E-Mail That Self Destructs

Here is a new level the email services are going to reach.

VaporStream, a product for confidential electronic communications, caused a bit of a stir when it was unveiled. When the VaporStream software is installed on a computer or a smartphone, messages disappear from the sender’s computing device the minute they are sent and disappear from the recipient’s device the moment they are read or replied to. It’s not really e-mail, or at least not standard e-mail, although the software is available as a plug-in to Outlook and other e-mail clients. The communication is peer-to-peer, so messages are never stored on any intermediary server the way they are with standard e-mail. The software also prevents messages from being printed or forwarded, and file attachments can be viewed but not saved. Or at least those are the company’s claims.

E-Mail That Self Destructs – Forbes.com.