By the mid-1980's, however, technology had transformed the business, with pedophiles going online to communicate anonymously and post images through rudimentary bulletin board systems.
Citizens can anonymously communicate with each other, preventing any external party from monitoring them.
Mr. Rosebraugh said he serves merely as a conduit between the news media and members, who communicate with him anonymously.
In the late-eighties, the Internet provided a way of finding people with specialized interests around the world as well as on a local level, and communicating with them anonymously.
It endorsed a right to communicate online anonymously and underscored the importance of privacy protection, though it didn't endorse any particular approach to the issue.
Not does the strategy seek to circumscribe the ability of individuals to communicate anonymously or pseudonymously, which is vital to protect free speech and freedom of association.
Despite growing concerns about invasions of Internet users' privacy, it is still relatively simple to communicate anonymously online.
Here people can communicate anonymously (by means of on-screen writing) with other MUD-ders in almost any way imaginable, playing roles, switching sexes, flirting, even making virtual love.
The Faceless Man not only provides the glue that holds Shant together; he communicates anonymously with the cantonal leaders.
Because it was feared that it would enable people to communicate anonymously; they could no longer be identified by their handwriting, and this would open the door to crime.