I disagree. The tools that journalists have been using to protect their sources are woefully inadequate in the digital age. The government has moved forward wit

I disagree. The tools that journalists have been using to protect their sources are woefully inadequate in the digital age. The government has moved forward with surveillance techniques and is always advancing its information-gathering methods. When I ask friends who are journalists how they stay anonymous and protect their sources, the best they can do is "meet on a park bench and don't use the phone." It's high time for journalism to upgrade their toolbox for gathering information and protecting their sources in the 21st century. However technically sound this effort by the New Yorker is, it is a step in the right direction.