[DFSci] Vanish - A tool to make online personal data vanish

[Baker, Dave]

Interesting concept that is coming from University of Washington, and
will be presented at Usenix Security.  
http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=50973

" Computers have made it virtually impossible to leave the past behind. 
College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a job interview. 
A lost cell phone can expose personal photos or text messages. A legal 
investigation can subpoena the entire contents of a home or work computer, 
uncovering incriminating, inconvenient or just embarrassing details from 
the past.
The University of Washington has developed a way to make such information 
expire. After a set time period, electronic communications such as e-mail, 
Facebook posts and chat messages would automatically self-destruct, becoming 
irretrievable from all Web sites, inboxes, outboxes, backup sites and home 
computers. Not even the sender could retrieve them."

Sincerely,
Dave B.
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