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When Secrets Aren’t Safe With Journalists (Op-Ed)

Date: October 26, 2011

Author: Chris Soghoian

QUOTE: operational computer security is still not taught in most journalism schools, and poor data security practices remain widespread in news organizations....Until journalists take their security obligations seriously, it will be safer to leak something to WikiLeaks — or groups like it — than to the mainstream press.

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Article MetaInformation:

Key People:

• Julian Assange
• Alan Rusbridger
• Bill Keller

Key Organizations:

• New York Times Company
• Tor Project
• Wikileaks.org

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating
      • Hide/Mislead
        • Disclosure/Conflicts of Interest
          • Whistleblowers

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Industry-Specific Issues
    • Telecommunications/Networking

• Computers & Information Technology
  • Computer Security (general)
  • Email / Spam / Phone / Wireless / Messaging

• Media & Journalism
  • Journalism: Ethics/Objectivity
  • Manipulation / Propaganda / Leaks
  • Sources

• Worldwide

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