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VPN for journalists to research and file more safely

Reporting means sensitive research, contact with sources, and filing from networks you do not control. ROOT hides your IP, encrypts everything, and keeps no logs. Free to start.

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The problem

Journalism generates a trail. The sites you research, the searches you run and the people you contact all pass through networks that can log them, and your IP ties that activity back to you. In hostile environments that trail can put you and your sources at risk.

Filing from hotels, press centres and foreign networks means trusting infrastructure you did not set up, some of which actively monitors or blocks traffic.

How ROOT VPN fixes it

ROOT hides your IP and encrypts your connection, so the networks you pass through cannot see which sites you reach or log your research to your identity. Stealth protocols get you connected even where VPNs are blocked or watched.

Because ROOT keeps no activity logs, there is no record of your work on our side to compel or leak. This is one layer of operational security; pair it with the other tools your situation calls for.

Which server and protocol to pick

For sensitive reporting, use REALITY where networks are monitored or block VPNs, and WireGuard for day-to-day work. Treat ROOT as one part of your operational security, alongside encrypted messaging and careful source practice, not the whole of it.

REALITY
For hostile networksDisguises the tunnel as normal HTTPS, so monitoring and VPN blocks do not catch it.
WireGuard
Everyday reportingStrong, fast encryption for research and filing on ordinary connections.

VPN for journalists: common questions

Can ROOT protect my sources?
It protects the connection by hiding your IP and encrypting your traffic, and it keeps no activity logs. It is one layer of security. Protecting sources also depends on encrypted messaging, careful metadata habits and your wider practice.
Will it work in a country that blocks VPNs?
Usually. ROOT's stealth protocols, led by REALITY, make VPN traffic look like ordinary HTTPS, so it connects on networks that block or monitor standard VPNs.
Does ROOT keep any record of my activity?
No. ROOT keeps no activity logs on any server, so there is no browsing history or session record on our side that could be compelled or leaked.

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