If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. In a recent essay, Kevin Kelly warns of the dangers of anonymity. It's OK in small doses, he maintains, but too ...

Anonymity is one of the great gifts of the Internet, because it allows people to explore new interests and express opinions without anyone knowing who they are. It's protective, it's empowering, and ...

First Amendment anonymity safeguards have been vital over the past half-century, but they have limits. The constitutional protections prevent certain uses of government power to unmask people. Cases ...

You probably know about the digital anonymity service Tor, but for whatever reason you may not actually use it. Maybe between the nodes, traffic rerouting, and special onion URLs it seems too ...

Anonymity was built into the Internet's design from the days of its progenitor (Arpanet) in the 1960s. Since then it has become a hallowed birthright synonymous with digital freedom--from oppressive ...

When Rosemary Port, a New York blogger, used her anonymous posts to call a New York fashion model a "skank" and a "ho," she had no idea that her name would soon be plastered across the pages of the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. By now, Penny Arcade's comic has become mantra on the internet: a normal person, given anonymity and an audience, will become a total fuckwad. It's ...

There are many ways to communicate anonymously on the Internet, including anonymous remailers for e-mail, anonymous posting, and anonymous creation of Web pages. Anonymity allows a person to express ...

Discussions and arguments understandably lead into very heated moments. But on the internet, these arguments devolve into a barrage of unintelligent insults. The internet, while beneficial, can also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carrie Lukas, a mother of five, is president of Independent Women. Governor Kristi Noem came under attack last week, supposedly ...

Pennsylvania is more than a swing state in the upcoming presidential election. It's also the site of what may turn out to be a test of an Internet user's right to remain anonymous while posting to ...

In 2015, Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales made an unusual announcement for the Wikipedian of the year: in pectore. That’s not an online pseudonym — it’s Latin for "in the heart," a term used by the ...