  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.
