For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers
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Summary
Psst is a non-profit organisation that helps people in the tech and government sectors to share information of public interest with extra safeguards, such as specifying how the information is used and how anonymous they wish to remain.
The main offering from Psst is a digital safe accessed through an anonymous and end-to-end encrypted text box, where users can describe their concerns.
The text box only accepts text entries, to make it harder for organisations to find the source of leaks.
What makes Psst unique is its information escrow system, where users can keep their submission private until someone else shares similar concerns about the same company or organisation.
Only members of Psst’s in-house legal team can access the safe’s contents, as communications between lawyers and clients are usually privileged and confidential.
Currently, the entries are manually reviewed, but soon an algorithm will run in a secure enclave to compare information for potential matches, while keeping it hidden from human eyes.
The matched information is then shared with investigative journalists or posted on Psst’s website.
