| You can only access this submissions system through Tor | |
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| Tails If you are at high risk and you have the capacity to do so, you can also access the submission system through a secure operating system called | Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to |
| Tails is an operating system launched from a USB stick or a DVD that aim to leaves no traces when the computer is shut down after use and automatically routes your internet traffic through Tor | Submit documents to WikiLeaks WikiLeaks publishes documents of political or historical importance that are censored or otherwise suppressed |
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| In particular, hard drives retain data after formatting which may be visible to a digital forensics team and flash media USB sticks, memory cards and SSD drives retain data even after a secure erasure | Remove traces of your submission If you are a high-risk source and the computer you prepared your submission on, or uploaded it from, could subsequently be audited in an investigation, we recommend that you format and dispose of the computer hard drive and any other storage media you used |
If you used flash media to store sensitive data, it is important to destroy the media.