Online anonymity isn't as easy as the firms offering privacy apps want you to think
Friday, October 24, 2014 - 06:30
in Mathematics & Economics
In a post-Snowden world, anonymity is what people want online. Smartphone apps offering anonymous messaging are popping up everywhere – Secret, Whisper and now Yik Yak. The latest additions to privacy-protecting technology, they claim to provide anonymous, location-based confession, expression, and discussion platforms.