Self-Destructing Digital Data , Emails,PM"s,etc,,,

jay-pheno · 08-10-09, 22:33

Self-Destructing Digital Data

http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/

Computing and communicating through the Web makes it virtually impossible to leave the past behind. College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a job interview; a lost or stolen laptop can expose personal photos or messages; or a legal investigation can subpoena the entire contents of a home or work computer, uncovering incriminating or just embarrassing details from the past.

Vanish is a research system designed to give users control over the lifetime of personal data stored on the web or in the cloud. Specifically, all copies of Vanish encrypted data — even archived or cached copies — will become permanently unreadable at a specific time, without any action on the part of the user or any third party or centralized service.

For example, using the Firefox Vanish plugin, a user can create an email, a Google Doc document, a Facebook message, or a blog comment — specifying that the document or message should "vanish" in 8 hours. Before that 8-hour timeout expires, anyone who has access to the data can read it; however after that timer expires, nobody can read that web content — not the user, not Google, not Facebook, not a hacker who breaks into the cloud service, and not even someone who obtains a warrant for that data. That data — regardless of where stored or archived prior to the timeout — simply self-destructs and becomes permanently unreadable.

The Online Vanish Service (Demo)

http://regina.cs.washington.edu/cgi-...nishservice.py

Download and Install Vanish version:

http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/download.html

This message will self destruct !

-----BEGIN VANISH MESSAGE-----
This message will self-destruct by Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29 GMT.
Use http://vanish.cs.washington.edu to read this message.

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-----END VANISH MESSAGE-----

Doqaz · 08-11-09, 11:22

I see, but wouldn't you be able to decode the message if you had previous access to the code it was encrypted in?

LotRev · 08-11-09, 11:26

That's pretty cool, but another question, what about copy and paste?
Couldn't one save the data before it vanishes?

jay-pheno · 08-11-09, 11:43

yeah if one was to get the encrypted message an decrypt it before the time runs out then saved the decrypted version yes they would have a un encrypted message , same with any encryption really !

i think its cool for some things like safe addy's ,, mofo forget to delete it then its useless after certain time ,

i believe youll see more aplications for this comeing soon , :ninja:

eatyualive · 08-11-09, 13:52

cool thanks for the info.

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08-10-09, 22:33	#1 (permalink)
jay-pheno swad Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 432	Self-Destructing Digital Data , Emails,PM"s,etc,,, Self-Destructing Digital Data http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/ Computing and communicating through the Web makes it virtually impossible to leave the past behind. College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a job interview; a lost or stolen laptop can expose personal photos or messages; or a legal investigation can subpoena the entire contents of a home or work computer, uncovering incriminating or just embarrassing details from the past. Vanish is a research system designed to give users control over the lifetime of personal data stored on the web or in the cloud. Specifically, all copies of Vanish encrypted data — even archived or cached copies — will become permanently unreadable at a specific time, without any action on the part of the user or any third party or centralized service. For example, using the Firefox Vanish plugin, a user can create an email, a Google Doc document, a Facebook message, or a blog comment — specifying that the document or message should "vanish" in 8 hours. Before that 8-hour timeout expires, anyone who has access to the data can read it; however after that timer expires, nobody can read that web content — not the user, not Google, not Facebook, not a hacker who breaks into the cloud service, and not even someone who obtains a warrant for that data. That data — regardless of where stored or archived prior to the timeout — simply self-destructs and becomes permanently unreadable. The Online Vanish Service (Demo) http://regina.cs.washington.edu/cgi-...nishservice.py Download and Install Vanish version: http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/download.html This message will self destruct ! -----BEGIN VANISH MESSAGE----- This message will self-destruct by Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29 GMT. Use http://vanish.cs.washington.edu to read this message. AKztAAVzcgBGZWR1Lndhc2hpbmd0b24uY3MudmFuaXNoLmludG VybmFsLm1ldGFkYXRhLmltcGwuRXBvY2hBd2FyZU1ldGFkYXRh SW1wbE1yiFVDGn2bAgACSgAMZXBvY2hfbGVuZ3RoTAAIbWV0YW RhdGF0ADVMZWR1L3dhc2hpbmd0b24vY3MvdmFuaXNoL2ludGVy bmFsL21ldGFkYXRhL01ldGFkYXRhO3hwAAAAAAG3dABzcgBHZW R1Lndhc2hpbmd0b24uY3MudmFuaXNoLmludGVybmFsLm1ldGFk YXRhLmltcGwuSW5kaXJlY3RLZXlNZXRhZGF0YUltcGw6bcmI6f sf7QIAAlsAEmVuY3J5cHRlZF9kYXRhX2tleXQAAltCTAAIbWV0 YWRhdGFxAH4AAXhwcHNyAEFlZHUud2FzaGluZ3Rvbi5jcy52YW 5pc2guaW50ZXJuYWwubWV0YWRhdGEuaW1wbC5CYXNpY01ldGFk YXRhSW1wbNgVQUjt/E3XAgACSgANbG9jYXRpb25fc2VlZEwABnBhcmFtc3QANkxlZHU vd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi9jcy92YW5pc2gvaW50ZXJuYWwvbWV0YWRhd GEvVkRPUGFyYW1zO3hwVRmVrAtYQRhzcgA0ZWR1Lndhc2hpbmd 0b24uY3MudmFuaXNoLmludGVybmFsLm1ldGFkYXRhLlZET1Bhc mFtc7292Mmleh6MAgAISgALY3JlYXRpb25fdHNJABVlbmNyeXB 0aW9uX2tleV9sZW5ndGhJAApudW1fc2hhcmVzSQAJdGhyZXNob 2xkSQAJdGltZW91dF9oSgAGdmRvX2lkTAAUZW5jcnlwdGlvbl9 hbGdvcml0aG10ABJMamF2YS9sYW5nL1N0cmluZztMAA9lbmNye XB0aW9uX21vZGVxAH4ACnhwAAABIwdyobwAAACAAAAACgAAAAc AAAAIc0rcmW0CUsF0AANBRVN0AANDQkM+mAJWj4oCvg7EQJCZI RlP -----END VANISH MESSAGE-----

08-11-09, 11:26	#3 (permalink)
LotRev Technopagan Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,130	That's pretty cool, but another question, what about copy and paste? Couldn't one save the data before it vanishes? __________________ If you want to keep things moving, you should free the elements. Some people call that chaos.

08-11-09, 13:52	#5 (permalink)
eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,375	cool thanks for the info. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

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08-11-09, 11:22	#2 (permalink)
Doqaz Werepuppie GigaCrabRider Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 82	I see, but wouldn't you be able to decode the message if you had previous access to the code it was encrypted in?

08-11-09, 11:43	#4 (permalink)
jay-pheno swad Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 432	yeah if one was to get the encrypted message an decrypt it before the time runs out then saved the decrypted version yes they would have a un encrypted message , same with any encryption really ! i think its cool for some things like safe addy's ,, mofo forget to delete it then its useless after certain time , i believe youll see more aplications for this comeing soon , :ninja: