Anonymous apps lets users be 'themselves' again

Whisper and Secret are mysterious apps that let the users be themselves by concealing their identity, creating a new atmosphere in the realm of social networking.

Anonymous apps such as these not only let the user be unspecified but it gives them the fascination of being mystifying and untraceable.

According to CNET, anonymous apps give its users the kind of experience they expect from modern social networks without any of the social baggage. They let people voice their opinions on something controversial and let them talk about their emotions and feelings without being judged by their real identity.

However, there is a downbeat side as the reality is that the users are themselves not anonymous to these apps. There are possibilities of these apps to blackmail their business models for the large amount of data that they receive.

Reports have added that Google, Facebook, etc. want to own the online identities of their users and have made them sanitize their feeds.