After more than eleven years running the anarchic online community he founded in his New York bedroom at the age of 15, Christopher “Moot” Poole says he is stepping aside from… Read more »
Secret, the anonymous messaging app that captured the attention of Silicon Valley in the months after its January launch, is struggling. Almost a year later, download rates at home and abroad… Read more »
The social network has come out with a .onion address that works with SSL and lets users access Facebook without disclosing their true location. Read more »
Whisper’s CEO says the anonymous social network has put members of its editorial team on leave while it investigates claims made by the Guardian, but maintains that the newspaper’s report was… Read more »
Neetzan Zimmerman, who runs the editorial operation at Whisper, said in an interview that a series of stories by The Guardian that raised concerns about the anonymous app’s privacy policies misrepresent… Read more »
Whisper was slammed by The Guardian for its alleged tracking of individuals who use the anonymous app, but the concerns about privacy are just the symptom of a larger problem, which… Read more »
A recent report suggests that Whisper is tracking its users, even those who have opted out of geolocation services. The company says it’s “100 percent false.” Here’s the overview. Read more »
Yik Yak, the comparatively less famous anonymity play, has surpassed Secret and Whisper in iOS app store popularity. It pulled off an underdog triumph, but can it sustain the lead? Read more »