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Self-Shredding E-Mail
yoink! writes: "I just read an article on CNN.com describing a self-shredding e-mail system. With all the persistent e-mail documents gathered by the Government in the MS Anti-Trust case, and the massive shredding of paper documents by parties in the Enron fiasco, it's no wonder people have been looking for an electronic solution to a material problem solved years ago with some cutting tools, a motor, and a garbage bag." One of the companies highlighted here was called Disappearing, Inc. when it was mentioned a few years ago, but now several others have joined the fray.
Why not use outlook. It does that whenever it wants on my Unverity (randomly).
Sure it'll work. I'm just look at Adobe - you can protect PDF documents from being copied, printed, used in other applications... er... wait a minute. Nevermind.
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Even if the self-shredding software disables printing, copying and screen-capture functions, nothing will stop a determined person from photographing the screen or jotting down the information by hand.
I can see it now. Interns' job descriptions will now include handwriting received email in addition to coffee-fetching, photocopying, and (in the case of Washingtonians) sexual favors...
"But e-mail is changing those rules, thanks to virtual shredding. Senders can destroy messages either remotely or automatically, without a recipient's consent or cooperation."
Yeah right! If that were true the RIAA would have been all over this 3 years ago. Sounds like a sales pitch, not news, to me.
Somehow, this just doesn't seem as cool as a pair of self-destructing sunglasses.
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Maybe i need to sell that idea to Dissapearing Inc. anyone reading this that works for that company? just don't want them to pay me with bills that were printed after the treasury starts using those toner cartridges. ;)
describing a self-shredding e-mail system.
Been out for years, described here. You can even get a demo version!
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Self-shredding e-mail is cool. But messages that kill themselves if they contain the strings "Get Out of Debt" or "Penis Enlargment" would really kick ass.