Whisper chief: 'We're not infallible but strive to do right by our anonymous users'
Found on The Register on Sunday, 19 October 2014
Whisper is not a place for illegal activity. If we receive a valid legal request, or we learn that you tried to use Whisper to post content that exposes imminent danger to yourself or others, we will share the limited information we have, including IP address, with the appropriate authorities.
To cite another example, if a user claims to be a health care professional concerned about Ebola, we may review their recent posts to help assess the authenticity of the Whisper before featuring it.
"Strive to do it right"? Not at all. Whisper is a tool every dictator would be proud of. There is no anonymity because they have your location (and it wouldn't be surprising if they can just get all the details like your phone number too). Even worse, they read your messages, so there is no security involved either; they even outsource the screening and actively snoop through your history. Whisper essentially is a new Stasi.