[117188] in Cypherpunks
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Roach)
Sat Aug 28 00:14:23 1999
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:00:07 -0500
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Sean Roach <roach_s@mail.intplsrv.net>
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At 08:48 PM 8/26/99 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
...
>And the providers of the service are so confident about their
>system's security they are offering $50 000 to anyone who can
>hack it.
>
> Using 2048-bit public key encryption to keep the e-mail secure
>en route, Global Markets Research, a London-based company, has
>given its 1on1mail service an added security feature. Called
>autoshredder, the function allows the user to set the e-mail to
>delete itself from the recipient's computer a specified amount of
>time after being opened.
>
...
>
> And to guarantee that the messages self-destruct as planned, the
>package also prevents recipients from performing certain actions
>that would undermine security. "You can't just cut and paste out of
>it, that would be pointless," says James.
>
> The system also takes precautions to ensure that the e-mail is not
>stored anywhere within the recipient's computer, and when it auto-
>deletes the message the system overwrites it so as not to leave any
>trace that could be undeleted later.
>
They used to sell frames that you put on your camera to photograph
your screen. I wonder of the makers of this product would count a
poloroid as a crack.
Sean Roach
