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The Tor Project reports that the Italian Anti-Corruption Authority will now be using Tor as part of its method of collecting tips anonymously.
To comply with these standards, the Italian Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC), an administrative watchdog, just launched their national online whistleblowing platform using onion services, giving whistleblowers who come forward a secure way to report illegal activity while protecting their identities. Most anti-corruption whistleblowers first speak out anonymously, and only when they know that their concerns are being addressed do they disclose their identities, as reported by Transparency International Italy, an organization advocating uses of Tor in the fight against corruption since 2014.
ANAC software is based on a customized version of GlobaLeaks, a whistleblowing platform by the Hermes Center that integrates Tor natively. GlobaLeaks is expected to be redistributed to all Italian public agencies (~20.000 in total) to comply with Law 179/2017 and in line with the country's recent strategic commitment to open-source software and the reuse of code.
More details are available in Italian.
Source : Italian Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) Adopts Onion Services
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Friday February 16 2018, @05:11AM
Leaking is the act of communicating confidential materials to someone not entitled to access.
Whistleblowing is the act of making leaked material concerning irregularities** to public - the purpose is to inform the public, the leaked material acts as a supporting proof.
An entire range of purposes between espionage and whistleblowing rely on leaking as a mean.
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** mismatch between what the public is expecting based on regulations, promises or tradition/common-sense and what the reality is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford