When the Whisper app arrived in 2012, it gained attention for creating a unique social network that would allow for complete anonymity. The site, which allows users to post confessions, secrets, and stories and to receive comments and messages from other users, essentially allowing a user to get something off their chest without having to deal with personal consequences.

Recently, though, it has come to light that Whisper might not be nearly as anonymous as it purports itself to be. On October 16, The Guardian published an article alleging that Whisper actually tracks its users. Whisper, though, has denied the allegations, making a statement to Huffington Post and saying that any assumptions made by The Guardian about Whisper “gathering information about users and violating user’s privacy” are completely false.

So where is the truth? Right now, it’s hazy at best. Supposedly, The Guardian discovered Whisper’s invasive policies while visiting the social networking company’s offices and negotiating a possible partnership. During this visit, Guardian reporters were supposedly shown the full inner workings of Whisper and told about how the company tracks users. They were not, however, required to sign confidentiality agreements, hence the arrival of the expose article.

In once instance, The Guardian says the Whisper was paying particularly close attention to a “sex-obsessed lobbyist” in Washington D.C., tracking his every movement. Whisper also supposedly told Guardian reporters about plans to make Whisper confessions and user information accessible to certain journalists in the coming months.

The list of damning accusations against Whisper goes on and on. The social networking company is also allegedly passing information to both American and British national security organizations.

Whisper employees, meanwhile, like editor-in-chief Neetzan Zimmerman, have attacked the Guardian piece as “a pack of vicious lies.”