NEW YORK (AP) -- At a time when Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are pushing people to put forward their most polished, put-together selves, a new class of mobile applications aims for a bit more ...

Nearly 900 million confessions and secrets published to the Whisper app were left exposed on a non-password-protect database open to the general public internet. Although messages are not tied to real ...

Whisper is a secret-sharing app where you can post anonymous messages, but security failures ensured user content and profiles were available for anyone online to view. Independent researchers Matthew ...

A burning secret forms in her head as she grabs her cell phone and begins to search for a photograph. She chooses one, types her secret as a caption over the image, and hits the upload button. So goes ...