Topic
Threat models
Articles on the threat models under which OffshorePress subscribers actually work — adversary capability, operational hygiene, and the structural decisions that follow from a sober adversary assessment.
14 min read
After Snowden: what changed in privacy hosting
An editorial reading of the structural changes the 2013 Snowden disclosures produced in the privacy-hosting industry, what those changes did and did not accomplish, and what the OffshorePress operator considers the unfinished work of the post-2013 settlement.
13 min read
Threat models for activist archives
An editorial framing of the threat model an archival project — a leak repository, a documentation collection, an institutional memory — should reason about before committing to a hosting decision, drawing on the documented record of archival projects that survived adversarial pressure and those that did not.
11 min read
Cash mail-in payments: an operational guide
How to pay OffshorePress in physical banknotes by post, why the operator offers the route, what the envelope should and should not contain, and the operator's documented protocol for receipt, acknowledgement, and dispute resolution.
14 min read
Why offshore hosting matters for journalism
A sober account of the structural reasons an investigative newsroom benefits from hosting outside the jurisdiction in which its adversaries operate, drawn from the post-Snowden record and the operational decisions a small operator can make.