A half truth is a whole lie - The Dishonest Sarahah.

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By: Altamash Khan

'People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

TO the world of larger curiosity,where Social media had already made us slaves, awaking us scrolling the tiny screens looking after messages and News-feeds from known to estranged persons. Sarahah- an anonymous messaging application, adds to the world of inquisitiveness also creating a buzz over the web. Sarahah, meaning 'Honesty',honestly lets you send text messages anonymously to your friends over the Social media.The app created by Saudi developer ZainAlabdin Tawfiq, has crossed all expectations of the developer leading to 11 million downloads on iOS and 9 million on Android.

Although the word Sarahah stands for 'Honesty' or 'Openness', Unfortunately exhibits no-honesty while revealing the identity of the Sender. The repercussions of the app can be very serious for the youth albeit it has got wide acceptance from all ages. It could be equally addictive so as depressive, By now the social media is alleged to be one of the recent cause factor for depressions leading to suicides as well. 

Further in addition to all, Our country growing out to be the hub of Cyber-Bullying and cyber hunting do not stand in position to fight this anonymous messaging app that may surge cyber crimes to a new height. According to the Hindutan times - the Mumbai police,Earlier in many cyber-bullying cases sustain low detection and conviction rate as it has only made anyone with a social media account vulnerable to messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
Erstwhile The Mumbai police said, they do not maintain a separate record for cases of cyberbullying,thus making it difficult to gauge the extent of it at present.Also such cases are on the rise. Cyberbullying cases are currently maintained under the head ‘other cybercrimes’. According to the police, of the 904 cybercrimes registered in 2016, 326 cases were registered under ‘other cybercrimes’. This year, 80 cases were under this head, of the 216 cybercrimes registered till March 12, 2017. The scary part is that barely anyone is convicted. Even more worrying is that, of the 326 cases last year, only 90 were solved, while of the 80 cases this year, only 9 were solved.

Asking a simple question to the Sarahah users, How would you step out of your home after receiving a Life-Threatening message from an anonymous user.where would you approach for the nuisance you have self invited, will you go to the Police who are already striving with pending Cyber-crime cases...

[YOU] need to think before you Sign up.....

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