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Untraceable Messaging Service Raises a Few Eyebrows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-the-pry-out-of-privacy dept.

netbuzz writes "A messaging service called VaporStream announced today at DEMOfall will allow any two parties to communicate electronically without leaving any record of their interaction on any computer or server. Messages cannot be forwarded, edited, printed or saved. After they're read, they're gone."

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  1. ScatterChat by dshaw858 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I somehow thing that this wouldn't be totally secure. Man in the middle attacks? DNS attacks, spoofing the "web based chat"'s interface? There are lots of ways to mess this up. If I was going for anonymity and protection, I'd use Cult of the Dead Cow's newly released "hacktivism" tool, ScatterChat. It basically uses strong encryption plus Tor (optionally, I think) to make chats as close to perfectly secure as a major chat appliance has come. It's a great idea, many years in the making. I'd go with that, myself.

    - dshaw

    PS: No, I'm neither affiliated with ScatterChat or CDC in any way.