Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Self Erasing Text message
UK Based company Staellium has come with an interesting text mobile messaging, called as StealthText. This is a self erasing Text message, i.e. once the receiver reads the message it gets deleted and cannot be opened again. This is an interesting concept and might be useful for users who do not want to have their messages stored in the receiver’s mobile for ever.
The receiver actually receives the link of the actual text and once read the link gets moved so it cannot be revisited, I am sure this would have very good audience. To reply to such messages the receiver also needs to be subscribed to their services. Some details from their website.
Your message will arrive at the recipient as a message with a link. The link will simply say that ‘you (Nickname chosen when you registered for the service) have sent a StealthText. Click now to read it…’ There is no other identification attached to this message and it is impossible for someone to discover the sender’s identity. The time and date that the message was sent will also be attached.
To read the message the recipient clicks to open his browser and access the message.
The message will appear exactly as written by the sender with NO other information attached like the sender’s nickname or mobile number.
The recipient is offered the choice of 'Replying to the sender' (which will require StealthText registration by the recipient), 'Barring any further messages from the sender', 'Barring all future messages from StealthText'.
When the recipient closes the browser or moves away from the message the message self-destructs. The message with the link that was sent to the recipient still remains in the inbox but the link is redundant and the page, if they try to access it again, will simply indicate that it has expired or does not exist.
The receiver actually receives the link of the actual text and once read the link gets moved so it cannot be revisited, I am sure this would have very good audience. To reply to such messages the receiver also needs to be subscribed to their services. Some details from their website.
Your message will arrive at the recipient as a message with a link. The link will simply say that ‘you (Nickname chosen when you registered for the service) have sent a StealthText. Click now to read it…’ There is no other identification attached to this message and it is impossible for someone to discover the sender’s identity. The time and date that the message was sent will also be attached.
To read the message the recipient clicks to open his browser and access the message.
The message will appear exactly as written by the sender with NO other information attached like the sender’s nickname or mobile number.
The recipient is offered the choice of 'Replying to the sender' (which will require StealthText registration by the recipient), 'Barring any further messages from the sender', 'Barring all future messages from StealthText'.
When the recipient closes the browser or moves away from the message the message self-destructs. The message with the link that was sent to the recipient still remains in the inbox but the link is redundant and the page, if they try to access it again, will simply indicate that it has expired or does not exist.
