Anonymous Apps are Not so Anonymous After All

Perhaps the only way to keep your data and secrets out of the hands of others is to simply keep quiet online.

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Users are flocking to anonymous apps this year, seemingly enticed by the concept of posting something without having to own up to it. If a post can’t be tracked back to a user, they can say anything they want, for better or worse. According to white hat hacker Ben Caudill, who found a way to discover the identity of Secret users, the general outcome may be for worse.

Caudill, co-founder of Rhino Security Labs, managed to turn Secret’s method of anonymizing data against itself.

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