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 ...

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 ...

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 ...