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Rumr, Group Messaging With An Anonymous Twist, Launches On iOS & Android

TechCrunch › Natasha Lomas

Say hey to rumr, a new messaging app that’s vying to draw your attention away from all the other ways to say hey already in play.

Rumr has been in the works for around half a year, raising ... MORE

Want To Be Anonymous? Now You Have A Right To Be

The Age › Ben Grubb

Australian citizens now have the right to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym when interacting with government agencies, private health service providers, and large organisations under new privacy laws.

The ... MORE

Silicon Valley’s Anonymous Gossip Apps Whip Up Storm Of Ambition and jealousy

Guardian › Edward Helmore

Ten years ago Mark Zuckerberg ushered in the era of social media with the creation of Facebook in his ... MORE

Open Secrets: The New Wave Of Anonymous Social Networks Is Neither New Nor Anonymous.

Slate › Lily Hay Newman

There’s a lot of news about Whisper, Secret, and other anonymous social networks lately. Whisper has been around in various forms since March 2012 but started ... MORE

Business Insider Australia Continues To Trash Anonymous Social Networks

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Anonymous social networks are receiving a lot of attention in the last couple months from the tech blogging community, largely due to some major capital investment in startups like the Secret and Whisper apps.

In addition to a lot of PR friendly puff pieces we are seeing a number of articles that are highly critical, not only of individual ... MORE

New Website Encourages Anonymous Students To Share Assault Experiences

Student Life › Divya Kumar

Since the website went live Friday night, about half a dozen students have posted anonymous personal experiences with sexual assault on It Happens Here: WUSTL, an online platform for Washington University students to ... MORE

On Your Permanent Record – Anonymity, Pseudonymity, Ephemerality & Bears Omfg!

Medium › Austin Hill

Anonymity seems to be all the rage in Silicon Valley and startups lately.

Recently Whisper raised another $30 million (supposedly ... MORE

The Future For Anonymity Apps: Defamations And Revolutions

TechCrunch › Mike Butcher

In 2010 the Iranian election protests — the “Green Revolution” — was at its tail end, though few knew the tumult of the Arab Spring was to come. The Iranian authorities were rounding up key anti-government ... MORE

Investors Debate The Ethics Of Anonymity Apps

TechCrunch › Alexia Tsotsis

VCs are publicly and privately debating the morality of investing in the burgeoning “anonymish” app space, after a series of negative posts, mainstream gossip, a MORE

Anonymous Social Networks: Too Big To Succeed?

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With the very recent debut of a number of anonymous social networking apps and websites, a vigorous debate has begun about the perils and merits of anonymous digital venues.

Critics would have us believe that trolling, porn, and bullying are endemic to the experience, while boosters trumpet the importance of innovation, free speech, ... MORE