How to email me? Anonymous email recommended. Using PGP encryption recommended.
Why email me?
Any purpose is welcome, as long it benefits you or me.
Unless your matter is high stakes, you probably don't need to contact me on this address, just use my gmail or Signal instead. I do not check emails on this address frequently, as mentioned below.
Frequency of checking emails: Last checked 2025-12-02. I will check my emails atleast once in three months.
Warrant canary: Last updated 2025-12-02. I have not received any legal request involving data or server access to samuelshadrach.com. I will update this paragraph atleast once in three months.
Proof of identity: to do
Overall security: Medium
If you need highest possible security: I do not have security setup sufficient for this. Submit to a SecureDrop server or use it to meet the journalist in-person. Journalists at orgs operating SecureDrop likely have previous experience dealing with anonymous high-stakes submissions.
If you are sending me leaked information or documents, I might redact it and send it to potential publishers running SecureDrop. I will probably not be able to publish any information myself.
Security practises followed
Security, digital
Dedicated PC for this purpose.
Inbox and keys accessed on TAILS only.
128-bit memorised seedphrase (never used outside of tails) + 128-bit seedphrase in secure physical location (never used outside of tails) + PGP privkey (has left tails). All 3 pieces of info required to decrypt.
All emails are deleted within 1 month of being read.
Security, physical
This inbox is only operated from secure physical location. Seedphrase (mentioned above) stored in secure physical location.
I do not live 24x7 in a secure physical location. I visit secure location to operate the inbox.
Legal
Do not have significant legal budget
Likely to cooperate with law enforcement in case of investigation. Discretion used on case by case basis.
Social / psychological
Operating solo. No dedicated team
Only operating part-time not full-time
No social isolation practised
Keeping secrets solo may be psychologically unsafe
Server host
Proton may be preserving email content and metadata (timestamps, file sizes, email addresses used, browser fingerprints, etc)
Proton has previously cooperated with law enforcement in investigations
Proton has never encountered a significant breach of data or passwords, as of 2025-06
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