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
Guardian › Edward Helmore
Ten years ago Mark Zuckerberg ushered in the era of social media with the creation of Facebook in his ... MORE
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
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
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
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
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
Medium › Austin Hill
Anonymity seems to be all the rage in Silicon Valley and startups lately.
Recently Whisper raised another $30 million (supposedly ... MORE
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
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