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

Trust me, fast food is nasty.

I been workin at a Burger King for the last couple years and seen mad nasty shit go down. You don even know. People not washin their hands. Stuff gettin served after it got dropped on the floor. And that food dont even look like food until you see it. It’s a bunch of paste and frozen shit with fake flavors and smells and color. Don’t believe the hype. I can’t ... MORE

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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

I wish I wasn’t so selfish

All my friends like to think of themselves as smart, sensitive, progressive people who care about important things and do things to make the world a better place. I really do care a lot about important things, but life is so short and the sun will go nova some day and I just can’t escape the feeling like it all doesn’t really matter that much. I don’t want 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

Yes, Online Anonymity Is Hard – But Like Anything Valuable, It Is Worth Fighting For

Gigaom › Mathew Ingram

When it comes to online behavior, some contentious issues have been around at least as long as the consumer internet itself. One of the most explosive of these topics is anonymity, and the alleged benefits ... MORE

Too many Americans are too ignorant

Love the country, can’t stand the people. Well, lots of ’em. No country in the world has people who are so privileged and ignorant at the same time. We consume everything but knowledge and let corporations dictate our lives. From sanctimonious lefties to ‘independent’ conservatives, people in this country are just way too disconnected from the consequences ... MORE