Entering the Era of Private and Semi-Anonymous Apps

Over the past couple of years, it has become clear that everything we do online is somehow being tracked and tied back to our offline identity. Each update, Fav, Like or comment we make lives on in perpetuity. It’s pretty hard to avoid this. But a slew of new apps -- including Wut, Secret, Confide, Popcorn and Telegram -- that have come out in recent months are offering hope to the world, too. They are intended to let users either talk secretly with people they know, or blurt out random comments to total strangers.