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Encryption has become an important part of many journalists' online work, particularly when they are conducting lengthier, cross-border investigations on human rights or governmental issues.

At a recent privacy conference in San Francisco, Micah Lee, an expert on source protection and cryptography who works for The Intercept, shared a list of useful tools to encourage reporters not to store data or information about their sources using third party platforms like Gmail or Google Docs.

IJNet's Jenny Manrique put together a round up of some of the tools mentioned at the event, including Onion Share, a website for securely sharing files of any size temporarily; TOR Messenger, an encrypted chat feature from the browser with the same name; and Keybase, an open directory that allows journalists to verify if a source is reliable, based on the information provided in their social profiles, such as Twitter and Reddit.

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