If you are a whistleblower, it's important to protect your identity. They will come after you. Here's how to leak data and stay anonymous.

Keeping your anonymity while blowing the whistle is hard to achieve. A million things could go wrong and lead to your demasking, and it becomes exponentially more difficult the larger and more powerful the organization is that you’re up against. Large corporations could put a lot of funds aside for the surveillance of employees they suspect of “sabotage,” and governments might have near infinite resources. As such, this is not a complete guide to anonymity. The circumstances will be different in each case, and surveillance capabilities differ between organizations and countries.

An Act to establish a mechanism to receive complaints relating to disclosure on any allegation of corruption or willful misuse of power or willful misuse of discretion against any public servant and to inquire or cause an inquiry into such disclosure and to provide adequate safeguards against victimization of the person making such complaint and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

7 ways to leak documents and communicate in secret

1. Computers serve their owners, not their users - Use TAILS View Full Guide

2. Networks log all information - Use Tor Network and a VPN View Full Guide

3. Printers and scanners record everything - Don’t scan or print documents View Full Guide

4. Phones are unencrypted and will disclose your location - Only use encrypted messengers, preferably Signal. View Full Guide

5. Money leaves a trail - Pay with cash if you can, and use gift cards or Bitcoin - View Full Guide

6. Everything leaves metadata - Be aware of your digital footprint and try to keep any changes to it at a minimum. View Full Guide

7. Is digital the best option? View Full Guide