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🙌 Hush Line now has a Reddit, Inc. community! Come on over and join the conversation! https://lnkd.in/gi7MJRVj

We just published Principles of a Tip Line Platform: A research-based way to evaluate whistleblower systems. See how Hush Line stacks up 🤩. https://lnkd.in/euuH2iQJ #journalism #privacy #opensource #nonprofit #security #pgp #encryption

We're going back to DEF CON! DEF CON is the world's most prominent hacker and information security conference. Last year, we debuted not only our new 501(c)(3) but also Hush Line and other products with great success. It was actually the audience at DEF CON that motivated us to take Hush Line beyond a self-hosted app and transform it into a whistleblowing platform and new consumer hardware product! And to show our gratitude, we will give away one Hush Line Personal Server to an attendee at the conference. More info on that soon. If you want to support us in getting there, you can donate to our Open Collective: https://lnkd.in/gRA99ev2

👷 In Progress: Opt-In Hush Line User Directory Soon, you'll be able to easily find any user who has opted to be listed in the Hush Line public directory. Users can add their bios, and someone submitting a message can quickly find verified or administrator users. Want to sign up for our open beta? 👇 https://beta.hushline.app

🪧 Are you organizing or attending a protest? Sharing personal information like your phone number or email address could expose your identity and make you vulnerable to unnecessary risks. Instead, use Hush Line to allow anyone to send you an anonymous message without requiring them to download a new app or create an account. We're in beta 👇 https://beta.hushline.app #protest #college #activism #privacy #anonymity #war #columbia #campus #students #studentrights #freespeech

Tip lines should be easy to use, maintenance-free, and safe for the sender and receiver. Hush Line is a free and #opensource tip-line platform that makes it easy to receive #private messages from your communities. 👉 beta.hushline.app #opensource #journalism #anonymous

We added a FAQ section on our website answering 🔥 questions like: - How is Hush Line different from SecureDrop? - Why not just use Signal Messenger?, and - How anonymous is Hush Line? Do you have any questions our website doesn't answer, or are our answers sufficient? Let us know! 👉 https://hushline.app/#faq Sign up to test the open beta! https://beta.hushline.app

We've been hard at work getting Hush Line ready for launch! 🚀 
We recently: 
- Migrated #PGP from gnupg to pysequoia
- Refactored the app for better maintainability
- Added Poetry for dependency mgmt
- Added linters and formatters including isort, black, and flake8
- Updated our docs
- And so much more! 
We're overflowing with gratitude for our contributors who generously give their time to improve Hush Line! 🙏 
Learn more at https://hushline.app. 
#opensource #nonprofit #privacy #security