[VexXtreme]

I did, and it clearly says that other citizens were sending her information to post online. I don't know much about her situation, but presumably that wouldn't require her to be in the country.

And even if that's not the case, using Tor and not linking your online vigilante identity to your real identity (e.g. by having your whistleblower twitter account linked to your personal phone) is a very basic precaution.

I REALLY don't want to sound insensitive, but if people are going to use technology to fight people who wield the power of physical violence, they DO need to learn how to apply it properly.

[mkal_tsr]

No, see, people call that "victim-blaming" and not "educating yourself about the risks by utilizing the global sum of all human knowledge". The only way people are going to be safe is if they're educated about the risks/rewards to using technology. Lately it's gotten very weird in that anyone that falls prey to predators and become victims could never ever possibly ever have made any possible mistakes/misteps, for they are the immaculate victim that must not ever have any responsibility for their actions.

This flies completely contrary to precautionary measures and utilizing knowledge/education as a barrier to attack. The sooner society gets away from the "that's 'victim-blaming'" mentality and embraces education for all, the sooner everyone is better of for it. It's not saying, "yeah, they had this coming, this is their fault" but rather, "let's analyze the situation and provide mitigation for the future"

[PhasmaFelis]

> I REALLY don't want to sound insensitive

Then try to use less insensitive language. "It amazes me that people don't take these basic precautions" sounds an awful lot like "Look at this poor misguided savage, killed because she was too stupid to know what an Onion Router is." Maybe try something like "We need to educate whistleblowers about security technology to avoid tragedies like this."