1. Anonymity:

2.
Positive?
Negative?
Photo by Thomas Hawk

3. Photo by Sarah R.
What

4. is

5. Anonymity?

6.
Anonymity:

7.
-

8. The

9. state

10. or

11. quality

12. of

13. being

14. anonymous

15.
Anonymous:

16.
-

17. From

18. or

19. by

20. a

21. person,

22. author,

23. etc.,

24.
whose

25. name

26. is

27. unknown

28. or

29. withheld

30.
-

31. Having

32. no

33. name

35. What

36. is

37. Anonymity

38. intended

39. for?

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

41. Photo by Dollen
Positive

42. usage

43. of

44. Anonymity:

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.)

46. Abusive

47. usage

48. of

49. Anonymity:

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?

52. Photo by Michael Dunn
21%

53. of

54. internet

55. users

56. have

57. had

58. an

59. email

60.
or

61. social

62. networking

63. account

64.
compromised

65. or

66. taken

67. over

68. by

69. someone

70.
else

71. without

72. permission

74. Photo by Michael Dunn
Why

75. choose

76. to

77. be

78. anonymous?

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

83. “People

84. are

85. not

86. hard-wired

87. to

88. keep

89.
secrets

90. or

91. even

92. to

93. want

94. to

95. keep

96. secrets.

98.
People

99. want

100. to

101. get

102. those

103. secrets

104. off

105.
their

106. chest.

108. And

109. how

110. we

111. have

112. apps

113. that

114.
allow

115. people

116. to

117. say

118. and

119. do

120. things

121.
anonymously

122. ­–

123. Los

124. Angeles

125. Times

126.
Photo by Marco Monetti

127. “Facebook

128. has

129. become

130. saturated

131. and

132. everybody

133.
you

134. know

135. is

136. on

137. it

138. ­–

139. your

140. friends,

141. your

142. family,

143.
acquaintances,

144. business

145. colleagues

146. ­–

147. it’s

148. very

149.
hard

150. to

151. share

152. something

153. that’s

154. really

155.
personal

156. because

157. it

158. goes

159. out

160. to

161. this

162. mixed

163.
audience

164. and

165. it

166. stays

167. permanent

168. on

169. your

170.
profile.”

171. ­–

172. Chrys

173. Bader-Wechsler,

174. one

175. of

176.
Secret’s

177. founders.

178.
Photo by val.pearl

179. Freedom
Of

180. speech

181. is

182. what

183. attracts

184. users

185.
to

186. use

187. these

188. apps

189.
Photo by brittneykatelyn

190. Do

191. you

192. feel

193. the

194. same

195. way?

196.
Photo by Meg Wills

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.”

198. Photo by Andreas Fusser
Also,

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,

201. Photo by Thomas Hawk
Photo by Susan Sermoneta
Anonymity:

202.
Positive?
Negative?

203. It’s

204. your

205. choice

206. to

207. be

208.
anonymous.

209.
Photo by Bethan

210. Photo by Michael Dunn
Sources:

211.
All

212. images

213. via

214. Flickr

215.
• http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/09/05/anonymity-privacy-and-
security-online/
• http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-anonymous-social-
networks-20140503-story.html
• http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/30/facebook-anonymous-login/
• http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/
poison-pen-letter
• http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,801688,00.asp
• http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/19/identity-on-the-internet-
the-pros-and-cons-of-anonymity/
• http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/society/anonymity.html
• http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27397811
• http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-
Parenthood/2013/0821/The-pros-and-cons-of-online-anonymity
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anonymity
• http://www.crimenb.ca/en/keeping-tips-anonymous