--- title: Introducing SecureDrop Protocol | daily.dev description: The blog post introduces the SecureDrop Protocol, a proposed end-to-end encryption protocol for a future version of the SecureDrop whistleblowing system. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-securedrop-protocol-tfaogimdm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing SecureDrop Protocol | daily.dev og:description: The blog post introduces the SecureDrop Protocol, a proposed end-to-end encryption protocol for a future version of the SecureDrop whistleblowing system. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-securedrop-protocol-tfaogimdm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TFaOGiMDm.png og:image:alt: Introducing SecureDrop Protocol og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing SecureDrop Protocol **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The blog post introduces the SecureDrop Protocol, a proposed end-to-end encryption protocol for a future version of the SecureDrop whistleblowing system. It discusses the core properties of the protocol, including no accounts or user authentication, no message flow metadata, and no externally-observable server state. The post compares the SecureDrop Protocol with other messaging protocols and provides details on its message retrieval mechanism and encryption properties. It also mentions the need for post-quantum security assessment and invites feedback from the security and cryptography community. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cryptography](https://daily.dev/tags/cryptography) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-securedrop-protocol-tfaogimdm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing SecureDrop Protocol","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-securedrop-protocol-tfaogimdm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-securedrop-protocol-tfaogimdm"},"datePublished":"2024-05-08T13:06:22.863Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:18.744Z","description":"The blog post introduces the SecureDrop Protocol, a proposed end-to-end encryption protocol for a future version of the SecureDrop whistleblowing system. It...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4b63569d9b14aade8c0f10ebd2950090?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4b63569d9b14aade8c0f10ebd2950090?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-securedrop-protocol-tfaogimdm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cryptography","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Introducing SecureDrop Protocol"}]} ```