Queasy feeling – Open - let's be open Review

Do not trust this app with your secrets. People can invite a single person, and be notified of a new friend that joined, and be reasonably certain it’s you. They won’t know your randomly assigned nickname, but if you type something and you’re their only friend, they’ll logically know it’s you. All the more if you have a particular way of phrasing or typing things, or relay unique circumstances. If you’re going to use it, you better have many many “friends” and write only generically, and never share anything that you wouldn’t want attributed to you, or used against you. And of course, your phone number is associated internally to all you type, and so would be revealed if subpoenaed. And to the developers, the invite text message implying a friend invited you, coupled with repeated attempts to get all users to invite their entire contact lists is a dark pattern, and worse given the over-promise of anonymity.
Review by sejmann on Open - let's be open.