by our millions of regular users.

That is very clever.

So, by using the Guardian app, readers are effectively providing ‘cover’ and helping us to protect sources.

And of course they take the opportunity to push their app! I generally hate apps, especially for things like newspapers. This is the first reason I’ve seen that might make me install one.

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