content: Whistleblowing: The Data Dump. The top voat for today in technology had me thinking.... FYI I am providing this information in a hypothetical capacity and for any one who feels that their privacy and security are critical in the conveyance of information. I am in no way telling you to break a non discourage agreement, Gag order, or conduct illegal activity. I  would ask that reporters get smart about these tactics and offer them to trusted sources. Feel free to add to this body of knowledge.  Note: Always include a public encryption key this way you can prove you where the provider of the data later on, its the ultimate signature. and proof of identity. http://travistidwell.com/jsencrypt/demo/ a good example.  (If you use your private key to encrypt data, your public key is the only way to de-encrypt it, thus proving you are you)  1) If you want to act as a whistle blower then all you need is a Raspberry Pi, a Wi-Fi USB dongle, some basic scripting knowledge and a little bit of electronic skills. Granted these are not a dime a dozen but still this is how to eliminate the possibility of being traced. So the idea is simple, you set up the Pi to auto connect to public Wi-Fi, wait a set amount of time, Email out a package of information to tons of news agencies, then set off the self destruct system and melt the entire assembly, or at the vary least, the SDCard. (come up with your own self destruct methods) you just stash it near a library or anywhere with free unprotected Wi-Fi. 2) Just print the stuff out, and mail it (the mail is awesome and more people should use it). You can always stake out a mail rout to know when it gets serviced, do it somewhere rural (no cameras) and just drive by, drop the package off with all the postage on it and the address of a news agency and flip the flag. 3) Buy a laptop from a pawn shop with a proxy buyer and cash. Image it with a distribution of Linux and get a Wi-Fi High Gain adapter and hack it to mount the antenna into a pingles can, yep the old steal the wifi with a pringles can move, go find a public wifi spot and then some stand off distance with cover and no eyes on. use Tor and a VPN (many of them take bitcoin), send out your data that way then drive away and ditch the laptop. 4) find a new agency you trust to take your message seriously, pick out a reporter who will cover the story and then wait outside the offices around quieting time. This is best done in a city where parking garages are not a factor and public transportation is best used. Follow them back to their apartment/house. Once you have the address, use method number 2 (again the mail is awesome). Always mail the first package to the reporters residence and never send another one there. good reporters protect sources so if you include a dead drop location for the reporter you can typically trust them. 5) Secure dead drops are tricky since it requires two parties to be aware of them, and for the location to be protected and free from prying eyes and or obvious its being watched. So cheat the system, setup a raspberry Pi with a router some where it wont be found. Scrip the router to only turn on for a short period of time during the day and instruct your contact when that time is and where they can be in that public place to get access to it.  scrip the Pi to auto encrypt any file being sent to the only shared folder and to move it. Once the data is loaded onto the Pi, it will stay turned off until you physically recover it, or you have it turn back on at a later time and you recover the information. The idea is that the signal is not "always on" and thus can only be tracked down during that window. If you stick to an indoor location the signal scattering will cause exterior long range triangulation to be almost impossible. Any one else want to add to this collection?