One of the most critical security protocol problems for humans is when you are betraying a trust, perhaps for some higher purpose, and the world can turn against you if you're caught. In this short paper, we report on efforts to enable whistleblowers to leak sensitive documents to journalists more safely. Following a survey of cases where whistleblowers were discovered due to operational or technological issues, we propose a game-theoretic model capturing the power dynamics involved in whistleblowing. We find that the whistleblower is often at the mercy of motivations and abilities of others. We identify specific areas where technology may be used to mitigate the whistleblower's risk. However we warn against technical solutionism: the main constraints are often institutional.

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告密者打针：论举报的难度

对人类来说，最关键的安全协议问题之一是当你背叛信任时，也许是为了更高的目的，如果你被抓住，世界可能会反对你。在这篇简短的论文中，我们报告了使举报人能够更安全地向记者泄露敏感文件的努力。在对由于操作或技术问题而发现举报人的案例进行调查之后，我们提出了一种博弈论模型，用于捕捉举报所涉及的权力动态。我们发现举报人经常受他人动机和能力的摆布。我们确定可以使用技术来减轻举报人风险的特定领域。然而，我们警告技术解决方案主义：主要的限制通常是制度性的。