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Apps Riding High On Promise Of Anonymity

Presenting new opportunities and challenges for users and advertisers, some new apps are riding high on the promise of anonymity. From Wut and Secret to Confide and Popcorn, they are intended to let users either talk secretly with people they know, or blurt out random comments to total strangers,” The New York Times’ Bits blog reports. Despite the hype, however, “sll of these vanishing social apps could vanish themselves at some point -- viral sensations that go the way of Chatroulette.”
 

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