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

[Simson Garfinkel (CIV)]

Sounds like dissappearing ink from the 1990s.
On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Baker, Dave wrote:

> 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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