40.
- Voting procedures
- Leaving feedbacks
- Various apps that guarantee anonymity:
such like ‘Whisper’
- Safety reasons: like calling crime
stoppers
- Various phone calls made for clinical
reasons
- Various counseling reasons
Photo by Hira3
45.
- Express thoughts more and without fear
- Discuss sensitive subjects such as
medical conditions, physical abuse, and
sexual orientation
- Get more objective evaluation
- Be ‘equal’ in discussions (anonymity
leaves no room for discrimination,
racism, etc.)
50.
Photo by Michael Dunn
- Usage of spamming
- ‘Poison pen letter’: A letter that is
libelous, abusive, or malicious
- Weak becoming powerful online
- For bullying
- For racism
- Impersonation of an individual or
individuals
51. Photo by Michael Dunn
About 10% of teens engage
i n a n o n y m o u s s e l f -
harassment activity
– The Christian Science Monitor
Did you know?
79.
50% of internet users say they are
worried about the amount of personal
information about them online
80. Photo by Adam Tuttle
How does mobile devices
contribute to anonymity?
81. Nowadays, anonymous
apps like Secret,
Whisper, Wut,
Confide, and Yik Yak
seems to be the new
trend.
Photo by Sean MacEntee
82. Photo by Sean MacEntee
Now, Facebook has an “Anonymous log in”, where
users can log in anonymously so they can demo apps
before they provide their personal data
197. Photo by Michael Dunn
“You look at all of these services like
Facebook and Instagram, and they’re all
about let me show you the best version of
me,” argues co-founder of Whisper,
Michael Heyward.
“It’s essentially this highlight reel – Whisper
is about showing people the behind the
scenes stuff that we’re not always
comfortable posting on Facebook.”
199.
An anonymous bomb threat posted on the platform caused
San Clemente High School to go on lockdown for a day.
Yik Yak was forced to temporarily disable its services in
Chicago, because middle and high students used the app to
cyber bully their classmates.
However,