d0om on 21/7/2009 at 16:51
(
http://regina.cs.washington.edu/cgi-bin/vanishservice.py)
A new service which you can install as a plugin, or use their webservice.
The idea is you encrypt a message so that anyone can read it, but only in the next 8 hours. After that it is lost to the winds of time forever.
This means you can avoid your torrid love-affair e-mails being found 15 years in the future etc.
I thought it was an interesting idea anyway.
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Al_B on 21/7/2009 at 17:53
Interesting idea (although your message didn't decode for me using the demo service).
Using P2P to distribute the key would probably be the biggest problem - from what I can see there's no absolute guarantee that your data will be available for the maximum length of time. Also, presumably there's a chance your security keys could be captured by nodes designed to capture (or harvest) enough pieces of the key.
d0om on 21/7/2009 at 18:15
Ah, I think it has been mangled by the forum posting. It worked fine when I copypasted it back into the box, but I guess pasting it from the post has broken it somehow.
june gloom on 21/7/2009 at 18:31
I almost thought this was spam at first.
Adam Nuhfer on 21/7/2009 at 20:53
Quote Posted by d0om
(
http://regina.cs.washington.edu/cgi-bin/vanishservice.py) The idea is you encrypt a message so that anyone can read it, but only in the next 8 hours. After that it is lost to the winds of time forever.
This means you can avoid your torrid love-affair e-mails being found 15 years in the future etc.
I thought it was an interesting idea anyway.
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Well, Lets see what happens when it's been put into another post via quote and modified: :eek:"AKztAAVzcgBGZWR1Lndhc2hpbmd0b24uY3MudmFuaXNoLmludGVybmFsLm1ldGFkYXRhLmltcGwuRXBvY2hBd2FyZU1ldGFkYXRh SW1wbE1yiFVDGn2bAgACSgAMZXBvY2hfbGVuZ3RoTAAIbWV0YWRhdGF0ADVMZWR1L3dhc2hpbmd0b24vY3MvdmFuaXNoL2ludGVy bmFsL21ldGFkYXRhL01ldGFkYXRhO3hwAAAAAAG3dABzcgBHZWR1Lndhc2hpbmd0b24uY3MudmFuaXNoLmludGVybmFsLm1ldGFk YXRhLmltcGwuSW5kaXJlY3RLZXlNZXRhZGF0YUltcGw6bcmI6fsf7QIAAlsAEmVuY3J5cHRlZF9kYXRhX2tleXQAAltCTAAIbWV0 YWRhdGFxAH4AAXhwcHNyAEFlZHUud2FzaGluZ3Rvbi5jcy52YW5pc2guaW50ZXJuYWwubWV0YWRhdGEuaW1wbC5CYXNpY01ldGFk YXRhSW1wbNgVQUjt/E3XAgACSgANbG9jYXRpb25fc2VlZEwABnBhcmFtc3QANkxlZHUvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi9jcy92YW5pc2gvaW50ZXJuYWwvbWV0YWRhd GEvVkRPUGFyYW1zO3hw2po6SAbyWn5zcgA0ZWR1Lndhc2hpbmd0b24uY3MudmFuaXNoLmludGVybmFsLm1ldGFkYXRhLlZET1Bhc mFtc7292Mmleh6MAgAISgALY3JlYXRpb25fdHNJABVlbmNyeXB0aW9uX2tleV9sZW5ndGhJAApudW1fc2hhcmVzSQAJdGhyZXNob 2xkSQAJdGltZW91dF9oSgAGdmRvX2lkTAAUZW5jcnlwdGlvbl9hbGdvcml0aG10ABJMamF2YS9sYW5nL1N0cmluZztMAA9lbmNye XB0aW9uX21vZGVxAH4ACnhwAAABIp4r1noAAACAAAAACgAAAAcAAAAIrdYE8CYYA0F0AANBRVN0AANDQkNimhxNWUa8eRKnA7mrd yn8FV7GQd0HcFUctQ3k/D09sdh0z6Z+ZbVa3vfLNpl4GXEtZM5aPSZtP+5cYgtW/z+iJP0S418oKa/4Cq8xBHnCGx3TDhSao001ANIH87fzvREDbR9PVqNPFdnhuMGKUUvAfMNgStzbIBO+eCGThGvtdbGdSxHyk6tCRLcxOglKe00WURE kwCJhzorwI+RtdTdp5rK6XK+tEf34bJBVA456Ovqf09mGBlbCS8V7J3gHsDceT6b4nMdl1ST+OnAxGsWkJ3khZlxNv12LiqpA/PQnUVf2nigE+JvNpQ2YLYN+lEEKS5cm+17eZ8tq406I1MF8"
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Then there is the issue of end user copy/paste/notepad /whatever and saving your message or just doing a print screen/save as and it's going to stick around with someone else.
Interesting concept none the less
belboz on 23/7/2009 at 17:00
are you sure thats not spyware, looks like it is.
Al_B on 23/7/2009 at 17:30
No, it's a University of Washington research project. I think it's intended to demonstrate the principles involved, it's not really a commercial (or spyware) product.
gunsmoke on 24/7/2009 at 00:29
Quote Posted by belboz
are you sure thats not quicksand, looks like it is.
:joke:
Insertnamehere on 25/7/2009 at 19:14
When I saw the title of this thread I thought this was going to be about some kind of stain remover for dirty clothes.
I was dissapointed.:(
