A couple of years ago, a journalist that used SecureDrop, the WikiLeaks-style submission system that allows sources to submit documents anonymously to newsrooms, couldn’t decrypt a file. The journalist asked Harlo Holmes for help.

Holmes, who works for the organization that develops and maintains SecureDrop, jumped on the first Acela train from New York City to Washington D.C. When she got there, she realized the journalist couldn’t decrypt the file because the file didn’t finish downloading. Whoops.

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