The court ordered Apple and Google to remove the fully anonymous SNS application "Secret" remotely from the user's smartphone

Unusual SNS application that does not even know completely what anonymous "Which user is posting" or "Who is communicating with whom?"Secret"Was banned for use in Brazil.

Brazil court to Apple, Google: Wipe anonymous sharing app off users' phones | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/brazil-court-to-apple-google-wipe-anonymous-sharing-app-off-users-phones/


Secret may be banned in Brazil over anonymity, after judge grants preliminary injunction - Tech News and Analysis
http://gigaom.com/2014/08/20/secret-may-be-banned-in-brazil-over-anonymity-after-judge-grants-preliminary-injunction/

"Secret" can be installed from the App Store or Google Play.

Secret - Speak Freely on the App Store on iTunes


Secret - Speak Freely - Android application on Google Play


The application will prompt the creation of an account and the registration of a telephone number at the first login, but these are information used to check whether there is a Secret user in the user's acquaintance.

Secret itself is a very simple service, just posting text alone or posting text and photos together, I do not know who each belongs to.


And put a heart on your favorite post and leave a comment OK. Although this is a simple and easy-to-understand service, it is possible to express myself as it is uninteresting, because it is completely unknown who posts which posts.


The civil court in Vitoria in Brazil forbids the use of "Secret" provided as an application for iOS and Android and use of Secret's Windows Phone application version "Cryptic" on August 18, 2014 (Monday, August 2014) , Ordered these preliminary injunctions. In addition, the court also orders Apple, Google, Microsoft, which runs three of the App Store, Google Play and Windows Phone App Store, to remotely remove applications from smartphones of the owner's owner.

Currently being issued is a preliminary injunction order to the last, this is like a precautionary measure before the final judgment comes out. Therefore, Apple, Google and Microsoft still have the chance to appeal. Secret has been available in Brazil since May 2014,Chapter 5 of the Constitution of BrazilIt is clearly stated that "freedom to express ideas" and "prohibit being anonymous", and it seems that the court judged that Secret's anonymity was contrary to this part of the Brazilian Constitution. Three companies, Apple, Google and Microsoft, either accept the order within 10 days or need to pay a fine of 20,000 Brazilian Real (about 920,000 yen) per day.

In addition, the lawyer insists that Secret does not violate the Constitution, and as a basis for that point is cited the point that "who posted posts technically can be traced".