<s>
SecureDrop	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
platform	O
for	O
secure	O
communication	O
between	O
journalists	O
and	O
sources	O
(	O
whistleblowers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Aaron	O
Swartz	O
and	O
Kevin	O
Poulsen	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
DeadDrop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Aaron	O
Swartz	O
's	O
death	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
was	O
launched	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Strongbox	B-Application
by	O
staff	O
at	O
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
on	O
15	O
May	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Freedom	O
of	O
the	O
Press	O
Foundation	O
took	O
over	O
development	O
of	O
DeadDrop	B-Application
under	O
the	O
name	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
assisted	O
with	O
its	O
installation	O
at	O
several	O
news	O
organizations	O
,	O
including	O
ProPublica	O
,	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
The	O
Intercept	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecureDrop	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
anonymity	O
network	O
Tor	B-Application
to	O
facilitate	O
communication	O
between	O
whistleblowers	O
,	O
journalists	O
,	O
and	O
news	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecureDrop	B-Application
sites	O
are	O
therefore	O
only	O
accessible	O
as	O
onion	O
services	O
in	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
user	O
visits	O
a	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
website	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
given	O
a	O
randomly	O
generated	O
code	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Investigative	O
journalists	O
can	O
contact	O
the	O
whistleblower	O
via	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
utilizes	O
private	O
,	O
segregated	O
servers	B-Application
that	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
possession	O
of	O
the	O
news	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
use	O
two	O
USB	O
flash	O
drives	O
and	O
two	O
personal	O
computers	O
to	O
access	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
personal	O
computer	O
accesses	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
via	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
journalist	O
uses	O
the	O
first	O
flash	O
drive	O
to	O
download	O
encrypted	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freedom	O
of	O
the	O
Press	O
Foundation	O
has	O
stated	O
it	O
will	O
have	O
the	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
code	O
and	O
security	O
environment	O
audited	O
by	O
an	O
independent	O
third	O
party	O
before	O
every	O
major	O
version	O
release	O
and	O
then	O
publish	O
the	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecureDrop	B-Application
suggests	O
sources	O
disabling	O
JavaScript	B-Language
to	O
protect	O
anonymity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Freedom	O
of	O
the	O
Press	O
Foundation	O
now	O
maintains	O
an	O
official	O
directory	O
of	O
SecureDrop	B-Application
instances	O
.	O
</s>
