Online anonymity, the practice of concealing one's true identity while engaging on the internet, is a complicated phenomenon. It has positive and negative implications, which can vary greatly ...

The end of every year at my company used to hit me with a sudden bout of anxiety. Not because of any particular thing to do with the business; December is usually our best month. It’s because that’s ...

Have you ever told a stranger a secret about yourself online? Did you feel a certain kind of freedom doing so, specifically because the context was removed from your everyday life? Personal disclosure ...

In research, the terms "anonymous" and "confidential" are often confused and treated as interchangeable. They have, however, very distinct meanings, and it is important for an investigator to ...

(Geneva) - Governments should promote the use of strong encryption and protect anonymous expression online. In an era of unprecedentedly broad and intrusive government surveillance, these tools often ...

You can Whisper it, but don’t expect it or you to stay secret forever. Malcolm Campbell, CC BY-SA But there are two major issues with these apps: the false sense of anonymity security they provide, ...

Bitcoin is not anonymous, but, rather, pseudo-anonymous. By now, most Bitcoin veterans know this. It’s less obvious to many, however, why Bitcoin is not really anonymous by default, and what can be ...