The 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...
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