We are proud to announce that SecureDrop Workstation 1.2.0 and SecureDrop Client 0.15.0 have both been released. This release comes with two major improvements: better printing support and download progress bars.
A better printing experience
SecureDrop Workstation now uses the Internet Printing Protocol, better known as AirPrint, over USB, allowing for a large selection of modern printers. No joke, thousands of printers are now compatible; however, we recommend trying to find one with no wireless support for extra security. Check out our revised documentation for more details and guidance.
One minor downside: This removes support for one of our previously recommended printers. If you are using the Brother HL-L2320D that we had previously recommended during our pilot phase, you will need to switch to an IPP-compatible printer.
In addition to the expanded hardware support, the printing experience should be nicer too, as we’re now using a modern print dialog that should be similar to what you’re used to on other computers.
Download progress bars
We’ve implemented one of our longest-standing requests from users, which is to display progress while downloading a file. You’ll now know that your download is actually continuing and not stalled.
Details and other changes
User-facing features
- Initial support for IPP/driverless printing (#2332, #2434, #1235)
- Replace XPP with GTK print dialog (#2411)
- Display download progress for file downloads (#2327, #2428, #2427, #2426, #2424, #2329)
Platform changes
Internal and development changes
- Minor test fixes (#1297, #1293)
- Makefile: do make work again (#1281)
- Fix development-facing autologin (#1275)
- Clear salt cache on package install (#1287)
Acknowledgments
This release was made possible thanks to volunteer contributions from Evan Paterakis. We’d also like to thank members of the OpenPrinting project, including Alexander Pevzner, for providing us with guidance.
We’d like to thank the Qubes team for addressing our feature requests and bugs, as well as for providing advice and guidance.
Thanks to Localization Lab for continued support with our translations. Translations were updated thanks to the work of volunteers:
- Chinese (Simplified Han script): bearbeeprunestardust
- French: AO Localization Lab
This release incorporates Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) contributions by Giulio B, Nathan Dyer, Kunal Mehta, Erik Moeller, Cory Francis Myers, Kevin O’Gorman, Francisco Rocha, and Rowen S.