How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users

Re:How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users by scw on Thursday October 16, 2014 @12:42PM (#8465871)

> The Guardian witnessed this practice on a three-day visit to the company’s Los Angeles headquarters last month, as part of a trip to explore the possibility of an expanded journalistic relationship with Whisper.

So they look to partner, don't like what they see and turn it into a story? Whisper has two problems: violating its users' trust, and letting an external group in without an agreement in place. The Guardian also looks bad flipping this into a lede in my mind.

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Re:How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users by pessimizer on Thursday October 16, 2014 @01:00PM (#8465989)

>The Guardian also looks bad flipping this into a lede in my mind.

The Grauniad would look bad for claiming to be journalists and not reporting on this.

edit: really? Journalists, not under any 'off-the-record' or non-disclosure agreements, seek to partner with an app that allows anonymous communication, and finds that it's tracking it's users, storing all information, ignoring opt outs, and funneling information to governments.

They shouldn't report this because what? They should report this even if they are not journalists, but have a moral center.

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Re:How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users by secfirstmd on Thursday October 16, 2014 @03:53PM (#8467217)

Agreed. The overwhelming public interest was served by The Guardian publishing it.

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