How Whisper App Tracks 'Anonymous' Users
The company behind Whisper, the social media app that promises users anonymity and claims to be the “the safest place on the internet”, is tracking the location of its users, including some who have...
View ArticleWhisper Shouts Denials of Tracking Allegations
Whisper, which promises anonymity, is steamed over allegations that it's been blowing its users' cover by sharing location-tracking data with the feds. The company insists that it hasn't revealed any...
View ArticleTwitter's former security head condemns Whisper's privacy flaws
Whisper should never have claimed to offer unlinkable anonymity when its business model is apparently headed towards data mining, said Moxie Marlinspike ...
View ArticleUPDATED: Report: Whisper tracks its 'anonymous' users
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View ArticleThink you can Whisper privately? Think again
You might be forgiven for thinking that Whisper was an app about privacy and anonymity. ...
View ArticleThe Guardian eats its words on juiciest bits of Whisper story
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View Article10 things we learned this week
From the fight against Ebola to the revelation that the Whisper app is tracking its ‘anonymous’ users, here is a round-up of the week’s news ...
View ArticleWhisper it softly, but BuzzFeed has a new source for viral stories
News site reportedly plans to mine anonymous-sharing app Whisper for potential article material ...
View ArticleIs Whisper Anonymous? App Tracks User Location, Guardian Reports, As Neetzan...
No one is anonymous in the 21st century -- no matter...
View ArticleNext Time You Post A Secret On Anonymous App Whisper, BuzzFeed Writers Will...
See Also Whisper, one of the several anonymous secret-sharing apps that has cropped up in the last year, just inked a partnership with BuzzFeed that gives the publication extended access to its...
View ArticleInside the 'bizarre' public fight anonymous app Whisper is having with a...
Whisper co-founder Michael Heyward See Also Just when it seemed like the controversy surrounding anonymous message posting app Whisper was calming down, the company is facing new accusations. And the...
View ArticleAnonymous App Whisper Faces Allegations About Privacy, Says They're 'A...
PHOTOFORMULA.com | by RINGO CHIUWhisper CEO Michael Heyward. Two reporters for The Guardian spent three days at the headquarters of Whisper, a popular anonymous app that lets millions of people share...
View ArticleAt Whisper's news-gathering operation, data collection comes under siege
Can an app that people anonymously share confessions on, some of which become fodder for news stories, protect the users' identities? That's the issue surrounding Whisper this week. When opening the...
View ArticleWhisper denies ‘Guardian’ allegations of data sharing
The anonymous messaging app Whisper has lashed out at the Guardian newspaper, denying allegations that it secretly tracked users and shared data with the US government. “A pack of vicious lies,” was...
View ArticleThe Guardian backtracks privacy allegations against Whisper
The newspaper behind a series of serious privacy allegations against anonymous sharing app Whisper has backed away from many of its claims. The Guardian published several articles last October alleging...
View ArticleReport: Whisper Tracks Users Even When They Ask It Not To
You should know by now that purportedly anonymous apps...
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(Source: International Journalism Festival) 25 October 2014 by Vincenzo Marino - translated by Roberta Aiello This week Ben Bradlee, former editor of the Washington Post, died at the age of 93. As...
View ArticleAnonymous sharing app Whisper under a cloud over user location data
Anonymous sharing app Whisper has come under a cloud after a newspaper report charged it with tracking the location of its users, including those who have asked not to be followed. Whisper, which is...
View ArticleWhisper CEO Tells Users To Email Him If They Are Worried About Being Tracked
PHOTOFORMULA.com | by RINGO CHIU Last week, newspaper The Guardian published a story saying that the people who run Whisper, an app for sharing thoughts anonymously, track the whereabouts of the apps...
View ArticlePrivacy experts call for Whisper to be investigated over tracking of some users
Federal Trade Commission could examine issue of ‘anonymous’ app tracking users who have asked not to be followed ...
View ArticleThe ethics of The Guardian’s Whisper bombshell
The Guardian happened upon a huge story while discussing a journalism partnership with Whisper, whose social media app promises anonymity to users, encouraging them to share their secrets. It turns out...
View ArticleSecret-sharing app Whisper trashes Guardian report
WASHINGTON: The anonymous messaging app Whisper has lashed out at the Guardian newspaper, denying allegations that it secretly tracked users and shared data with the US government. "A pack of vicious...
View ArticleWhisper's No Good, Very Bad Day
Is one of the most popular anonymous secrets apps around keeping a secret of its own… and collecting intelligence on their users? In a story published earlier today, U.K. newspaper The Guardian accused...
View ArticleReport: Whisper tracks its 'anonymous' users
Oct 16, 2014, 12:53pm PDT Send this to a friend Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Copy Me Add a brief note: Send Email Processing... Whisper is...
View ArticleHow the 'safest place on the internet' tracks its users
Whisper app that was intended to be a safe haven for anonymity is exploiting a vast library of texts, photographs and, in many cases, the location of their authors – from Guantánamo to the White House ...
View ArticleSenator wants Whisper to explain how it tracks users, shares their data
Social media app Whisper, a supposedly anonymous way for users to post online confessions, is now facing privacy questions from a U.S. senator after reports that it tracks locations of users and has...
View ArticleWhisper Places Responds To More Damaging Accusations, Places Employees On Leave
Business Insider/Alyson ShontellWhisper CEO Michael Heyward (left) with an employee. See Also Anonymous secret-sharing app Whisper has placed some of its employees on administrative leave following a...
View ArticleThe Guardian Reports Privacy Concerns for Users of Whisper App
For those who post secrets to the smart phone app Whisper and believe their messages and location are not being tracked, a piece by The Guardian published yesterday suggests otherwise. The U.K. daily...
View Article>Whisper Just Wrote A 5-Page Response To A Scathing Security Report: 'We Do...
Two reporters at The Guardian spent three days at Whisper's Santa Monica headquarters and wrote a scathing exposé on the startup. Whisper, which allows people to anonymously post their deepest, darkest...
View ArticleWhisper app rewrites terms of service and privacy policy
‘Anonymous’ app revises sections of its terms of service after learning of Guardian article exposing details of its business practices ...
View ArticleSenator Wants Answers on Whisper's Privacy Protections
Whisper's recent privacy fight has caught the attention of...
View ArticleWhisper Just Wrote A 5-Page Response To A Scathing Security Report: 'We Do...
The Guardian"A Whisper user posted this message from the vicinity of the White House," The Guardian says. Two reporters at The Guardian spent three days at Whisper's Santa Monica headquarters and wrote...
View ArticleTop senator demands explanation from Whisper after user tracking revelations
Senator Jay Rockefeller emphasises concern over location tracking and says Guardian revelations raise ‘serious questions’ ...
View ArticleWhisper: the facts
Executives from the anonymous social media app have dismissed as a ‘pack of lies’ the Guardian’s revelation that they track users. But the evidence is clear ...
View ArticleSenator wants anonymous app Whisper to explain how it tracks users, shares...
Social media app Whisper, a supposedly anonymous way for users to post online confessions, is now facing privacy questions from a U.S. senator after reports that it tracks locations of users and has...
View ArticleTen questions Whisper must answer at its Senate hearing about user tracking
Whisper executives have been summoned to Capitol Hill to answer questions about how the app tracks its users ...
View ArticleAnonymous Whisper app responds to Guardian allegations of tracking: 'A pack...
The editor-in-chief of ‘anonymous’ app Whisper has called a report by The Guardian alleging that the company tracks its users against their will “a pack of vicious lies.” Neetzan Zimmerman, a...
View Article'Anonymous' Whisper app tracks its users and shares data with authorities
The company behind Whisper, a social media app that promises users anonymity and claims to be the "the safest place on the internet", is tracking the location of its users, including some who have...
View ArticleAnonymous app Whisper denies tracking claims
The editor of Whisper, an app for people to share secrets anonymously, has angrily denied reports that it has been tracking users and sharing data. The Guardian newspaper claims Whisper has an in-house...
View ArticleWhisper Vows It Doesn't Track Users, Says 'Guardian' Report Is All Lies
Whisper, the anonymous secret-sharing app that bills itself as the "safest place on the Internet," is reportedly tracking its users' locations, according to an investigation published in The Guardian...
View ArticleWhisper Under Fire After Guardian Alleges 'Anonymous' Social Network Tracks...
A new report by the Guardian states Whisper, the "anonymous" secret-sharing social network, might not be so anonymous. Whisper, however, says the allegations made against the company are not true. In a...
View ArticleWhisper CEO suspends staff pending inquiry into 'anonymity' revelations
Michael Heyward, right, with Whisper co-founder Brad Brooks. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/Zuma Press/Corbis ...
View ArticleAnonymous secret-sharing app Whisper tracks user location, keeps posts...
The secret-sharing app Whisper may be tracking users more closely than the company wants to admit. Photograph by: Facebook/Whisper , Canada.com An app that prides itself on promoting anonymity is...
View ArticleWhisper chief executive answers privacy revelations: 'We're not infallible'
Michael Heyward said: ‘Above all else, we always strive to do right by our users.’ Photograph: Whisper ...
View ArticleRevealed: how Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users
Whisper app rewrites terms of service and privacy policy ...
View ArticleReport Suggests Whisper Is Not Exactly Anonymous
Anonymous social network Whisper is in damage-control mode after The...
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