Zeke Hunter-Green
@zekehg.bsky.social
Software developer on @theguardian.com's Investigations & Reporting team
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EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
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A good post by Bruce Schneier: digital threat modeling under authoritarianism www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smar...
www.schneier.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A good post by Bruce Schneier: digital threat modeling under authoritarianism www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
🎤 #rustconf Session Announcement: Daniel Hugenroth (@lambda.bsky.social), Sam Cutler, & Zeke Hunter-Green
“Secure Messaging: Leveraging Rust to Create the Guardian’s Anonymous Whistleblowing System”
→ rustconf.com/schedule/#1473
#rustlang
“Secure Messaging: Leveraging Rust to Create the Guardian’s Anonymous Whistleblowing System”
→ rustconf.com/schedule/#1473
#rustlang
September 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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The Guardian app’s own data flows make leaks indistinguishable from regular traffic — cutting off one of the easiest ways for a repressive government or a corporate boss to identify a leaker. www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-...
The Guardian’s new whistleblower tool buries leaks to journalists within its own readers’ everyday traffic
Think "I am Spartacus!" — but for leakers.
www.niemanlab.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Guardian app’s own data flows make leaks indistinguishable from regular traffic — cutting off one of the easiest ways for a repressive government or a corporate boss to identify a leaker. www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-...
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TODAY: GLAN, Sadaka and Al-Haq launch a multi-jurisdictional set of legal actions targeting #airbnb listings in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Find out more: www.glanlaw.org/palestine-ai...
Multi-jurisdiction legal actions target Airbnb listings in illegal Israeli Settlements
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), Sadaka – the Ireland Palestine Alliance and the Palestinian human rights organisation, Al-Haq launch of unprecedented trans-Atlantic set of legal actions targeting ...
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June 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
TODAY: GLAN, Sadaka and Al-Haq launch a multi-jurisdictional set of legal actions targeting #airbnb listings in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Find out more: www.glanlaw.org/palestine-ai...
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Incredibly proud to have been a part of the team that made this a reality. Congratulations on the launch!
In a dangerous era for journalism – a powerful new tool to help protect sources
In a dangerous era for journalism – a powerful new tool to help protect sources
Today, the Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Incredibly proud to have been a part of the team that made this a reality. Congratulations on the launch!
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My team launched this today! A new tip-off platform based on research from the University of Cambridge. It's been a great collaboration :)
For more technical details on the underlying protocol (CoverDrop) check out coverdrop.org
For more technical details on the underlying protocol (CoverDrop) check out coverdrop.org
June 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My team launched this today! A new tip-off platform based on research from the University of Cambridge. It's been a great collaboration :)
For more technical details on the underlying protocol (CoverDrop) check out coverdrop.org
For more technical details on the underlying protocol (CoverDrop) check out coverdrop.org
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We launched CoverDrop 🎉 providing sources with a secure and anonymous way to talk to journalists. Having started five years ago as a PhD research project, this now ships within the Guardian app to millions of users—all of which provide cover traffic. Paper, code, and more info: www.coverdrop.org
CoverDrop: Blowing the Whistle Through A News App
www.coverdrop.org
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We launched CoverDrop 🎉 providing sources with a secure and anonymous way to talk to journalists. Having started five years ago as a PhD research project, this now ships within the Guardian app to millions of users—all of which provide cover traffic. Paper, code, and more info: www.coverdrop.org
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Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing has always taken bravery. Secure Messaging is an important new tool that will make it easier for people to share confidential information and tips with journalists at the Guardian. theguardian.com/securemessaging_launch
June 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing has always taken bravery. Secure Messaging is an important new tool that will make it easier for people to share confidential information and tips with journalists at the Guardian. theguardian.com/securemessaging_launch
Over the last year I’ve had the privilege of contributing to @theguardian.com’s Secure Messaging feature alongside my incredible colleagues. Launched today, Secure Messaging is a new way for whistleblowers to communicate anonymously with journalists within the Guardian news app.
June 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Over the last year I’ve had the privilege of contributing to @theguardian.com’s Secure Messaging feature alongside my incredible colleagues. Launched today, Secure Messaging is a new way for whistleblowers to communicate anonymously with journalists within the Guardian news app.
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SCOOP: Researchers from China are to be allowed access to half a million UK GP records despite western intelligence agencies’ fears about the authoritarian regime amassing health data. My latest @theguardian.com investigation.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records
Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
SCOOP: Researchers from China are to be allowed access to half a million UK GP records despite western intelligence agencies’ fears about the authoritarian regime amassing health data. My latest @theguardian.com investigation.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Since last summer I’ve been working with brilliant colleagues at the Guardian on an investigation into how two of the world’s biggest tourism companies, Airbnb and Booking.com, are helping Israeli settlers profit from stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Seized, settled, let: how Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land
As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen land
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Since last summer I’ve been working with brilliant colleagues at the Guardian on an investigation into how two of the world’s biggest tourism companies, Airbnb and Booking.com, are helping Israeli settlers profit from stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...