When The New Yorker’s first issue was published, in 1925, the only way to contact the magazine's editors was to post a letter to our office's mailing address, which was printed on the inside cover. Ninety-two years later, there are many more ways to get in touch: we have separate e-mail addresses for submitting cartoons, fiction, and letters. You might log on to Submittable to send us a poem. And, if you wish to remain anonymous in order to send sensitive information to our editors, there is Strongbox.

Strongbox is a method for you to share newsworthy tips, information, and files whose importance or sensitivity demands a greater degree of anonymity and security than is afforded by conventional e-mail. When we launched Strongbox, in 2013, Amy Davidson wrote, "Over the years, it’s also become easier to trace the senders, even when they don’t want to be found. Strongbox addresses that. . . . Even we won’t be able to figure out where files sent to us come from."

The software behind Strongbox, now called SecureDrop, was built by Kevin Poulsen and the late Aaron Swartz, and is now managed by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The New Yorker was the first home for this software. Poulsen wrote about working with Swartz on its initial development.

To help protect your anonymity, Strongbox is only accessible using the Tor network. When using Strongbox, The New Yorker will not record your I.P. address or information about your browser, computer, or operating system, and will not embed third-party content or deliver persistent cookies to your browser. No method of communication, however, is completely secure. For more detailed instructions on using the system, visit newyorker.com/strongbox. And to contact us about anything else please visit our Contact Us page.